Better known as Quentin Tarantino's "California movie" if you're Simon Pegg, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood takes us back to a moment in history when the movie industry's glitz was splattered with blood. Regular Tarantino viewers should not be surprised.
With a stellar supporting cast, an evocative period setting to play with and featuring some of the most chilling real-life murders Los Angeles has ever witnessed, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has so much to work with.
If anyone can mix the glamour and the horror it's the man who brought us such stylistic works as Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Here's everything we know so far about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
It's still not entirely clear what to expect from the movie, but the 90-second trailer shows off the usual Tarantino humour and some kick-ass moves from Mike Moh as Bruce Lee, as well as a dancing Leo. What else do you need?
Tarantino's ninth movie will be released on July 26 in the US and a few weeks later in the UK on August 14 (unless Sony moves it forward).
It was originally slated to hit cinemas two weeks earlier on August 9, which is the 50th anniversary of the Manson family murders, so it was sensibly moved forward.
Who's in it? More like who isn't in it! Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate, Leonardo DiCaprio as Rick Dalton, Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth, Dakota Fanning as Squeaky Fromme, Al Pacino as Marvin Shwarz and Damian Lewis as Steve McQueen, among many others.
The script is thought to focus on the murder of actress Sharon Tate by Manson's followers, although Tarantino has said it actually centres on the year 1969 instead. Summer of Sam snapshot indeed. The official synopsis (sort of) confirms this:
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton (DiCaprio), former star of a western TV series, and his long-time stunt double Cliff Booth (Pitt). Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognise anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbour... Sharon Tate."
