Tarantino plots a Western, Burton and Brolin head to NOTRE DAME, Oscars ratings down, more – News Links

• Is the world ready? Quentin Tarantino is finally prepping to unleash a spaghetti Western. And Christoph Waltz is one of the stars. (AICN)
• Tim Burton and Josh Brolin are in the early stages of developing an adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. (THR’s Heat Vision)
• Did you think the Oscars were boring? Well, at least you watched them. Last night’s Academy Awards telecast was down in the ratings. (Deadline)
• Director Gary Winick (Letters to Juliet, 13 Going on 30) died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 49. (indieWire)
• Jane Russell, star of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Howard Hughes’ The Outlaw, has also passed. She was 89. (Variety)

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