Quentin Tarantino Hosts Staged Reading of THE HATEFUL EIGHT Today in LA

Academy Award-winning writer and director Quentin Tarantino will be hosting a live, staged reading of his new screenplay THE HATEFUL EIGHT today Los Angeles. The reading, originally scheduled for April 24 at the LA County Museum of Art, will be held today, April 19 at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel downtown.

The script "centers on a stagecoach disaster and the bounty hunters, Confederate soldiers and other figures affected by it, biding their time at a saloon during a blizzard."

All proceeds will go to Film Independent's programming work at LACMA.

Writer, director, producer and actor Tarantino has written screenplays for Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, the Kill Bill series, Grindhouse, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained and more. He has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globes, two BAFTAs and has earned nominations for an Emmy and a GRAMMY Award.

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