Tarantino and Stallone Team for 1930s TV Series

Quentin Tarantino and Sylvester Stallone are teaming up for a new television series set in the 1930s, marking the acclaimed director's first foray into the medium. The untitled project, described as a six-episode limited series, will explore a world of gangsters, showgirls, boxing, and music during the Great Depression era. Insiders say the production aims for historical authenticity by filming entirely in black and white using cameras from the 1930s period.

Tarantino, known for his distinctive style in films like Pulp Fiction and Inglourious Basterds, will write the screenplay and direct the series. Stallone, the star of franchises such as Rocky and Rambo, will serve as co-director, focusing on creative duties behind the camera rather than appearing on screen. The collaboration comes as both men bring their experience with period storytelling to the project. Tarantino has previously delved into alternate history with his World War II film Inglourious Basterds, which incorporated elements of 1930s and 1940s aesthetics. Stallone, meanwhile, directed and starred in the 1978 drama Paradise Alley, set in 1940s New York, and portrayed mob enforcer Frank Nitti in the 1975 film...