{"id":1540,"date":"2011-10-02T21:37:12","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T19:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2012-05-21T22:38:21","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T20:38:21","slug":"django-unchained-casting-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Django Unchained casting update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The big news of the last few days is, that <strong>Kevin Costner<\/strong> &#8211; as much as I would have loved to see him in it &#8211; is out (due to scheduling conflicts) of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Django_Unchained\"><strong>Django Unchained<\/strong><\/a>, which is currently in pre-production, and <strong>Kurt Russell<\/strong> is in talks to replace him. <em>Quentin Tarantino<\/em> also drew some additional talent to his southern. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Laura_Cayouette\">Laura Cayouette<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Kill_Bill\">Kill Bill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Hell_Ride\">Hell Ride<\/a>), Dennis Christopher (<em>Deadwood<\/em>) and\u00a0 Gerald McRaney (also <em>Deadwood<\/em>) will be joining and already impressive cast that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Jamie_Foxx\">Jamie Foxx<\/a> as the titular <em>Django<\/em>,<strong> Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, and Leonardo diCaprio<\/strong>. Michael K. Williams (<em>Boardwalk Empire<\/em>) who lost out for the lead role, says he might eventually be in the movie as well. Kerry Washington (Ray) and Zoe Bell are also attached. <em>Update<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/C-Gainey-Talks-Role-Quentin-Tarantino-Django-Unchained-27117.html\">Reportedly<\/a>, M.C. Gainey is also in talks to play a baddie in the movie.<\/p>\n<p>Waltz, who won an Academy Award for his role as the evil Nazi Col. Landa in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wiki\/index.php\/Inglourious_Basterds\" target=\"_blank\">Inglourious Basterds<\/a>, was reportedly injured training for the role. The movie is about to start principal photography very soon, we will keep you posted.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.variety.com\/article\/VR1118043568\" target=\"_blank\">Variety<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20533398,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">People<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joblo.com\/movie-news\/kurt-russell-steps-in-for-kevin-costner-in-tarantinos-django-unchained\" target=\"_blank\">Joblo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.indiewire.com\/theplaylist\/archives\/2011\/09\/26\/michael_k._williams_says_djano_unchained_role_looks_good_to_go\/\" target=\"_blank\">Playlist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2011\/09\/kevin-costner-exits-villainous-mandingo-trainer-role-in-quentin-tarantinos-django-unchained\/\" target=\"_blank\">Deadline<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.orlandosentinel.com\/entertainment_movies_blog\/2011\/09\/exclusive-jamie-foxx-on-django-tarantino-and-will-smith.html\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Sentinel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemablend.com\/new\/quentin-tarantino-s-django-unchained-adds-gerald-mcraney-26751.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cinemablend<\/a>,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The big news of the last few days is, that Kevin Costner &#8211; as much as I would have loved to see him in it &#8211; is out (due to scheduling conflicts) of Django Unchained, which&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,303,306,307,196,90,181],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Django Unchained casting update - The Quentin Tarantino Archives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Django Unchained casting update - The Quentin Tarantino Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The big news of the last few days is, that Kevin Costner &#8211; as much as I would have loved to see him in it &#8211; is out (due to scheduling conflicts) of Django Unchained, which&#046;&#046;&#046;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Quentin Tarantino Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-02T19:37:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-05-21T20:38:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LauraCayouetteLarryBishopHellRideRR011.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"231\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"251\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sebastian\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@QTArchives\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@QTArchives\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sebastian\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sebastian\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/#\/schema\/person\/91c131ec5dbbcfdacf2d722c585c899c\"},\"headline\":\"Django Unchained casting update\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-02T19:37:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-05-21T20:38:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":7,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/2011\/10\/django-unchained-casting-update\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.tarantino.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/LauraCayouetteLarryBishopHellRideRR011.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Casting\",\"Django Unchained\",\"Jamie Foxx\",\"Kevin Costner\",\"Kurt Russel\",\"Leonardo DiCaprio\",\"Samuel L. 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