"Borat" and "Bruno" funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen will join the production, TheWrap has confirmed with his representative. The cast already includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx Christoph Waltz and Kurt Russell.

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The film follows the exploits of a German dentist (Waltz) who becomes a bounty hunter and buys Django (Foxx) to help him identify one of his prey. Along the way the two develop a friendship and hatch a plot to save Django's wife from a plantation owner (played by DiCaprio).

Baron Cohen will play Scotty Harmony, a gambler who buys Django's wife.

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In addition to "Django," Baron Cohen's upcoming projects include playing Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in a biopic, and the Saddam Hussein-inspired "The Dictator."

"Django Unchained" will be released domestically by the Weinstein Co. and by Sony Pictures internationally.

Source:reuters