Quentin Tarantino confirms 'Kill Bill, Vol. 3,' but who's left to kill?
Third installment would take place 10 years after 'Kill Bill, Vol. 2'
Uma Thurman as The Bride in "Kill Bill, Vol. 1."
During promotion for the first two "Kill Bill" films, creator Quentin Tarantino hypothisized that he'd like to return for a third installment that would take place 10 years afterward the second film ended. Six years since Vol. 1 and a little over five years since Vol. 2, Tarantino has made waves by letting everyone know he hasn't abandoned his original plan.
Speaking during a press conference for "Inglourious Basterds" in Mexico on Saturday, Tarantino says he still plays to shoot "Kill Bill 3" in or around 2014. According to Variety, the filmmaker said he'd also film a different picture inbetween. He's currently contemplating a "re-imagining" of a number of genres including a Western or a '30s type gangster movie.
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Kill Bill, Vol. 2" ended with The Bride (Uma Thurman) reunited with her baby and all of her targets killed or close to it. Most speculate that "Copperhead's" daughter, who is spared in "Vol. 1," would be the most likely protagonist now that she's all grown up and no doubt has revenge of her own on her mind. Curiously, the "Bill" portion of the film would be difficult to incorporate even in flashbacks after the untimely death of David Carradine this past summer.
More questions surround who exactly would produce the new feature. It's unclear whether this is a project the Weinstein's were allowed to keep the rights too when they left Miramax in 2005 or whether it would kick back to the recently gutted, but still kicking indie specialty label. Needless to say, parent company Disney would hardly be adverse to making a sequel to a series that has already grossed $332 million worldwide. Plus, the mammoth success of "Basterds" this summer ensures (at least for the time being) that Tarantino's reign in pop culture is hardly over.
Thurman will be seen in theaters later this month in the romantic comedy "Motherhood."
More on this story as it develops on HitFix.
Can you wait another 5 years for a third "Kill Bill? Do you think it's still a good idea? Share your thoughts below.
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October 5, 2009 at 4:12AM EST Reply to CommentElle Driver might not be dead. Suppose she comes back as some kind of Zatoichi type character. The end credits did have a question mark over her name. I'd really like to see Sonny Chiba come back for Vol. 3. Who knows. It's up to Tarantino.
kill bill fan I would also love to see Elle in Kill Bill 3, maybe she'll be one of the people Copperhead's daughter looks for in order to gain information on the Bride. 5 years is definitely worth the wait if the sequel is anywhere near as good as the originals. Just hope the film gets made.
October 5, 2009 at 5:46AM ESTJulian
October 5, 2009 at 8:55AM EST Reply to CommentIt seems as though Copperheads daughter will be avenging her mothers death. But there is also Bee Bee, who I imagine will grow up well versed in all things martial arts. I cant really see (no pun intended) Elle Driver as a blind assassin but thats to say it may never happen. I cant really see any flashback senarios with Bill, which is why I cant see it being called Kill Bill 3. Whatever it turns into Im sure I will watch it...
October 5, 2009 at 9:31AM EST Reply to CommentAnything Tarantino makes is worth waiting 5 years for!
tony
October 5, 2009 at 10:40AM EST Reply to CommentGrammatical/spelling errors dot this "article" like dog poop on a lawn. How can it be journalism? Lord Help Us.
Chris
October 5, 2009 at 11:04AM EST Reply to CommentWaiting 10 years means he's probably considering having The Bride's daughter be a focal point of the third. Elle Driver, may not be dead, but I doubt she'll be the driving antagonistic force. I'm thinking that Tarantino has more up his sleeve and that it'll have to do with the four years that the bride spent in a coma. I don't think that Copperhead's daughter will be in it. In fact I'm almost certain. Copperhead was not much of an assassin (compared to The Bride) and I'd think that after she was killed, her daughter and husband would move far away and start life anew. Elle is probably going to be the link from Part 2 to 3. I wouldn't be surprised if he killed off The Bride either. Not that I'd want to see that happen, but it's always a possibility. Who knows, there's five years to speculate and for Tarantino to pull together a script and he probably has a pretty clear idea of what Volume 3 will be about.
Brad Snell
November 5, 2009 at 10:54AM EST Reply to CommentI remember reading about Quentin's plan to do a third installment of Kill Bill or at least another movie about "The Bride" 10 years after the first two were released. I'm hoping that it gets made. I'm a huge fan of the Kill Bill volumes and a third would be the best part three movie ever made. 5 more years of waiting for a two hour movie. Quentin won't and can't screw this up.
