Brad Pitt to play Leonardo DiCaprio's stunt double in Tarantino film

Los Angeles— Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to star in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Sony Pictures said on Wednesday that the film has been dated for a theatrical release on 9 August, 2019.

Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the project has become widely known as Tarantino's Charles Manson film.

Neither DiCaprio nor Pitt will be playing Manson however. Tarantino says they will play a pair of struggling actors. DiCaprio will appear as former Western TV series star and Pitt as his stunt double. Their characters live next door to Sharon Tate.

A longtime resident of Los Angeles, Tarantino has been working on the script for five years. It will mark his ninth feature.