“Kill Bill Vol. I” Theatrical Poster
Now that Quentin Tarantino has dropped The Movie Critic as his 10th and final project (he simply changed his mind, Deadline has been told), there’s a chance that a Kill Bill Vol. 3 is still possible. Sure, we’re aiming high here, but in the world of Hollywood, anything can happen.
The 3rd installment of Tarantino’s Kill Bill saga – and even some prequels – have been rumored for years. Tarantino himself mentioned the possibility, stating that Uma Thurman was definitely up for another round as The Bride. According to Thurman, an unfinished script does exist. There was even some talk of it being done entirely in Anime-form.
While promoting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019 (via Josh Horowitz’ HSC Podcast), Tarantino had this to say: “Me and Uma have talked about it recently, frankly, to tell you the truth. I have thought about it a little further. We were talking about it literally last week. If any of my movies were going to spring from my other movies, it would be a third Kill Bill.”
There also a general interest for the franchise from stars and fans alike. Amandla Stenberg (The Hunger Games) once stated that she wants Tarantino to make Kill Bill Vol. 3 because her dream Role is Vernita Green’s daughter (via Yahoo): “The ultimate character I’d love to play is Vivica A. Fox’s daughter in Kill Bill,” Stenberg replied when asked about her dream role. “There have been rumors about a potential Vol. 3 and that would just be amazing. It’s my favorite movie. It would be so cool. The Bride tells Vernita’s daughter after she kills [her mother], ‘If you’re salty about this in 10 years, come find me and we’ll work it out.’” Vivica Fox, who semi-reignited her career with an ID4 sequel, has expressed interest in returning for a cameo as Vernita Green (Spoiler Alert: Both of their characters are off’d in the first two volumes, so we’re thinking they’re thinking “flashbacks”). And let’s not forget about the fan petition – so signed by Fox – to re-cast Ambrosia Kelley (she played Green’s daughter in the first film) for Kill Bill Vol. 3.
Another star who wants to bring Kill Bill back to life is MMA fighter-turned-WWE star Ronda Rousey. When TMZ asked the Mile 22 actress who’d she like to work with, she answered: “I don’t think this will ever happen, but I’m putting it out in the universe: I want to be a grown-up B.B. in Kill Bill 3 and work with Quentin Tarantino.”
In many ways a Kill Bill Vol. 3 would be a fitting “last film” to Tarantino’s legacy. After all, the first two Kill Bill films summed up his love for genre films: they clashed kung fu, samurai, Anime, westerns, blaxploitation and were injected with Tarantino’s trademark pop culture-ridden “everyday people” dialogue. And shareholders would for surely benefit from the current boost in “stronger” feminism in Hollywood, which is something the first two films did before it was even a thing.
What are your thoughts about a Kill Bill Vol. 3?
I would like this a lot! Although I was disheartened by the news of what happened between Thurman and Tarantino. I would hope that there’s some way they can reconcile.
I figured that Tarantino always had it in mind for the original children to portray their adult counterparts as well.
It was too bad about Hannah and Fox also. They were great in Kill Bill, and seeing them shuffle off into shitty DTV films was confusing.
“It was too bad about Hannah and Fox also. They were great in Kill Bill, and seeing them shuffle off into shitty DTV films was confusing.” And bad plastic surgery too.
Ooooh! That’s kicking them while they’re down! Lol
I figured as much this would happen. Maybe it’s for the best. Being a huge Tarantino fans for years, it’s also been hard hearing him become more cynical and caring less about the world around him. I’m wondering that his supposed last film, The Movie Critic will even be like.
There’s more chance of seeing an official release of the whole bloody affair. FYI check out the fanedit out there on the web. Watching it as a one movie really elevates the second half of the movie.
I hoped that a single Blu Ray would be able to hold a four hour movie with no problem. I guess it has to be the Ultra 4K UHD discs. It’s kind of a pain to have to switch discs while watching Kill Bill.
I’ll have to check it out. The 2nd vol was always the weaker of the two.
I don’t want to say “weaker.” I do wish the House of Blue Leaves sequence was the finale of Volume 2. It’s like Volume 1 was more action oriented while Volume 2 was more of a drama
The scenes with the Bride and Bill are very well written, directed and acted and put everything out there. I especially find it interesting that Kill Bill influenced A Bittersweet Life with how Lee Byung Hun had close bond with his boss and never thought he’d punish him.
That makes a lot of sense. I’m not all about “cutting”, but it seems like one 2-hour movie, with as much fat trimmed off, would be a better experience. They cash grabbed it for sure (and it worked). House of the Blue Leaves fight should have been in the third act for sure.
James Rolf of Angry Video Game Nerd fame actually edited both volumes into a two hour movie where first, the Bride gets her sword, then goes after Vernita, then Bud and Elle, then O-Ren, and then Bill. The flashbacks are put in good spots, and the best and most important dialogue is kept.
I wouldn’t call Tarantino’s work a “cash grab” though. I believe that he didn’t want to cut anything out because he liked it all, and I can imagine if I was lucky enough to make a big-ass movie, I’d also release it in two parts just so I can tell the whole story.
Film makers do need to respect the attention span of audiences, but sometimes, a 4 hour movie is welcomed.
I guess that the James Rolf version should be called ‘Kill Bill: Redux’ if recent trends are anything to go by. 😛
and then they regret the Redux version!!! eg Apocalypse Now
In 2003 maybe people were’nt ready for a 4hour movie Now we have movies like the Snydercut, the Irishman, Marvel movies being 3hr long. Commercially it makes no sense cos whos gonna buy the BluRay, but as a film fan and since Tarantino only refers to Kill bill as his 4th movie, not his 4th and 5th, Disney + or Netflix it. The sum really is greater than the parts in this instance
At the time in 2004, we had to wait a year for vol 2 then found out it was action-lite and heavy on the bill/bride encounter for an hour without any action payoff. Also the stupid reveal at the end of vol1 gave away the twist but the fanedit which follows the whole bloody version Tarantino screened for a week cuts that out so anyone watching for the first time only finds out her kid is still alive only when she finally catches up to Bill. And then you get a great emotional payoff.
That’s one way to interpret that. But I figured the point of Volume 1 was that the Bride thinks Bill killed her daughter and only wants to kill everybody. Then at the end when he reveals that she’s alive, that was the “Oh shit!” moment, and you couldn’t wait to see what happens next.
Volume 2 was building up to when she finally gets to see her daughter, and it was all about the anticipation of how she was gonna react to it.
as was released in 2 parts… yes. But as part of the 4hr cut he screened to people back in the day….according to reports I’ve read…that reveal wasn’t there in the middle of the movie. Its the equivalent of those annoying cliffhangers TV shows need to do so that viewers will tune in next week/binge next ep