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01-14-2014, 01:25 AM
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Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film
In the wake of the mainstream success of Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained, it has been announced that a new Django film, starring Franco Nero, the Italian actor who originated the role in Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western, is to play the gunslinger once again.
Although there have been over 30 films containing the character since 1966, there has only been one "official" sequel, 1987's Django Strikes Again, directed by Corbucci and starring Nero. Now, however,an American company called Point Blank has secured the rights to the character, and is aiming to set up a third Django film, to be called Django Lives.
According to the company's press release, Django Lives is set in 1915, when the older Django has become a "consultant to silent-movie Westerns... After getting entangled with racketeers, Django fights back, and all hell breaks loose."
In an effort to maintain the Tarantino connection, the producers have hired Joe D'Augustine to direct; D'Augustine is credited with "additional editing" on a number of the director's films, including Inglourious Basterds and Kill Bill Vols 1 and 2.
Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy) and Noah Segan (Looper) have been added to the cast alongside Nero, but the "main heavy" and female lead are yet to be cast, according to producer David Hollander.
http://twitchfilm.com/2014/01/tarantino-editor-directing-franco-nero-in-django-lives.html
Django to be reborn in new Franco Nero film
In the wake of the mainstream success of Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained, it has been announced that a new Django film, starring Franco Nero, the Italian actor who originated the role in Sergio Corbucci's 1966 spaghetti western, is to play the gunslinger once again.
Although there have been over 30 films containing the character since 1966, there has only been one "official" sequel, 1987's Django Strikes Again, directed by Corbucci and starring Nero. Now, however,an American company called Point Blank has secured the rights to the character, and is aiming to set up a third Django film, to be called Django Lives.
According to the company's press release, Django Lives is set in 1915, when the older Django has become a "consultant to silent-movie Westerns... After getting entangled with racketeers, Django fights back, and all hell breaks loose."
In an effort to maintain the Tarantino connection, the producers have hired Joe D'Augustine to direct; D'Augustine is credited with "additional editing" on a number of the director's films, including Inglourious Basterds and Kill Bill Vols 1 and 2.
Mark Boone Junior (Sons of Anarchy) and Noah Segan (Looper) have been added to the cast alongside Nero, but the "main heavy" and female lead are yet to be cast, according to producer David Hollander.
http://twitchfilm.com/2014/01/tarantino-editor-directing-franco-nero-in-django-lives.html