Photo: ReutersLeonardo DiCaprio will star in a movie set around the Charles Manson murders, Hollywood entertainment publications reported on Friday (local time), but he will not play the role of the American cult leader. DiCaprio will instead take the part of an aging, out-of-work actor in the as-yet untitled movie being produced and directed by Oscar-winner Quentin Tarantino, Variety and Deadline.com said. He had been serving a life sentence for ordering the murders of nine people including actress Sharon Tate. The Sony Pictures movie is to be released on August 9, 2019, exactly 50 years after Tate and four friends were stabbed or shot dead. Sony Pictures, part of Sony Corp, did not return a request for comment on the casting.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2018 01:30 UTC