Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are reuniting with Quentin Tarantino 
to star in the filmmaker's latest feature, 'Once Upon a Time 
in Hollywood,' Sony Pictures announced Wednesday.
Tarantino describes it as “a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, 
at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are 
Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), former star of a Western TV series, 
and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). Both are struggling 
to make it in a Hollywood they don’t recognize anymore. 
But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbor...Sharon Tate.”
The film, set to be released worldwide on Aug. 9, 2019, is an expensive 
proposition for the studio. Both actors had been tipped to star in the project 
for weeks but negotiations had been strenuous. In fact, sources said 
DiCaprio was ready to walk away at one point in January. 
In a statement, Tarantino said: “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 seven years old. I’m very excited to tell this story of an L.A. 
and a Hollywood that don’t exist anymore. And I couldn’t be happier 
about the dynamic teaming of DiCaprio & Pitt as Rick & Cliff.”
