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Calamity Django – Django Unchained review

Django Unchained – Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, and Samuel L. Jackson. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Quentin’s gonna do what Quentin’s gonna do, and we should all stop feigning surprise when he does. He will readily deploy that most controversial of racial epithets because he doesn’t feel he needs the […]

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Jonah Hill set for Django Unchained

Jonah Hill has scored a role in Quentin Tarantino‘s already-shooting Django Unchained, Deadline reports. Hill was originally set to star as the fellow who loses Django’s (Jamie Foxx) slave wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) to plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio). When scheduling conflicts interfered, Hill was replaced by Sacha Baron Cohen, who himself exited the […]

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Trailer Debut: Django Unchained

The trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s new spaghetti western Django Unchained has arrived online. … what? You want more of a preamble? It’s Quentin’s newie! Go watch it already! In case you haven’t fully grasped the premise from the trailer, or have skimmed past it in the countless casting announcements from the past 12 months, here it is […]

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Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained fires off new shots

New images from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained have been released, showing Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio getting their Spaghetti Western on. Foxx stars as Django, a slave who is freed by a German bounty hunter played by Waltz. The pair team up to rescue Django’s wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from plantation owner Calvin Candie […]

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Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen pull out of Django Unchained

Production has already begun on Quentin Tarantino‘s spaghetti western Django Unchained, but two notable actors have pulled out of key roles. According to Variety’s Jeff Snider, Kurt Russell has abandoned the part of slave trainer Ace Woody. He follows in the footsteps of Kevin Costner, who first turned down the role. The reasons for his exit have not […]

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Poster Debut: Django Unchained

The international poster for Quentin Tarantino‘s newie Django Unchained has debuted online, courtesy of Sony Pictures’ Spanish Twitter account. It’s a minimalist tone-setter, evoking the legendary Saul Bass and, courtesy of the Spanish text, Sergio Leone‘s spaghetti westerns. We’re going to assume those two figures are freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx), and his mentor, Dr. […]

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Anthony LaPaglia joins Tarantino’s Django Unchained

Anthony LaPaglia has joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino‘s upcoming spaghetti-western Django Unchained. According to Deadline, LaPaglia will play the leader of an Australian gang. Bizarrely, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to appear as his brother. It was revealed last week that JoGo was eyeing the flick, but the nature of his role was unknown. Here’s hoping he does […]

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt wants in on Tarantino’s Django Unchained

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the latest actor to raise his hand to join Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Variety reports. Tarantino’s upcoming film already has Jamie Foxx signed on for the eponymous lead role; a slave who is freed by Christoph Waltz’s German dentist tuned bounty hunter. The pair team up to find Django’s wife Broomhilda, rumoured […]

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