- The first poster and trailer for Quentin Tarantino's new movie, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," arrived this week.
- Here's everything we know about the movie, which hits theaters in July.
The first trailer for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" arrived on Wednesday, showcasing the movie's 1969 setting.
The movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an actor and Brad Pitt as his stunt double as they seek fame and glory in Hollywood during the time of the Manson family murders. Margot Robbie plays Sharon Tate, a young actress killed by the Manson family when she was pregnant with her and director Roman Polanski's child.
The movie also stars Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen, Damon Herriman as Charles Manson, Mike Moh as Bruce Lee, Emile Hirsch as Jay Sebring, and Dakota Fanning as a member of the Manson family.
Pitt worked with Tarantino on 2009's "Inglorious Basterds," and DiCaprio appeared in 2013's "Django Unchained." Longtime Tarantino collaborators Tim Roth and Michael Madsen are also appearing in the film.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" will arrive in theaters on July 26. It was originally set for release on August 9, the 50th anniversary of the Manson family murders.
Here's everything we know about Tarantino's upcoming ninth film:
The first trailer and poster arrived this week.
The first poster for the movie dropped on Tuesday, followed by the first trailer on Wednesday. The trailer showcases the movie's 1969 setting, as Pitt and DiCaprio's characters look to make a comeback in Hollywood.
Watch the trailer here.
The film takes place in "Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood."
Tarantino described "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" in a statement last year, calling it, "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."
In July 2017, early reports of the film described its script as focused on the murder of actress Sharon Tate by Charles Manson's followers.
While Tarantino's February statement mentions Sharon Tate as a player in the movie, Tarantino previously said that the film would not center on Manson but on the year 1969. In fact, the trailer makes no overt mention of the Manson family.
It has been five years in the making.
Tarantino said last year that he had been working on the script for the film for half a decade.
"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 7 years old," he said. "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 and Pitt as Rick and Cliff."
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