Earlier this month there was a minor disappointment surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s next film Django Unchained as Kevin Costner was forced to leave the project due to “scheduling issues.” He had been attached to play Ace Woody, the right hand man of plantation owner Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), who pits the slaves against each other in gladiatorial combat. Of course, leave it to QT to take a potential setback and turn it into an amazing opportunity. According to Heat Vision, Kurt Russell is now in talks to take Costner’s place… might as well trade one ’80s star for another, right?

If all goes according to plan, Tarantino will re-unite with Russell after previously casting him as Stuntman Mike, the primary antagonist of his Grindhouse flick Death Proof in 2007. Death Proof obviously didn’t revive Russell’s career in the same way that Pulp Fiction did John Travolta’s, but it will be great to see him get another chance to be in the spotlight. Then again, the cast of Django Unchained is already pretty stacked with Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz currently on board. The movie is scheduled to go into production in November. What do you think? Is Kurt Russell a solid choice and does this news make you even more excited for Django Unchained?