Margot Robbie shared a teaser image of her character in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" on Instagram earlier today.
Tarantino's film has been referred to as a Pulp Fiction-like tapestry stories with characters around LA in the summer of 1969, before the Manson murders were committed. Sony Pictures stepped up to acquire the film and it is set for August 9, 2019 release worldwide. Sony described the film as a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. The two lead characters are Rick Dalton, former star of a western TV series, and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth. Both are struggling to make it in a Hollywood they don't recognize anymore. But Rick has a very famous next-door neighbor Sharon Tate.
Robbie will play Sharon Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, was pregnant when she was killed at the hands of Charles Manson's followers at her home in 1969.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Burt Reynolds, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth. Al Pacino, Damian Lewis, Luke Perry, Emile Hirsch, Dakota Fanning, Clifton Collins Jr, Keith Jefferson and Nicholas Hammond are a part of the film in supporting roles.
Tarantino, who is writing and directing, describes the project as "a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood."
DiCaprio will play Rick Dalton, former star of a western TV series, while Pitt will be his longtime stunt double, Cliff Booth. Reynolds will play George Spahn, the man who rented his house out to Charles Manson and his followers in the months leading up to the Manson murders.
Sony is handling distribution on the film, which will be released worldwide on Aug. 9, 2019 - the 50th anniversary of the day that the Manson family committed the LaBianca murders and the day after Tate was killed.
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