Quentin Tarantino has expressed his desire to create a "Django" miniseries during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival. He said that the film's 90 minutes of unused footage can be edited and broken down into four chapters. Each chapter can run for one hour, which is enough to complete a mini-series of the movie that can be shown on cable TV. "It wouldn't be an endurance test, but a mini-series and people love those," Tarantino said.

"Django Unchained" was released in winter of 2012 and was an instant hit, winning Tarantino the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay last year. The movie tells the story of a pre-war slave whose wife was bought by a slave owner, prompting the slave to stage a gory retribution to hunt down said owner.

Tarantino said, "I have about 90 minutes worth of material with 'Django.' It hasn't been seen. My idea, frankly, is to cut together a four-hour version of 'Django Unchained.'" 

"But I wouldn't show it like a four hour movie. I would cut it up into hour chapters. Like a four-part mini-series. And show it on cable television. Show it like an hour at a time, each chapter."

The cast of Django Unchained includes:

  • Jamie Foxx as the pre-war slave Django
  • Kerry Washington as Broomhilda von Shaft, Django's wife
  • Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen
  • Leonardo DiCaprio as Calvin Candie, the vicious plantation owner
  • Kristoph Waltz as Dr. King Schultz
  • Dennis Christopher as Leonide Moguy
  • Walton Goggins as Billy Crash
  • David Steen as Mr. Stonesipher
  • James Remar as Butch Pooch / Ace Speck
  • Nichole Galicia as Sheba
  • Dana Gourrier as Cora

Also in the cast are Ato Essandoh, Laura Cayouette, Sammi Rotibi, Escalante Lundy, Clay Donahue Fontenot, Don Johnson, Miriam F. Glover, James Russo, Franco Nero, Don Stroud, Tom Wopat, and more.