Burt Reynolds and Kurt Russell In Talks to Join the Cast of Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

According to Variety, Burt Reynolds, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen are in talks to join Quentin Tarantino's next film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," sources tell Variety.

They will join the previously announced cast of Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt. Margot Robbie is also in negotiations to play Sharon Tate.

Tarantino, who is writing and directing, describes the project as "a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood."

DiCaprio will play Rick Dalton, former star of a western TV series, while Pitt will be his longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. Reynolds is in talks to play George Spahn, the man who rented his house out to Charles Manson and his followers in the months leading up to the Manson murders. It is unknown who Roth, Madsen and Russell would be playing.

Tarantino's film has been referred to as a Pulp Fiction-like tapestry stories with characters around LA in the summer of 1969, before the Manson murders were committed. Sony Pictures stepped up to acquire the film and it is set for August 9, 2019 release worldwide. Sony described the film as a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbor Sharon Tate.

Sony is handling distribution on the film, which will be released worldwide on Aug. 9, 2019 - the 50th anniversary of the day that the Manson family committed the LaBianca murders and the day after Tate was killed.

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