The Hateful Eight Trailer is Glorious and Here
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight finally has a trailer that's as glorious as the 70mm film it was shot on!
It’s often been said that the Western is a dead film genre. But we think it’s safe to say that Quentin Tarantino will (again) blast some new life into it and the film medium itself with this year’s The Hateful Eight.
Theaters with 70mm capability will receive The Hateful Eight on Dec. 25, 2015, and the film will expand to a wide digital release on Jan. 8, 2016.
Having already tried his hand at the anachronistic Spaghetti Western by way of Nazi Occupied France circa 1944, and then again with some southern fried pasta in 2012’s Antebellum Django Unchained, the auteur has made plain that his next film will stop with subversion and embrace the true form in a post-Civil War epic that longs to stand tall in glorious 70mm with the monumental hombres of his favorite genre. Already scheduled for a nebulous (but likely December) 2015 release date from The Weinstein Company, Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight is a period piece that aims to have the last word on its era.
But before we take this undoubtedly loquacious trip to a blizzard somewhere in Wyoming (be it eight, 10 or 12 years after the Civil War), let’s first go over everything it’s actually about.
The Hateful Eight Trailer
The Weinstein Company has released the first trailer for The Hateful Eight, and yes, it is glorious. At several minutes in length, it is a shorter version of the seven-minute trailer/sizzle reel that Tarantino brought to San Diego Comic-Con last month, but it still includes some of the best lines and does a wonderful job of introducing its conflict. Think John Ford's Stagecoach meets Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians, except with, you know, a whole lot more Tarantino dialogue and violence. But see for yourself what kind of Spaghetti that QT has rustled up below.