Quentin Tarantino remains open to directing Kill Bill 3 but has other projects he wants to tackle first.
According to Variety, Tarantino admitted he has "no idea" what his next and supposedly last film will be at the Rome International Film Festival, where he received a lifetime achievement award from the iconic Italian horror filmmaker Dario Argento (1977's Suspiria). When asked if Kill Bill 3 was a possibility, Tarantino replied, "Why not?" before adding, "But first, I want to make a comedy.”
“It’s not like my next movie," Tarantino quickly clarified. "It’s a piece of something else that I’m thinking about doing -- and I’m not going to describe what it is. But part of this thing, there is supposed to be a Spaghetti Western in it.”
Tarantino wrote and directed Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2, which released as a two-part film from 2003-2004. Blending spaghetti western and revenge movie tropes with the martial arts genre, the Kill Bill saga revolves around Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride (Uma Thurman), an assassin who seeks payback against her old boss/lover Bill and the members of her squad after they murder her fiancé and leave her in a coma for years.
"I think it's just revisiting the characters, 20 years later, just imagining the Bride and her daughter B.B. having 20 years of peace," said Tarantino, discussing the idea of Kill Bill 3 earlier this year. "And then that peace is shattered. The Bride and B.B. are on the run. The idea of being able to cast Uma and her [real-life] daughter Maya would be f**king exciting."
Thurman and Tarantino haven't worked together since the first two Kill Bill movies. In an interview with The New York Times in 2018, Thurman revealed the duo had a falling out after Tarantino pressured her into performing a dangerous driving stunt for the films that left her "permanently damaged" when she lost control of the vehicle. Tarantino discussed the incident in a separate interview shortly after, calling it "the biggest regret of my life, getting [Thurman] to do that stunt."
Since then, however, the pair are believed to have reconciled, which is why Tarantino hasn't ruled out the idea of making Kill Bill 3 before he retires. The Kill Bill franchise isn't the only property the filmmaker has thought about revisiting, either. "I’ve actually considered about doing a remake of Reservoir Dogs as my last movie," Tarantino admitted in June. "I won’t do it, Internet! But I considered it.”
Source: Variety