Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” has grossed $117,023,832 and already has some Oscar buzz surrounding the film. So what should a successful director like Tarantino be doing? I have a feeling a trip to Disney World may not be in Quentin’s future.
According to a conference call with Variety, Tarantino is planning to put on hold the second sequel to his “Kill Bill” franchise. Tarantino plans to instead shoot a ‘20s/’30s ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ type of gangster or a Western picture.
Tarantino last week had said he wanted to film “Kill Bill 3” but now his intent has changed after holding a press conference for “Inglourious Basterds” at the Morelia Film Festival. There he decided that he would like to do a different film in between “Basterds” and “Kill Bill 3.”
Tarantino is well known for his gangster pictures like “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs.” However, he has never taken on a period gangster picture like the one previously mentioned. As much as I’d be interested to see what Tarantino could do with a Western, I cannot help but want to see him take on the ‘20s/’30s crime period. It was recently fictionally documented in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” but there are so many more stories to be told and it is no surprise that Tarantino is interested in the Pretty Boy Floyd character, who got very little screen time in Mann’s film.
Another reason I really do not want Tarantino to take on a Western is the fact that my favorite directors of all time are handling that department. The Coen Brothers are at work on a remake of “True Grit” originally starring John Wayne as ‘Rooster Cogburn. There has not been very much news about this remake besides the rumored casting of Jeff Bridges as Cogburn.
For now all of this is simply rumor and no matter what film Tarantino chooses to do it is a long way out. In the words of “Basterds” Col. Hans. Landa, “I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.”
According to a conference call with Variety, Tarantino is planning to put on hold the second sequel to his “Kill Bill” franchise. Tarantino plans to instead shoot a ‘20s/’30s ‘Pretty Boy Floyd’ type of gangster or a Western picture.
Tarantino last week had said he wanted to film “Kill Bill 3” but now his intent has changed after holding a press conference for “Inglourious Basterds” at the Morelia Film Festival. There he decided that he would like to do a different film in between “Basterds” and “Kill Bill 3.”
Tarantino is well known for his gangster pictures like “Pulp Fiction” and “Reservoir Dogs.” However, he has never taken on a period gangster picture like the one previously mentioned. As much as I’d be interested to see what Tarantino could do with a Western, I cannot help but want to see him take on the ‘20s/’30s crime period. It was recently fictionally documented in Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies,” but there are so many more stories to be told and it is no surprise that Tarantino is interested in the Pretty Boy Floyd character, who got very little screen time in Mann’s film.
Another reason I really do not want Tarantino to take on a Western is the fact that my favorite directors of all time are handling that department. The Coen Brothers are at work on a remake of “True Grit” originally starring John Wayne as ‘Rooster Cogburn. There has not been very much news about this remake besides the rumored casting of Jeff Bridges as Cogburn.
For now all of this is simply rumor and no matter what film Tarantino chooses to do it is a long way out. In the words of “Basterds” Col. Hans. Landa, “I love rumors! Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.”
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