I've had sadly little exposure to the Western genre, having not even seen The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. One film I have seen, however, is Django, which makes me all kinds of excited for Quentin Tarantino's upcoming tribute Django Unchained. In the film, Django is a freed slave who seeks out his wife, who's still a slave. Along the way he meets up with a German bounty hunter who gives him the training he needs to take on an evil plantation owner.
While the offer is yet to be extended, Tarantino wants Will Smith for the lead role. I imagine that would Smith - or any actor, for that matter - would love the chance to work with the co-writer and director of Pulp Fiction. One possible obstacle could be Smith's payout, which is usually pretty high. He is one the biggest - quite possibly the biggest - box office draw in the world.
As for the rest of the casting, I would personally love to see Christoph Waltz play the German, but to be fair, I would like to see Waltz play every German, ever. Samuel L. Jackson will likely have a role as Monsieur Calvin Candie, the plantation owner's right-hand man (and slave).
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