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Quentin Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT Unveils Its Killer Cast List!

Details have been slowly pouring in about who would be starring as the titular characters in writer/director Quentin Tarantino‘s grizzled new westerner, The Hateful Eight, with word last heard just on Wednesday pertaining to actor Channing Tatum‘s possible addition to the cast in some capacity. Well, as of Thursday, that possibility turned evident with an official announcement from The Weinstein Company on their starring line-up for the film set to kick off in Wyoming in two months. That announcement also includes other new casting announcements and plot details on what Tarantino‘s new love letter to classic westerns will entail, movies following recent projects like Sukiyaki Western Django and Django Unchained. The Weinstein Company today revealed the full official cast for Academy Award-winning writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming post-Civil War western, The Hateful Eight. The Hateful Eight are: Academy Award-nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Django Unchained) as Major Marquis Warren, Golden Globe-nominee Kurt […]

Channing Tatum Circling A Role In Tarantino's THE HATEFUL EIGHT

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The momentum is high for actor Channing Tatum who is on the way with the upcoming wrestling biopic, Foxcatcher and stripper dramedy Magic Mike XXL. According to Deadline, the actor is currently circling a role in director Quentin Tarantino‘s grizzled new western thriller, The Hateful Eight. The film previously underwent heavy rewrites following the drama that initially ensued between Tarantino and Gawker.com who leaked the script prior to a star-studded stage reading of said script at an event for fans back in April. Filming set to begin in January 2015 in Wyoming with a script tentatively set on a post-Civil War story about mixed bag of bounty hunters and former soldiers trapped in a hotel during a bilzzard; Details are still pending, of course. Provided that Tatum is officially attached, the actor will be joining actresses Zoë Bell and Amber Tamblyn, and actors Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern, Michael Madsen, […]

THE HATEFUL EIGHT Gets Back On Track For Winter Shoot

Lee B. Golden III

Director Quentin Tarantino is currently in the middle of a second rewrite with a third rewrite on the way for the forthcoming production of his new western, The Hateful Eight. The news of the film’s return to production comes after controversy arose with the leak of Tarantino‘s script through Gawker, which led to two lawsuits – one in January which was dismissed by a judge in April, followed by an amended complaint on May 1. Last month, with the film on the backburner at the time, Tarantino decided to team up with non-profit organization, Film Independent, to showcase a stage reading of the very script that would have likely been used were it not for Gawker’s leak. Now, it seems Tarantino fans will have something awesome to look forward to at the movies when the cameras start rolling (hopefully on Cinemascope 70mm as previously planned) in Wyoming this November. Actor […]