Jamie Foxx poses at the "Django Unchained" press line at Comic Con, Saturday, July 14, 2012, in San Diego. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
July 14, 2012 - 3:26 PM
SAN DIEGO - Quentin Tarantino is redefining race relations in the pre-Civil War South with "Django Unchained," his Western-style saga that he previewed at the Comic-Con fan convention.
Tarantino said Saturday that the germ of the story that struck him 13 years ago was the idea of a slave who turns bounty hunter — and goes after white men.
"Django Unchained" stars Jamie Foxx in the title role and Christoph Waltz as a dentist-turned-gunslinger who takes Django under his wing as they take on a plantation where slaves are trained for bloody sport — and dole out some vengeance along the way. The cast also includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Kerry Washington
The film debuts in theatres this December.
News from © The Associated Press, 2012