Kevin Costner to work with Quentin Tarantino on western

Kevin Costner is to join up with Quentin Tarantino to star as a brutal villian in the highly anticipated western Django Unchained.

The Bodyguard star is set to make his blockbuster return to play Superman's dad in Man of Steel next year and now he has another sure-fire hit on his hands.

He'll be teaming up with Leonardo DiCaprio in Tarantino's next project, which is also expected in 2012.

He'll play a sadistic slave and protitute trader on a ranch owned by DiCaprio's evil character, Calvin Candie.

Jamie Foxx will lead the cast as Django, a vengeful slave who seeks to destroy his master and free his wife.