Lucy
January 29, 2010 at 12:27AM EST Reply to CommentI recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
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Vivian
November 1, 2010 at 3:43PM EST Reply to CommentIf Vernita Green's daughter comes back as the main protagonist/rival against Beatrix in Volume 3, then she would only be 14 years old (she was only 4 when Beatrix killed her mother). I highly doubt a young adolescent of that age could really pose a big threat to experienced warriors like Beatrix. (I assume Nikki would be only 14 because Quentin even said he wanted his characters - in real time and in the film - to age 10 years before Volume 3, which would make Nikki and BB only 14 years old.)
I don't get it - why doesn't Quentin just get an older actress to play Nikki Green now, and just say or imply in the movie that more than 10 years has passed since Volume 2? Maybe he wants Uma and Daryl to age a bit in real time to make the increased age of their characters more believable in the next installment...
Devon You Have a point, but let's not forget that Oren-Ishi was only 11 when she took down Yakuza boss Matsumoto and his henchmen. Albiet, it was an animated segment, but it's not like he didn't have a skilled child assassin in the Kill Bill Volumes. We may very well see a teenaged assassin in the 3rd install.
July 3, 2012 at 3:49PM ESTjohn
November 22, 2010 at 7:41PM EST Reply to Commentmost likely it will b bebe vs copperheads daughter in the end but the genre will b diffcult bcuz of time it cant b western 10 years later. But im looking foward to the movie
Syd Weyl
June 2, 2011 at 3:31PM EST Reply to CommentI can not wait for a third one... I love this movie!!! Last night I watched it again siting on the couch eating a donnut. For a Third Movie to come out, it would be epic, if it is in RealD 3D it will be cool to, but just the wonderful story line and Japanese culture is great. Tarantino has realy Inspired me, considering after doing a Report on Stacy Ann Fergison,Tarantino producing "Grind House" aned "Poseidon" well I just cannot wait and Keep the good work Quentin!
bianca
July 2, 2011 at 11:38PM EST Reply to CommentI think one of the associates of the slain will come back and seek revenge *elle driver* *the black girls daughter*... just a thought...
oscar
July 12, 2011 at 6:31PM EST Reply to Commentno i can not wait 5 years for kill bill number 3 is to dam long and another thing copperheads daughter wasn't speared on the first one is on the second movie get your story right.
Shawn Nope. Actually it was the very beginning of volume 1.
July 15, 2011 at 4:17PM ESTJUSTSMOKEGREEN
July 22, 2011 at 2:38AM EST Reply to CommentI think it would be dope if Copperheads daughter comes back for revenge and Elle Driver,the Blind Assassin takes her under the wing and trains her to be a cold blooded Killer. So she can avenge her mothers death. The movie should be call KILL KIDDO
Emmett Patterson Hell yeah! That was my thought exactly! Nikki seeking out the blind Elle to better her training, and then ultimately going after Beatrix, only to be surprised by bebe! YESSSSSSSSS
October 16, 2012 at 5:43PM ESTjohn
July 28, 2011 at 10:09AM EST Reply to CommentPlease. Make. It. Sooner.
JC
November 16, 2011 at 10:55PM EST Reply to CommentAre you kidding us? With Tarantino's vision and imagination; he can take it to new heights. I look forward to it.
jaemon
January 7, 2012 at 6:52PM EST Reply to Commentwell it cant be called kill bill because theres no bill to kill so thats my thoughts thank you
Daniel
March 20, 2012 at 8:11PM EST Reply to CommentI hate that its not before December 2012, crap.
Daniel
March 20, 2012 at 8:12PM EST Reply to CommentI hate that this is before December 2012 :( it better not be the end of the world I'll be mad at Tarantino
bryan
July 19, 2012 at 5:54AM EST Reply to CommentPlease make it 2013 :)
bryan
July 19, 2012 at 5:56AM EST Reply to CommentPlease make it 2013
Who cares if it has to be 10 years later why cant it be 9 years later!!
A.K.D.
November 30, 2012 at 6:40AM EST Reply to CommentEllie Driver was left for dead, but could have survived; Nikkia Green (Copperhead's daughter) may still want to avenge her murdered mother; and what if B.B. comes to find out that her mother killed Bill, B.B.'s father, the person who raised her for four years? Wouldn't she possibly want revenge of her own?
Kiyana
April 15, 2013 at 2:27AM EST Reply to CommentYes one more year to go yes I can't wait I think copperhead daughter might be in its a thought but omg I'm ready I wonder how they are going to put this together