A Christmas Suprise! Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained opens December 25th 2012!

The biggest questions swirling Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained have to do with who will actually star. Will it be Will Smith? Jamie Foxx? Idris Elba? Or in a cruel joke, Chris Tucker? If you're a reasonably talented, physical African-American actor you should be beating down QT's door right now. Where's Chiwetel Ejiafor, eh? Dude can't get a sniff of this flick or what? So while we await word on who will get to kick some white man ass in the racially charged spaghetti Western, one thing we know for certain is when the film will hit theaters.

BoxOfficeMojo has confirmed that The Weinstein Company has set a Christmas Day 2012 release date for the film, which comes as something of a surprise. That month is already stacked with more than your typical amount of high profile, potential franchise flicks. The Lone Ranger, David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Ang Lee's Life of Pi, and let's not forget The Hobbit are all due that month. Guh.

The last film Tarantino had that came out around this time? Jackie Brown, which co-starred Chris Tucker. Hmmmm....