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Movie studio Sony Pictures said on Wednesday
that the film was called "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and
will feature DiCaprio as the former star of a Western TV series,
and Pitt as his longtime stunt double.
It's the first time the two actors have starred in a feature
film together.
"Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't
recognize anymore. But Rick (DiCaprio) has a very famous
next-door neighbor ... Sharon Tate," Sony Pictures said in a
statement.
Tate, the pregnant actress wife of director Roman Polanski, was
murdered in 1969 by followers of Manson, one of America's most
notorious criminals. Manson died in November 2017 at the age of
83 while serving a life sentence.
The movie is to be released on Aug. 9, 2019, exactly 50 years
after Tate and four friends were stabbed or shot dead.
Tarantino said he had been working on the script for five years
and had lived in the Los Angeles area for most of his life,
"including in 1969, when I was seven years old."
"I'm very excited to tell this story of an LA and a Hollywood
that don't exist anymore. And I couldn't be happier about the
dynamic teaming of DiCaprio and Pitt," he said in a statement.
DiCaprio won an Oscar in 2016 for his role in "The Revenant"
while Pitt was Oscar-nominated for performances in "Moneyball"
and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Tarantino has two Oscars for the screenplays of "Django
Unchained" and "Pulp Fiction," both of which he also directed.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Sandra Maler)
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