Will Smith is the favourite to Tarantino for the next film

LOS ANGELES - Will Smith has emerged as the favorite of star in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino film Western spaghetti on a slave in the old South which teamed up with a Hunter from premium German for his wife.

Tarantino pillars Samuel l. Jackson and Christoph Waltz are also encircling the key parties.

"Django Unchained," followed by Tarantino's blockbuster worldwide Inglourious Basterds, will be distributed to the Canada by the Weinstein Co., but Tarantino is in the process of selecting a partner of studio to release the film internationally. Sources say it is meet with universal executives today, and similar meetings with Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros. and other possibly have been scheduled.

Prepared for these meetings sources say that Tarantino wish Smith featured in the film, the script for which who wants these days to the choice of the width. No formal offer was made to Smith, and any agreement would be of course submitted to work on the financial statements, which could be difficult given Smith as one of the stars of some thing little Hollywood.

In effect, although that Smith of the multiplexes since "Seven books of 2008", it is always considered as among the best two or three ticket draws throughout the world.

Smith is being teed-up for the title role of Django, a freed slave who seeks to bring together with his slave wife, a trip which will see his team with a premium German fighter to shoot down an evil plantation owner.

Tarantino wrote the Hunter of premiums with Waltz part, in mind according to insiders. German eventually training Django and helping to pick up his wife.

Jackson will play the bad guy, Mr. Calvin Candie House slave. The slave is an expert manipulator and is confronted with Django.

Smith and his representatives received the scenario, which could be a hot potato because the themes of racism and the liberal use of the N - Word. It is unclear whether Smith still read the script. The actor manages his image very carefully, but part is heroic and could be iconic. And let's not forget that Denzel Washington won its two Oscars playing characters who have used the N - Word.

Tarantino aims for a filming of autumn in the South, possibly in Louisiana, but the exact locale settings have not been determined.

Kronos Quartet, Patti Smith awarded Swedish award (AP)

STOCKHOLM - American Quartet Kronos Quartet and rocker Patti Smith won the Polar Music 2011 Prize, the Prize Committee announced Tuesday.

The musicians will be invited to Stockholm to accept the price of 1 million kroner ($ 166,000) later this year.

The Polar Music Prize more prestigious music from Sweden and is usually shared by a pop artist and a classical musician. It was founded by Stig Anderson, manager of the Swedish group ABBA, in 1989.

The Prize Committee said that "by devoting his life to art in all its forms, Patti Smith demonstrated how rock ' do roll it in poetry and how poetry is in the rock ' does roll.".

The Smith born in Chicago, 64, "has changed the way that examines a generation, the esteem and dreams," said the Committee.

The Kronos Quartet, which is based in San Francisco, has been praised for incorporating avant-garde rock and music from a variety of sources around the world.

"Since almost 40 years that the Kronos Quartet has been revolutionizing the potential of the Quartet genre when it comes to style and content,"the Committee said.""

Polar Music Prize last year was shared by the composer Italian Ennio Morricone and Icelandic singer Bjork.