Los Angeles: Director Quentin Tarantino is facing a multi-million dollar copyright infringement lawsuit over his cult -Django Unchained-.

The -Pulp Fiction- filmmaker has been named in legal action alongside bosses at The Weinstein Company and Columbia Pictures, amid allegations he stole the premise of the 2012 film from a script, called -Freedom-, written by Oscar Colvin, Jr and Torrance J Colvin, reported Variety.