After word got out that the script for his upcoming film
The Hateful Eight was leaked to the public, angry auteur Quentin Tarantino declared to
Deadline that he will no longer make the movie.
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The
Pulp Fiction and
Django Unchained filmmaker says he felt particularly betrayed by the breach because, firstly, he gave the script to six collegaues he felt he could trust and, secondly, it was a first draft of a work in progress.
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“I’m very, very depressed,” Tarantino told
Deadlinereporter Mike Fleming Jr. “I give it out to six people, and if I can’t trust them to that degree, then I have no desire to make it.”
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The “suspects” include actors Tim Roth, Bruce Dern, and Michael Madsen, all of whom Tarantino was hoping to cast in
The Hateful Eight. Tarantino also gave a copy of the script to
Django producer Reggie Hudlin.
Tim Roth
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Bruce Dern
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Michael Madsen
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Although specifics remain unknown, The Hateful Eight was to be an ensemble Western film, it’s title a play on genre classic The Magnificent Seven.
