In 2011 , production began on '' Django Unchained '' , a film about the revenge of a former slave in the U.S. South in 1858 . The film stemmed from Tarantino 's desire to produce a spaghetti western set in America 's Deep South . Tarantino called the proposed style " a southern " , stating that he wanted " to do movies that deal with America 's horrible past with slavery and stuff but do them like spaghetti westerns , not like big issue movies . I want to do them like they 're genre films , but they deal with everything that America has never dealt with because it 's ashamed of it , and other countries do n't really deal with because they do n't feel they have the right to " . The film was released on December 25 , 2012 . During an interview with Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the film on Channel 4 News , Tarantino reacted angrily when , in light of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting , he was questioned about an alleged link between movie violence and real-life violence , and informed Guru-Murthy he was " shutting his butt down " . Tarantino further defied the journalist , saying : " I refuse your question . I 'm not your slave and you 're not my master . You ca n't make me dance to your tune . I 'm not a monkey . " In November 2013 , Tarantino said he was working on a new film and that it would be another Western . He stated that it would not be a sequel to '' Django '' . On January 12 , 2014 , it was revealed that the film would be titled '' The Hateful Eight '' . Production of the western would most likely have begun in the summer of 2014 , but after the script for the film leaked in January 2014 , Tarantino considered dropping the movie and publishing it as a novel instead . He stated that he had given the script to a few trusted colleagues , including Bruce Dern , Tim Roth and Michael Madsen
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
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