Must Watch: THE HATEFUL EIGHT Gets a Fantastic First Trailer

I've been following along with the saga of Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight since it was first announced, and the project has experienced some pretty intense drama of its own behind the scenes. After an early draft of the script leaked, Tarantino scrapped the project altogether, only to resuscitate it as a Live Read with the cast before ultimately deciding to film it anyway. Through all that, I thought the project sounded pretty cool, but since I missed the Comic-Con presentation, this trailer is the first footage I'm seeing from the movie, and now it's all finally starting to sink in: this movie looks freaking awesome.

Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and more lead the pack in Tarantino's new western, which hits theaters this Christmas. Check out the newly-released trailer below: