There’s been a very slight trickle of information about Quentin Tarantino‘s next film, which has been reported to be a Spaghetti Western in tribute to Sergio Leone, quite possibly Tarantino‘s biggest influence. New York Magazine, among other sources, has reported that a web leak of the handwritten cover of the script (which closely matches the handwriting on the Inglourious Basterds script cover) confirms that not only is the script for the film done, but it is titled Django Unchained. That title serves as a tribute to both Django, a 1966 Spaghetti Western starring Franco Nero (who has claimed to have a role in the film) and Tarantino‘s small role in the ultra-fun Japanese film Sukiyaki Western Django (pictured above).
According to the rumors, the film will star Christopher Waltz (who Tarantino directed in Inglourious Basterds in a chilling performance that won an Oscar). The unconfirmed reports of the rest of the cast, which began when Franco Nero announced that he would be making a western with Tarantino starring along with Keith Carradine and Treat Williams titled The Angel, The Bad and The Wise are still unconfirmed, although it’s safe to say that Tarantino has likely chucked that title, if he ever considered it in the first place.
Furthermore, IndieWire is reporting that the film’s plot has been leaked by someone who claims to have actually read the script. Obviously take this as rumor now, but take a look:
Django is a freed slave, who, under the tutelage of a German bounty hunter (played by Christopher Waltz the evil Nazi officer in Inglorious Basterds) becomes a bad-ass bounty hunter himself, and after assisting Waltz in taking down some bad guys for profit, is helped by Waltz in tracking down his slave wife and liberating her from an evil plantation owner. And that doesn’t even half begin to cover it! This film deals with racism as I’ve rarely seen it handled in a Hollywood film. While it’s 100 percent pure popcorn and revenge flick, it is pure genius in the way it takes on the evil slave owning south. Think of what he did with the Nazis in Inglorious and you’ll get a sense of what he’s doing with slave owners and slave overseers in this one.”
Sounds like it’ll sure pack theaters in the South, huh? Whether or not that’s the actual plot, it certainly does sound like a typical Tarantino revenge plot, so I’m going to believe it until I hear otherwise!
Stacey Sher, who produced Pulp Fiction, will be re-teaming with Tarantino on Django Unchained. It’s set to begin production this fall, and I’d imagine that although it is set in America, it will be mostly shot in Europe, like most classic Spaghetti Westerns.
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