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Taika Waititi’s 2021 Schedule Gets Busier with ‘Reservation Dogs’ Comedy

Taika Waititi isn’t lacking for upcoming projects, but the filmmaker behind highly-anticipated titles such as “Thor: Love and Thunder” and “What We Do in the Shadows” Season 3 is closing out 2020 with a final series announcement.FX Networks revealed earlier in December that Waititi will executive produce “Reservation Dogs,” a half-hour comedy series that, per […]

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How Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill: Volume 2’ Broke the Rules and Won the 2004 Box Office

The mid-April weekend following spring vacation has never been a major release date. But looking back at this weekend at the 2004 box office reveals that non-game changers can be just as revealing as more obvious winners.Sixteen years ago, two independent distributors, Miramax and Lions Gate (they changed their name later), took advantage of the […]

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Quentin Tarantino Wanted to Make ‘Luke Cage’ With Laurence Fishburne, but Friends Talked Him Out of It

The list of unmade Quentin Tarantino projects is a fascinating rabbit hole to explore, as the Academy Award-winning director appears to have a bottomless well of ideas from every genre imaginable. From his R-rated and possibly still-developing take on “Star Trek” to “Kill Bill Volume Three” and even a James Bond movie, Tarantino’s got enthusiasm […]

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Tarantino Offered Michael Madsen ‘Pulp Fiction’ and He Doesn’t Regret Turning It Down

Rumor has long had it that Quentin Tarantino’s first choice for the role of Vincent Vega in “Pulp Fiction” was Michael Madsen. The two had worked together in “Reservoir Dogs,” which starred Madsen as Vic Vega (aka Mr. Blonde) and put him front and center in the film’s iconic ear-severing torture scene set to Steelers […]

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Michael Madsen Says He Passed On John Travolta’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ Role & Says Actor Is A “Huge Reason” The Film Works

Of Quentin Tarantino’s first eight films that are covered in the upcoming doc “QT8,” perhaps “Pulp Fiction” is the one that film fans hold in the highest regard. After the breakout success of “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction” firmly cemented Tarantino as one of the most exciting voices in Hollywood, as well as the guy that […]

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One Reporter Counted Every Curse Word in Quentin Tarantino Movies, Including 901 F-Bombs

Quentin Tarantino sure does love to write profanity. Dallas Observer reporter Garret Gravely has gone through the insane task of recording every curse word said in a Quentin Tarantino movie (see the full report here), revealing the F-word to be the filmmaker’s expletive of choice. Across Tarantino’s nine feature films to date, the F-word has […]

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‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’: Tarantino’s ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Easter Egg Explained

[Editor’s note: The following post contains spoilers for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”]Quentin Tarantino doesn’t hide the fact his movies exist in the same cinematic universe. The connections that run through the writer-director’s filmography can be big (John Travolta’s “Pulp Fiction” character is the brother of Michael Madsen’s “Reservoir Dogs” character) or […]

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ArcLight Hollywood Celebrates Quentin Tarantino Weekend With Advance ‘Once Upon a Time’ Screenings

ArcLight Hollywood is celebrating the release of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” with a three-day tribute from July 19-21 showing all the director’s previous films.Ahead of the nationwide release on July 26, Tarantino fans can also catch 70mm advance screenings of “Once Upon a Time” on Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 p.m., […]

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