First Images From The Set Of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’

Actor Garret Dillahunt has tweeted this first look at the Melody Ranch Studio (where Dillahunt filmed ‘Deadwood’) set of Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming film ‘Django Unchained,’ a Sergio Leone inspired spaghetti western. In ‘Django Unchained,’ Jamie Foxx will play the title role of Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave who is liberated and taught the tricks of the trade by a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz). Django’s real desire is to be reunited with his wife (Kerry Washington), who winds up in a variety of unsavory places and whose travails drive the plot. It leads to a confrontation in Candyland, a ranch owned by the notorious Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).

‘Django Unchained’ also stars Tarantino regular Samuel L. Jackson, who will play the role of Rodney, Calvin Candie’s valet who keeps the slaves in line at Candie’s residence. The likes of Gerald McRaney, RZA, Dennis Christopher, Kurt Russell, Sacha Baron Cohen, Laura Cayouette, Laura Cayouette, Tom Savini, M.C. Gainey, Misty Upham, Don Johnson, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (possibly) will co-star. The film will pay homage to the Sergio Corbucci original ‘Django,’ Takashi Miike’s ‘Sukiyaki Western Django,’ which features Tarantino, and Elmore Leonard’s novel ’40 Lashes Less One.’ My hopes are ridiculously high for this film! Tarantino + spaghetti western = YES PLEASE! The film has been set for a Christmas Day 2012 release date by the Weinstein Company.