Yahoo Movies 'The Hateful Eight' Trailer: Bullets Are About to Fly in Quentin Tarantino's New Western
Quentin Tarantino spent most of his recent Comic-Con panel hyping the ultra-wide (and very rare) 65mm lenses he used for his new western, The Hateful Eight. But for now, audiences will have to settle for a first look at the film, via the trailer above, on their more modestly-proportioned computer screens.
Spoiler alert: It still looks awesome.
The Hateful Eight has a Django Unchained-meets-Reservoir Dogs vibe, mixing an old west setting (it takes place just after the Civil War) with what becomes a single-location character drama. It also features several Tarantino vets among the eight leads, making it, at least at first glance, a treat for long-time fans of the Oscar-winning maverick.
The roster begins with Major Marquis Warren, a former US calvary leader played by Samuel L. Jackson. He commandeers a carriage that has been traveling through the Colorado mountains, carrying several other members of the title’s Hateful Eight: bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth (Kurt Russell); Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh), the feral woman that Ruth has caught; and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), the goofy new sheriff in town.
The group rolls up to an old inn, where the blizzard forces a pit stop. There, they encounter a mysterious Mexican named Bob (Demian Bichir), former Confederate general Sandy Smithers (Bruce Dern), the sketchy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), and the wily Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth, channeling one of Tarantino’s greatest finds, Christoph Waltz).
The agitated group is soon snowed-in with tensions running high and plenty of guns around to exacerbate the already volatile situation. “Move a little strange, you gonna get a bullet,” says Warren at one point. “Not a warning, not a question. A bullet.”
The Hateful Eight will first be shown on Christmas Day during a tour of theaters capable of projecting it in 70mm. It will then hit multiplexes nationwide on Jan. 8.
Below, check out an exclusive character poster featuring Walton Goggins:
