Quentin Tarantino has not put his ass in a director’s chair since the HUGE success of Inglourious Basterds back in 2009, a movie that went on to be Oscar nominated.

But all that is about to change as his new movie project Django Unchained is on the horizon – it is being filmed as we speak.

And we have the first couple of images from the movie for you to take a look at:

As you may imagine a Tarantino project brings together a great cast – and this is one of the best that he has ever assembled.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington and Sacha Baron Cohen are all set to star.

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, Django Unchained stars Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Waltz).

Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles… dead or alive.

Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South’s most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.

Django and Schultz’s search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (DiCaprio), the proprietor of ‘Candyland,’ an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport.

Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them.

If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival…

Django Unchained is released 18th January.