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The Hateful Eight
File:The Hateful Eight film poster.png
Film poster
Directed byQuentin Tarantino
Written byQuentin Tarantino
Produced byRichard N. Gladstein
Shannon McIntosh
Stacey Sher
StarringSamuel L. Jackson
Kurt Russell
Bruce Dern
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Walton Goggins
Tim Roth
Michael Madsen
Demián Bichir
Channing Tatum
CinematographyRobert Richardson
Edited byFred Raskin
Distributed byThe Weinstein Company
Release date
  • December 2015 (2015-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$44 million[1]

The Hateful Eight is an upcoming American western film directed and written by Quentin Tarantino. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Dern, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Demián Bichir and Kurt Russell. The film is set for a December 2015 release by The Weinstein Company.

Plot

Set six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. The passengers, bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) and his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth, known in these parts as "The Hangman", will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter two strangers: Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson), a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter, and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), a southern renegade who claims to be the town's new Sheriff. Losing their lead on the blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren and Mannix seek refuge at Minnie's Haberdashery, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. Bob (Demián Bichir), who's taking care of Minnie's while she's visiting her mother, is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the hangman of Red Rock, cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern). As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all...

Cast

Production

Development and script leak

The Hateful Eight Live Reading at the Ace Hotel Los Angeles, as part of LACMA's Live Read series on April 19, 2014.

In November 2013, Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would be another Western. He stated that it would not be a sequel to Django Unchained.[2] On January 12, 2014, it was revealed that the film would be titled The Hateful Eight. The production of the western would most likely have begun in the summer of 2014, but after the script for the film leaked in January 2014, Tarantino considered dropping the movie and publishing it as a novel instead.[3][4] He claimed to have given the script to a few trusted colleagues, including Bruce Dern, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen.[5][6]

On April 19, Tarantino directed a live reading of the leaked script at the United Artists Theater, in the Ace Hotel Los Angeles. The event was organized by the Film Independent at LACMA, as part of the Live Read series.[7] Tarantino explained that they would read the first draft of the script, and he added that he was writing two new drafts with a different ending. The actors who joined Tarantino included Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Amber Tamblyn, James Parks, Walton Goggins, Zoë Bell, James Remar, Dana Gourrier and the first three actors to be given the script before the leakage, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth and Michael Madsen.[8]

Pre-production

On May 28, 2014, Tarantino said that he has calmed down and is going to start filming The Hateful Eight in November in Wyoming, with all the cast members from the script reading with possible 2015 release date.[9][10] The shooting is set to begin in early 2015, pushed back from November schedule.[11] In the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International he confirmed that he would be doing the film, and he was working on third draft of the film.[12] On July 30, 2014, a poster for the film was revealed.[13] On August 14, Slash Film revealed that a teaser trailer with a duration of one minute and forty seconds will be released on August 22 with the release of the film Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.[14] In late August 2014, Jennifer Lawrence was in talks to join the film.[15] On September 3, 2014, The Weinstein Company acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the film for a fall 2015 release, and set the film to begin principal photography in January.[16] On September 23, it was revealed that Viggo Mortensen was asking Tarantino for a role in the film.[17] On October 9, Jennifer Jason Leigh was added to the cast to play Daisy Domergue.[18] On November 5, it was announced that Channing Tatum was circling for a major role in the film.[19] Later the same day, The Weinstein Company confirmed the cast in a press release, which would include Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, Demián Bichir, Walton Goggins, Michael Madsen, and Bruce Dern. Channing Tatum's casting was also confirmed.[20]

Filming

On September 26, 2014, the Denver Post reported that state Colorado had signed to fund the film's production with $5 million, so it was announced that the complete film would be shot in southwest Colorado.[1] A 900-acre, high-mesa ranch had been issued to the production for the filming. There was a meeting on October 16, which the county's planning commission would plan to use a permit for the construction of a temporary set.[1] Principal photography began on December 8, 2014 in Colorado on the Schmid Ranch near Telluride.[21][22][23]

Cinematography

Cinematographer Robert Richardson, who also worked with Tarantino in Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, will film The Hateful Eight on 70mm film, using Ultra Panavision 70. It is expected to be the widest release in 70mm since Ron Howard's Far and Away in 1992.[24] As it has been advertised, the movie uses CinemaScope anamorphic lenses with an aspect ratio of 2.78:1, an ultra wide aspect ratio that was used on a few movies in the 1950s and 60s, such as How the West Was Won (1962), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) and Battle of the Bulge (1965).

References

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  3. ^ "Quentin Tarantino Plans to drop 'Hateful Eight' after the Script Leaked". Movies that Matter. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  4. ^ Fleming Jr., Mike (21 January 2014). "Quentin Tarantino Shelves 'The Hateful Eight' After Betrayal Results In Script Leak". Deadline.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
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  10. ^ Friedman, Roger. "Exclusive: Tarantino Movie "Hateful Eight" Has November Start Date". showbiz411.com. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
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  13. ^ Billington, Alex (July 30, 2014). "Tarantino's New Western 'The Hateful Eight' Unveils Another Poster". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
  14. ^ Fischer, Russ (August 15, 2014). "Quentin Tarantino's 'The Hateful Eight' Trailer Debuts With 'Sin City 2,' Will Not Be Online". slashfilm.com. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  15. ^ Child, Ben (22 August 2014). "Jennifer Lawrence may saddle up for Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
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  17. ^ Garvey, Marianne; Niemietz, Brian; Coleman, Oli (September 23, 2014). "Viggo Mortensen and Quentin Tarantino talk business, and director gets closeup with Vanessa Ferlito". nydailynews.com. Retrieved September 24, 2014.
  18. ^ Sneider, Jeff (October 9, 2014). "Quentin Tarantino Casts Jennifer Jason Leigh as Female Lead in 'Hateful Eight'". thewrap.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  19. ^ Fleming Jr, Mike (November 5, 2014). "Channing Tatum Eyes 'Hateful Eight' Role". deadline.com. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  20. ^ Ramisetti, Kirthana (November 6, 2014). "'The Hateful Eight' cast announced: Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Channing Tatum among all-star cast in Quentin Tarantino's latest film". nydailynews.com. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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  22. ^ http://www.ssninsider.com/on-the-set-for-12814-james-bond-pic-spectre-hateful-eight-start-shooting-vin-diesel-wraps-last-witch-hunter/
  23. ^ Dyer, Kyle (December 10, 2014). "New Tarantino movie starts filming near Telluride". 9news.com. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  24. ^ Pucho, Kristy. "Quentin Tarantino's Hateful Eight To Be Widest 70mm Release In 20 Years". cinemablend.com. Retrieved December 10, 2014.
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