Director Quentin Tarantino has hinted that he may follow up Kill Bill with another sequel – but he wants to make a comedy first.
Speaking at the Rome Film Festival, Tarantino said he has “no idea” what his next film will be. But a long-awaited Kill Bill sequel could be in the mix. “Why not?” he said when asked whether his next film would be Kill Bill 3.
Before continuing the Bride’s story, Tarantino admits that there are a few things on his to-do list. Speaking to Fabio Fazio of Italian state broadcaster RAI (via Variety) he confirmed he has a few other projects in the mix, including a book of film criticism and a TV series.
“But first I want to make a comedy,” he said.
Back at the Rome Film Festival, he described one upcoming project to festival chief Antonio Monda that takes an unexpected turn into the light-hearted. “It’s not like my next movie,” he said. “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.”
The project has since been described as a comedy spaghetti western but little else is known about it at this point. “I’m looking forward to shooting that [thing] because it’s going to be really fun,” he said. “Because I want to shoot it in the Spaghetti Western style where everybody’s speaking a different language.”
“The Mexican Bandido is an Italian; the hero is an American; the bad sheriff is a German; the Mexican saloon girl is Israeli. And everybody is speaking a different language,” he explained. And you [the actors] just know: OK, when he’s finished talking then I can talk.”
Tarantino revealed in 2016 that he plans on retiring from filmmaking once he’s released 10 films – with his latest film Once Upon A Time in Hollywood as his ninth.
It’s unclear which project is next for Tarantino, but it sounds as though both his unannounced comedy spaghetti western and Kill Bill 3 are in the running. If it is going to be Tarantino’s final film, a Kill Bill sequel feels like a very fitting end. Tarantino's previously confirmed that he's met star Uma Thurman to discuss a third film, saying, "f any of my movies were going to spring from one of my other movies, it would be the third Kill Bill."
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.