Timothy Olyphant Negotiating a Lead Role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Timothy Olyphant negotiating a lead role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Deadline reports that Primetime Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant (Santa Clarita Diet, Justified, Snowden) is in negotiations to co-star in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, written and directed by Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction).

Olyphant will be joining Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and the recently announced Burt Reynolds, Kurt Russell, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen. Olyphant’s schedule had to be reworked around his Netflix original series, Santa Clarita Diet, which was recently renewed for a third season.

Set in Los Angeles in the summer of 1969, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood focuses on a male TV actor named Rick Dalton (DiCaprio) who’s had one hit western series and is looking for a way to get into the film business. His sidekick Cliff Booth (Pitt) — who’s also his stunt double — is looking for the same thing. The horrific murder of Sharon Tate (Rick’s neighbor in the film) and four of her friends by Charles Manson’s cult of followers serves as a backdrop to the main story. The movie is said to be similar to a “Pulp Fiction-like tapestry” that covers a group of characters during that summer.

Production is currently being prepped in Los Angeles for Sony Pictures and the film is slated for release on August 9, 2019.

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