Quentin Tarantino’s next film, The Hateful Eight, has already had so much controversy surrounding it despite production not even beginning. There was the full script leak that happened early in the year, Tarantino’s subsequent lawsuit with Gawker over the leak, the live table read of the script with some Tarantino staples, rumors of the production re-entering shooting after cancellation, and the film’s official teaser trailer exclusively to Sin City: A Dame to Kill For theatrical screenings. Finally, we have some concrete information for the film that’ll not only appease Tarantino fans, but cinephiles as a whole.

Production on The Hateful Eight is confirmed to begin in early 2015 with a targeted fall 2015 release date. What’s more, the film will be shot in 70mm and will initially be released into theaters in the format before spreading out to more theaters in 35mm and DCP formats. For those unfamiliar, 70mm film offers a higher range of quality than the typical 35mm film stock does. I wrote a bit about Interstellar last year and how it could be the last major 70mm film release, but The Hateful Eight could hold that distinction.

Whatever format the film is released in, I know film audiences of all kinds will be glad to re-enter Tarantino’s blissfully grandiose cinematic world once again.

[via /Film]

The Hateful Eight poster