4 Hour 48 Minute Cut of Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In America Coming

There was previous news that Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair would be playing at the New Beverly and likely hit stores soon after. Now there is some more amazing director's cut news. Variety reports the children of director Segrio Leone have got a hold of the rights to Once Upon A Time In America. Originally the film was expected to be two films as Leone shot around 10 hours of footage. It eventually hit Cannes in 1984 with the running time of 229 minutes but the studio had him cut it down to 134 minutes for the theater release. They will release a new cut that comes in close to 5 hours and will premiere at Cannes 2012 which will lead to a release on Blu Ray/DVD. I think more Leone is good thing I wouldn't be shocked to see more of films getting re-cuts like this in the future.

Tarantino Making Untitled Spaghetti Western & Christoph Waltz Has A Role?

AICN is reporting that Quentin Tarantino's next film will be a Spaghetti Western set to shoot sometime this year. They also mention that Christoph Waltz will have a role in the film. Zero plot information is attached to this story and who Waltz will play. Take this news with grain of salt as this could be from mouth of Tarantino himself but could never end up happening. He's notorious for talking up possible projects but never actually happening. Yet, it's interesting to think this could be the film he makes before jumping into Kill Bill 3.

Tarantino has long talked about his love for Italian director Sergio Leone and being a major influence in his films. Leone directed some of the best westerns ever put on film including Once Upon A Time In The West and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. They say the project could start shooting sometime this year in Spain and Italy. I could see see Quentin doing a similar way of shooting that he did with Inglourious Basterds. Shooting and editing at the same time to have it ready for a premiere at Cannes next year.  If true this just became my most anticipated film of 2012.