Quentin Tarantino is bringing the A-list stars to his newest project, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino already has Leonardo DiCaprio and now he’s added Brad Pitt to the cast. This movie is rounding up to be EPIC.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is the film about Charlie Manson and the murder of Sharon Tate, but the film won’t solely revolve around Manson. Read on…

CelebNMovies247.com has the latest on Quentin Tarantino, who has just added Brad Pitt to join the 1969 set drama following Leonardo DiCaprio.

This will reunite Brad Pitt and Quentin Tarantino, since the film Inglorious Basterds. It is also a second time for DiCaprio and Tarantino after they worked together on Django Unchained. Pitt is taking on the role that was rumored to be for Tom Cruise.

The Synopsis:

“The 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.”

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Here is what we’ve learned:

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will be released on the 50th Anniversary of Sharon Tate’s murder.
  The production will be quite expensive.
• Sony is using the Oscar caliber of its two new leading men as a selling point.
• Both Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence have been rumored for Sharon Tate, but the role has yet to be cast. (we are hoping for Jennifer Lawrence.)
• Sony Pictures acquired the film after Tarantino was forced to pull it away from The Weinstein Company.
• It’s being said that Tarantino was providing a homage to Sergio Leone’s films Once Upon A Time in America

When it comes to his new project, Quentin Tarantino had this to say:

“I’ve been 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 L.A. and a Hollywood that don’t exist anymore. And I couldn’t be happier about the dynamic teaming of DiCaprio & Pitt as Rick & Cliff.”

Per Sony, Tarantino describes the film as:

It’s “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.”

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will hit theaters on August 9, 2019.

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