Quentin Tarantino is a director who enjoys making films that flirt with controversy - and now, a project he's associated with has drawn criticism before it's even been made.

While there are no key details about what the filmmaker's next film will be, he will be on producing duties for a new Western that is set to shoot in Los Angeles later this month - and it's already generated vitriol through its casting call alone.

In a Facebook post from an LA-based casting agency, the bulletin begins: "Casting Whores for Quentin Tarantino project."

Women and Hollywood caught a screengrab before the post was promptly deleted.

The agency reportedly assumed the word would be okay to use considering its presence in the film's script; a spokesperson also confirmed the project is to be directed by a woman. It's important to note that the casting call would have had nothing to do with Tarantino himself.