The spaghetti western style film follows a a German dentist-turned bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) and freed slave Django (Jamie Foxx) seek to free Django's wife from her powerful owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Johnson will play a wealthy southern plantation owner who Django and Schultz meet in their pursuit of a bounty.
Kurt Russell replacing Kevin Costner will play Ace Woody, the sadistic trainer of the male fighting slaves who entertain the white patrons of Candyland club and ranch, as well as the female slaves who are forced to be prostitutes. Ace pits the fighters against one another, and has little qualms about mistreating and even killing the slaves who don't measure up Samuel L. Jackson will play Stephen, an expert manipulator and house slave of the plantation owner.Dennis Christopher will play Leo Moguy, who serves as lawyer to Candie. Laura Cayouette will play the widowed sister of Candie M.C. Gainey will play the villainous role of Big John Brittle. His character does some not very nice things to Django’s wife, Broomhilda who remains uncast Gerald McRaney also stars. Michael K. Williams, Kerry Washington, and Zoë Bell are all circling roles in the pic.
Production is slated to kick off in November to meet a December 25, 2012. release date
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