New Plot Details Have Emerged About Tarantino's 'Charles Manson' Film
After parting ways with his longtime studio home the Weinstein Company, Quentin Tarantino has settled upon releasing his ninth film with Sony Pictures after it beat out competition from Paramount and Warner Bros.
The film has a budget of $100m, and although original reports suggest it was based on the recently Charles Manson, Tarantino responded by saying it's not about the recently deceased cult leader, it's about 1969. Now, further details about casting and plot are coming to light.
Deadline reports that, "The film is an ensemble, and Tarantino has had conversations with Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio for the two main lead male roles. It is unclear if all three will be in the movie, or two of them, when Tarantino begins production next year, but it certainly looks like Tarantino will have a star cast here."
Deadline have also reported that Margot Robbie had been asked to play Manson murder victim Sharon Tate.
Vanity Fair have also scooped further plot details.
"Set in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969, Tarantino's upcoming movie, according to a source who read the script, focuses on a male TV actor who's had one hit series and his looking for a way to get into the film business. His sidekick-who's also his stunt double-is looking for the same thing. The horrific murder of Sharon Tate and four of her friends by Charles Manson's cult of followers serves as a backdrop to the main story."
Even if Manson is not the primary focus of the film, his death yesterday will certainly heighten interest around that period of history in America.
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