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James Marsden joins Quentin Tarantino's next

James Marsden joins Quentin Tarantino's next

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The film will release on August 19 next year

Actor James Marsden is the latest addition to the cast of Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood".

The 44-year-old actor, who currently stars in HBO's "Westworld" season two, joins the star-studded cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Al Pacino in Tarantino's ninth feature film.

"American Housewife" actor Julia Butters is also onboard. However, the details of Marsden' and Butters' characters are not known yet, as reported.

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The movie is based on the murder of actor Sharon Tate and three others at the hands of the Manson family cult.

DiCaprio, 43, plays Rick Dalton, an aging, out-of-work actor in the film, with Pitt, 54, as his longtime stunt double named Cliff Booth.

The two characters happen to be the neighbors of Tate, who will be portrayed by Robbie

Pacino, 78, will play Marvin Schwarz, the agent of Dalton.

The film's cast also includes Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant, Damian Lewis, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning.

Three Tarantino regulars - Kurt Russell ("The Hateful Eight"), Tim Roth ("Reservoir Dogs"), and Michael Madsen ("Kill Bill") will also be making an appearance in small/cameo-style roles.

The film will release on August 19 next year commemorating the 50th anniversary of the murders.