Kerry Washington Cast in Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained'

Things might not have exercised for Kevin Costner in 'Django Unchained,' however it appears like director Quentin Tarantino is continuing to move forward regardless. Based on Deadline, actress Kerry Washington has arrived charge role in Tarantino's approaching Western. She'll play Broomhilda, the wife of Django (Jamie Foxx), causeing this to be the 2nd time Washington plays the spouse of the Jamie Foxx character (she described Della Bea Robinson in 'Ray). The actress joins a cast that already includes Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Don Manley, Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson 'Django Unchained' is going to be Tarantino's homage to Spaghetti Westerns. The film follows former slave Django, who heads to the plantation to free his wife from owner Calvin Candie (DiCaprio). On the way, he will get the aid of a fugitive hunter (Waltz). Tarantino's last movie was 2009's 'Inglorious Basterds.' 'Django Unchained' is presently slated for any Christmas Day release in 2012. [via Deadline] [Photo: Getty Images for Rob Lauren] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook