After a seemingly endless stream of news for almost a month, it's been quiet on the Quentin Tarantino front for the last couple of weeks. When word reached Hollywood journalists that the famous auteur's new movie would be a period piece set in 1969 with the Manson Murders as a backdrop, the floodgates opened and there were all kinds of rumors about the plot and potential cast members. Both Tarantino favorites and newcomers were supposedly in talks to star in the film, Vanity Fair revealed that the story centers around both an aging actor and the Sharon Tate murders, and Sony won the hotly-contested bidding war for the distribution rights, beating out both Warner Bros. and Paramount. Once the film was set for an August 2019 release date by Sony, the buzz around the project briefly died down. Attention shifted to Tarantino's rumored Star Trek project, and the current Oscar race overshadowed any big future movies. But with production set to begin sometime in the summer, Tarantino is beginning to assemble his cast for the still-untitled film, starting with one of the biggest stars on the planet.
According to a report from Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio is about to close a deal to star in Tarantino's 1969 project. This will be DiCaprio's first project since he won an Oscar for The Revenant in early 2016, and it will also see him reunite with Tarantino for the first time since 2012's Django Unchained. Per the report, DiCaprio will play the aging actor who was mentioned in the initial synopsis, and the Deadline article emphasizes the similarities between this script and Tarantino's classic Pulp Fiction. As for the other cast members, Margot Robbie is reportedly still Tarantino's choice to play Sharon Tate, and Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are also in contention for the other main role. Variety's ace reporter Justin Kroll is revealing that Pitt has already moved on because of scheduling, which means that Cruise is the front-runner for that mysterious role. Kroll also mentioned on Twitter that Tarantino has written a role for Al Pacino, but that seems to be in the early stages. Essentially, there are a lot of moving parts on this project, and it's unlikely that we'll know the full cast until cameras are rolling. The news that DiCaprio is officially in is immensely exciting, and I'm hopeful that the director has given him another meaty role. As a big fan, each new Tarantino project is thrilling in its own way. But there's something enormously intriguing about this one, which seems like both a throwback to his origins and a bold step forward for the director. Hopefully we'll learn more about it in the near future- it's already one of my most anticipated films for 2019.
According to a report from Deadline, Leonardo DiCaprio is about to close a deal to star in Tarantino's 1969 project. This will be DiCaprio's first project since he won an Oscar for The Revenant in early 2016, and it will also see him reunite with Tarantino for the first time since 2012's Django Unchained. Per the report, DiCaprio will play the aging actor who was mentioned in the initial synopsis, and the Deadline article emphasizes the similarities between this script and Tarantino's classic Pulp Fiction. As for the other cast members, Margot Robbie is reportedly still Tarantino's choice to play Sharon Tate, and Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt are also in contention for the other main role. Variety's ace reporter Justin Kroll is revealing that Pitt has already moved on because of scheduling, which means that Cruise is the front-runner for that mysterious role. Kroll also mentioned on Twitter that Tarantino has written a role for Al Pacino, but that seems to be in the early stages. Essentially, there are a lot of moving parts on this project, and it's unlikely that we'll know the full cast until cameras are rolling. The news that DiCaprio is officially in is immensely exciting, and I'm hopeful that the director has given him another meaty role. As a big fan, each new Tarantino project is thrilling in its own way. But there's something enormously intriguing about this one, which seems like both a throwback to his origins and a bold step forward for the director. Hopefully we'll learn more about it in the near future- it's already one of my most anticipated films for 2019.
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