Tarantino Casts His Django

A new gunslinger is about to ride into town. According to AICN the coveted title role for Quentin Tarantino’s ode to spaghetti westerns, Django Unchained, has been signed. Rumors circling the film industry placed odds on Will Smith (I Am Legend), Idris Elba (Thor) and Jamie Foxx (Ray).

It seems while director Tarantino was negotiating with Smith to take the part, Elba signed onto Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming giant monster epic, Pacific Rim, taking the role originally meant for Tom Cruise, reports Deadline.com.

Apparently negotiations with Smith could not be resolved and Tarantino has now decided on Jamie Foxx.

                                                          A fine actor, indeed.
Smith’s last outing in the western genre was the universally reviled Wild Wild West. One can only speculate that he was a little gun-shy to get back in the saddle again…
... and who can blame him?
While Foxx is a fine actor and a good choice, Elba seems to have caught the favor of fans. His turn in this year’s Thor definitely shows a strong screen presence and we can only imagine his take on the Gatling-gunned anti-hero, originally played by Franco Nero.