Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: Quentin Tarantino gives new film title, adds Brad Pitt to cast
He will star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio for the first time
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Quentin Tarantino‘s ninth and possibly penultimate film is gathering pace, today bringing news of a title and release date and a new A-list actor joining Leonardo DiCaprio on the cast: Brad Pitt.
Sony Pictures describes Once Upon A Time In Hollywood as (via Deadline) “a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognise anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour… Sharon Tate.”
Tate was a model and actress married to director Roman Polanski who was murdered at her home, along with six other victims, by members of the Manson Family. It has previously been reported that Charles Manson will loom large in the movie, though not be its focus.
This will mark the first time Pitt and DiCaprio have appeared together in a feature film, if you don’t count Martin Scorsese’s extravagant 2015 Macau casino advert The Audition.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood has to be a reference to Sergio Leone movies Once Upon A Time In America and Once Upon A Time In The West and presumably pertains to DiCaprio’s cowboy actor character.
Tarantino has previously expressed a desire to retire from filmmaking after completing his tenth film.
Sony Pictures picked up Tarantino’s latest after The Weinstein Company crumbled. It is set for release on 9 August, 2019 – the 50th anniversary of the Manson Family’s murder of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, and the day after Tate was killed.
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