Producer Pledges Two More Kill Bill Installments

According to E. Bennet Walsh, an Executive Producer of Kill Bill, Tarantino has formulated the plots for two sequels and may be heading back to China to film them.

Part 3 would revolve around the revenge of two members of the Crazy 88s. Part 4 would focus on the daughters of Beatrix Kiddo and Vernita Green getting square, as was previously rumoured. Some even claim that the (previously unrevealed) daughters of Elle Driver and Gogo Yubari would also feature.

Now, I've heard about both of these plots, on the grapevine, chewing the fat with fellow Tarantino fans, scouring messageboards and the like, and it's good to hear them become at least semi-official, but... well, while I'm sure Tarantino has these stories in mind, and may even have any number of script pages, I'm doubtful that full screenplays have been completed. Even moreso, I'm a little sceptical about these films ever making it into production. Tarantino has far too much on his plate and I can't see these sequels being top priority.

All the same, whatever he goes on to make next I'll be here, eagerly awaiting.

The Tarantino DVD Avalanche And The Weinstein Tug Of Love

There's buzzing going on. First of all, it seems that a date has been proposed for the release of Kill Bill: the Whole Bloody Affair, the much sought-after single-movie cut. Secondly, it seems that Death Proof and Planet Terror are being seperated from one another for the first-wave DVD release, if not for all time. Thirdly, that Bob and Harvey might be playing favourites between Quentin and Robert and that's leading to all kinds of discord.

Here's the rumours, one by one.

Whole Bloody Affair is finally due for release later this year. Quite soon, in fact: September 18th. It's going direct to DVD as a 4-disc set. The film will be split across two discs which, to some at least, will strongly dilute the promised 'single film' nature of the enterprise (there are already arguments that this effectively renders it two films, that the changing of the discs is going to cause a break in the flow, no matter that the cut is designed to work best for a single sitting). The other 2-discs are to be stuffed to the gills with behind the scenes materials, of course, but we can apparently also expect material on the film's many predecessors, including a selection of trailers for half-forgotten 'classics'.

Interestingly, September 18th seems to be the release date for Death Proof on DVD also. There's to be two discs - the original double feature edit on one, the extended cut on the other (though, apparently, not exactly the same as the Cannes version). That these two dates are the same either means a big Tarantino push is coming from the Weinsteins or, simply, somebody got confused somewhere along the line and some of this just isn't true. The rumour has come at me from more than one direction, however... so we'll see...

As for the love triangle (quadrangle?) between the Weinsteins, Tarantino and Rodriguez... I'm not entirely sure. It seems like a reasonable assumption. Rodriguez is going elsewhere for his next wave of projects, possibly his entire future career while Tarantino appears to be staying put. And there are an awful lot of people in my address book who insist Sin City sequels will never, ever happen, that the pieces of the puzzle simply won't fit together any more.

All rumours, as reputable as many of the mongers might be, but I definitely know what I believe.

Pirelli Steal Bill With Thurman As The Getaway Driver

Once it goes live and we can all watch it, the new Pirelli film, Mission Zero, might seem a little familiar to anybody who saw Kill Bill. Not only does it star Uma Thurman, it puts her behind the wheel of a very yellow car, and sets some hitmen about the task of taking her down. I bet she'd have been a goner with any other tyres, eh?

I can't find any indication of who has directed this film. Clue?

[EDIT: When culturalelite visited the site, Kathryn Bigelow's credit was nice and clear. Lovely. She knows action]