VIDEO : Burt Reynolds Didn't Shoot Role Tarantino Movie

Burt Reynolds, who died Thursday at age 82, was just weeks away from a shooting start on the Quentin Tarantino-directed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, THR reports. Tarantino and producers Sony Pictures have yet to comment on Reynolds? passing. The Pulp Fiction and Hateful Eight filmmaker described his new project as ?a story that takes place in Los Angeles in 1969, at the height of hippy Hollywood. Sharon Tate (Robbie).? ?My uncle was looking forward to working with Quentin Tarantino, and the amazing cast that was assembled,? Reynolds? niece Nancy Lee Hess said in a statement issued through THR.