Tarantino’s ninth fea­ture will be set in the sum­mer of ​’69

Fol­low­ing a search for a new dis­trib­u­tor after part­ing ways with The Wein­stein Com­pa­ny, Quentin Tarantino’s next film is start­ing to take shape. Sony have secured the world­wide dis­tri­b­u­tion rights to the yet-unti­tled fea­ture, after a scram­ble which saw sev­er­al dis­tri­b­u­tion giants includ­ing Warn­er Bros attempt to woo the direc­tor into a new part­ner­ship. The first few details regard­ing the plot have also been revealed, in stark con­trast to the dra­ma which ensued with The Hate­ful Eight, when the script was leaked in pre-production.

After brav­ing the gru­elling cold of Col­orado to shoot his last film, Taran­ti­no is set to return to warmer climes – specif­i­cal­ly Los Ange­les, which was also the set­ting for Reser­voir Dogs, Pulp Fic­tion and Jack­ie Brown. Rumours were rife ear­ly on that the film would cen­tre on the Man­son Fam­i­ly mur­ders, specif­i­cal­ly that of actress Sharon Tate, which Taran­ti­no was quick to deny. Accord­ing to Van­i­ty Fair that the film will take place in the leg­endary sum­mer of 1969, with the Man­son Family’s crimes serv­ing as a back­drop rather than the main event.

Instead the plot will focus on a TV actor and his best friend/​stunt dou­ble, who are look­ing for a way into the film indus­try fol­low­ing some suc­cess on the small screen. It’s rumoured that Tom Cruise is being con­sid­ered for the lead role, as well as pre­vi­ous Taran­ti­no-col­lab­o­ra­tors Leonar­do DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, while Mar­got Rob­bie is being court­ed for the role of Sharon Tate. With a rumoured bud­get of $100 mil­lion (almost twice that of The Hate­ful Eight) it could also be Tarantino’s most expen­sive film to date. Pro­duc­tion is expect­ed to com­mence in June 2018 for a release the fol­low­ing year.