<p class="title">After Leonardo DiCaprio, Hollywood star Brad Pitt has joined the cast of director Quentin Tarantino's Manson movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film's title has been revealed as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and the director describes the project as "a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood".</p>.<p class="bodytext">DiCaprio, 43, will play the character of Rick Dalton, a former star of a Western TV series, while Pitt, 54, will portray his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour... Sharon Tate," Tarantino said in a statement, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been working on this script for five years, as well as living in Los Angeles County most of my life, including in 1969, when I was 7 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 as Rick and Cliff," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pitt previously collaborated with Tarantino on "Inglourious Bastards" in 2009 while DiCaprio teamed up with the director for "Django Unchained" in 2012.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Incidentally, both the Tarantino films had also featured Christoph Waltz, who went on to win his two Best Supporting Actor Oscars for the movies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new film, Tarantino's ninth as director, will come out on August 9, 2019. </p>
<p class="title">After Leonardo DiCaprio, Hollywood star Brad Pitt has joined the cast of director Quentin Tarantino's Manson movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film's title has been revealed as "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and the director describes the project as "a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood".</p>.<p class="bodytext">DiCaprio, 43, will play the character of Rick Dalton, a former star of a Western TV series, while Pitt, 54, will portray his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour... Sharon Tate," Tarantino said in a statement, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I've been working on this script for five years, as well as living in Los Angeles County most of my life, including in 1969, when I was 7 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 as Rick and Cliff," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pitt previously collaborated with Tarantino on "Inglourious Bastards" in 2009 while DiCaprio teamed up with the director for "Django Unchained" in 2012.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Incidentally, both the Tarantino films had also featured Christoph Waltz, who went on to win his two Best Supporting Actor Oscars for the movies.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The new film, Tarantino's ninth as director, will come out on August 9, 2019. </p>