Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio Join Quentin Tarantino's ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD

Quentin Tarantino's new project, the controversial Charles Manson murders film titled "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", just added two big names to its cast. Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to star in the filmmaker's ninth film, which he describes as "a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad 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."

The cast also includes Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski's wife who was brutally murdered in her home, along with four others who were visiting at the time, by members of Charles Manson's cult. Tate was eight-and-a-half months pregnant. Tarantino also said: "I've been working working on this script for five years, as well as living in Los Angeles County most of my life, including in 1969, when I was seven years old. I’m very excited to tell this story of an LA and a Hollywood that don’t exist anymore. And I couldn’t be happier about the dynamic teaming of DiCaprio & Pitt as Rick & Cliff."

This is a reunion for Tarantino, Pitt and DiCaprio. The director has worked with Pitt on the WWII flick "Inglourious Basterds", while DiCaprio starred as a villainous slave owner in Tarantino's "Django Unchained". Pitt just finished work on James Gray's science fiction thriller "Ad Astra".

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was acquired by Sony Pictures after Tarantino quit his deal with The Weinstein Company in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations leveled against the company. The film is scheduled for release on August 9, 2019.

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