Writer-director Quentin Tarantino has agreed a two-book deal with publishers Weidenfeld & Nicolson, with a novel based on his Oscar-winning film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood due on 29 June.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will amplify Tarantino's original award-winning vision, while also offering a fresh, playful and shocking departure from the film," teased the publisher.
"The novel will chart the lives of Tarantino's protagonists, TV actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth, both forward and backward in time."
"In the Seventies, movie novelisations were the first adult books I grew up reading," said Tarantino. "And to this day I have a tremendous amount of affection for the genre.
"So as a movie-novelisation aficionado, I'm proud to announce Hollywood as my contribution to this often marginalised, yet beloved sub-genre in literature. I'm also thrilled to further explore my characters and their world in a literary endeavour that can (hopefully) sit alongside its cinematic counterpart."
The second book under the deal will be the non-fiction Cinema Speculation, described as "a deep dive into the movies of the 1970s".
"The book will be a rich mix of essays, reviews, personal writing, and tantalising 'what ifs' from one of cinema's most celebrated filmmakers, and its most devoted fan," promised the publisher.
