We didn’t go to Cannes, but if we had, we probably would’ve seen some roughly seven minutes of Django Unchained today, and then suffered a heart attack and died, out of coolness. The Weinstein Company screened some footage of the film, something like an extended promo trailer, to industry people and journalists, and the reactions to it are great so far.
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Eric Vespe of Aintitcoolnews.com wrote a particularly enthusiastic review …
Quentin Tarantino, as did friends, family and colleagues, suffered a great loss with the passing away of Sally Menke. She had been more than his editor on all his movies, she had been his right hand, and many wondered who would be able to succeed her in this role as the editor. Judging from IMDB and New York Times listings, Quentin might have found this successor in Fred Raskin (imdb), who had previously worked …
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Quentin Tarantino has found his Broomhilda, and this confirms rumors that have been circulating for a few weeks now. Kerry Washington will play Broomhilda, the wife of Django (played by Jamie Foxx) in Django Unchained. She is joining a diverse cast: Just this week we hear that the RZA, Anthony LaPaglia as well as Misty Upham will join the project, which has already lined up Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Christoph Waltz, …
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The big news of the last few days is, that Kevin Costner – as much as I would have loved to see him in it – is out (due to scheduling conflicts) of Django Unchained, which is currently in pre-production, and Kurt Russell is in talks to replace him. Quentin Tarantino also drew some additional talent to his southern. Laura Cayouette (Kill Bill, Hell Ride), Dennis Christopher (Deadwood) and Gerald McRaney (also Deadwood) will …
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I really like Kevin Costner. There is way too much bashing of this guy going around the internet (which is why I wrote an article called In Praise of Kevin Costner, read it), so I am positively surprised that Deadline reports he is in talks to play a real meanie in Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming southern Django Unchained. According to Fleming, he is tapped to play Ace Woody, a really sadist SOB training slaves to …
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He was Ray, he was Miami Vice, he was a kick-ass cab driver in Collateral, and an up-coming football player in Any Given Sunday. Now Quentin Tarantino has set his sights on the star to be his Django in Django Unchained. While sources report he has not signed yet, the decision was made and we can already imagine Jamie Foxx as the star of Quentin’s upcoming ‘southern’. Deadline also reports that production is slated …
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Unbelievable, a news article not about Quentin Tarantino‘s new movie Django Unchained! I know you were expecting an update on the flick from the news source you trust. The thing is, there is not terribly much hard facts to report and we are not much into copying the rumors and tidbits that have been around the web already. For that, we have Twitter and Facebook and you’re totally invited to like our Facebook Page …
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When you are a quarterback, and looking for someone to pass the ball to, you sometimes get hit from the side because either a team mate did not do their job right or you just got surprised. Well bazinga, as that Sheldon Cooper character from The Big Bang theory would say, I was about to hit the sack and let the couple of brewskies put me to sleep when something happened in the Tarantino …
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