Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:25AM - By Travis Woods
It would seem that, in terms of casting, Quentin Tarantino just can’t catch a break lately. His latest film, Django Unchained, has been beset with actor dropouts almost as soon as casting for the spaghetti western began—first, Kevin Costner was attached to star as the villainous Ace Woody before dropping out and being replaced by Kurt Russell, then Joseph Gordon-Levitt bailed to film his directorial debut. Now, Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen are also bailing on the project, as well.
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Friday, April 13, 2012 9:22AM - By Travis Woods
It’s been a big week for Quentin Tarantino fans—after a long dry spell of no new information from the set of the hotshot director’s newest film, the spaghetti western-influenced Django Unchained, this week has been a veritable free-for-all of new trivia by comparison. First, there was the fantastic Saul Bass-esque teaser poster for the film; today, The Weinstein Company has released an official, 282 word plot summary for the mysterious new movie.
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Friday, September 30, 2011 5:05PM - By Damon Houx
Last week it was reported that Kevin Costner was leaving Django Unchained, and today we’re hearing word that Kurt Russell is “in talks” to replace Costner in Quentin Tarantino‘s latest film. He would join Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz and Samuel L. Jackson in the western opus. Tarantino and Russell last worked together in Tarantino’s half of Grindhouse, Death Proof.
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Monday, March 23, 2009 5:26PM - By Krystal Clark
When I read this I honestly thought it was a joke. Anyone who reads this site knows that I have been watching the casting for Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables like a hawk. A few posts back I made a little quip about Stallone needing to hire Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris and Kurt Russell to make the cast complete, and I think he was listening…sort of. According to Moviehole Stallone did approach Russell’s people about starring in the action flick, but he was met with a less than enthusiastic response.
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:00PM - By Krystal Clark
Remakes, remakes, remakes!! According to Variety, another version of the horror classic The Thing is in the works. There have already been two previous versions of the film, based off of the John W. Campbell short story, “Who Goes There.” In 1951 Howard Hawks directed The Thing From Another World, and in 1982 John Carpenter came out with his version simply entitled, The Thing. This next revamp will have a script written by Battlestar Galactica executive producer Ron Moore, and will be directed by Matthijis Van Heijningen.
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