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There has been much speculation on why Will Smith passed on Django Unchained after director Quentin Tarantino publicly stated that Smith was his first choice for the title role.
In an interview with EW, the actor set things straight saying that he turned down the role because he would have been a supporting actor to Christoph Waltz’s lead. “Django wasn’t the lead, so it was like, I need to be the lead. | Full Story
Quentin Tarantino has proven to be quite the ham once he’s gotten attention from the media. The famed director is quick to throw out rumors, revel in controversy, and do anything necessary to maintain his place in the spotlight. This time, he’s chosen another rumor involving Johnny Depp.
Quentin Tarantino recently sat down with The Playlist and explained how he might or might not work with the always entertaining Johnny Depp. | Full Story
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained was released on Christmas day and since then the film has been performing extremely well in ticket sales, currently standing in second place for this weeks box office report. That success could be credited to one character in the movie that sticks out and seems to be the most despicable yet entertaining character of them all. It’s the house slave Stephen, played by Samuel Jackson. The actor has acknowledged that he’s playing perhaps the most hated black character that ever existed but “At least he’s a memorable character,” Jackson said in a interview with deadline. | Full Story
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has already become the center of attention the entertainment world, but the famed director seems to only have one thing on his mind: another rumored spin-off, Killer Crow. The famed director recently sat down with The Root to explain what Killer Crow is all about and what it may have to offer to audiences.
According to Tarantino, Killer Crow is a companion story to Inglourious Basterds, following a set of black soldiers rather than white Nazi hunters. | Full Story
There’s one thing Spike Lee definitely won’t be doing during the Holidays this year — eating popcorn while indulging in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained film, which opens in theaters on Christmas day.
The Do the Right Thing director says he’s boycotting the new movie because he believes it’s the wrong thing for his ancestors.
“American Slavery Was Not A Sergio Leone Spaghetti Western. It Was A Holocaust. My Ancestors Are Slaves. | Full Story
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, starring Jamie Foxx as the title role hit theaters in two weeks. Now, Django is crossing over into the comic book world. How? Well, Tarantino movie scripts are dense and read more like graphic novels. Many cuts are made from his scripts before the film makes it to the big screen. So, what’s done with all the scraps? This time around they’re being translated into a six issues comic book. | Full Story
There have been two new clips released for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. Last week, The Weinstein Company released their last official trailer for the film, but to keep more buzz surrounded around the project they decidied to put out this new footage.
If anyone has been under a rock for the past six months, Django Unchained is a film set in the 1800s of the Deep South. The character Django is a ex-slave, played by Jamie Foxx, who teams up with Christoph Waltz’s bounty hunter character, Dr. | Full Story
In a recent interview with Playboy, Quentin Tarantino talked extensively about his upcoming film Django Unchained, where he went into particulars about his first choice for casting the lead for the project. The director mentioned various big stars, which may or may not have been a good choice for the part. Even though the film hasn’t come out yet, there are several trailers circling around the internet which displays Jamie Foxx in the lead role in the film. | Full Story
Three high profile Hollywood directors recently turned down the thought of possibly directing the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII.
Steven Spielberg told Access Hollywood, when asked if want to sit the director’s chair, “No! No! It’s not my genre. It’s my best friend George’s genre.”
Not sure if he would make the proper fit as a director for Star Wars but in a separate occasion, Quentin Tarantino told EW an almost identical answer saying, “I could so care less. | Full Story
New pictures have been released of, well, just about everyone in Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming southwestern Django Unchained.
Perhaps special attention should be paid to the new looks at Walton Goggins and Don Johnson. Goggins plays Billy Crash, one of Calvin Candie’s slave wranglers, whereas Johnson plays a slave owner named Spencer “Big Daddy” Barnett, the character responsible for employing the men who sold Django and Broomhilda into slavery. | Full Story
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