Quentin Tarantino’s rarely-seen, single-film version of his martial arts revenge saga, Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, is set to be released nationwide in theaters for the first time on Dec. 5, 2025, distributor Lionsgate announced.

The unified epic, which combines Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2 into one unrated film, will include a new, never-before-seen 7 1/2-minute animated sequence. This special presentation removes the cliffhanger ending from the first volume and the recap that opened the second.

Tarantino, who wrote and directed the film, emphasized the importance of seeing the combined work on the big screen.

“I wrote and directed it as one movie—and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie,” Tarantino said. “The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”

Select presentations of the film are anticipated to screen in 70mm and 35mm in all major markets.

The film stars Uma Thurman as The Bride, who awakens from a coma four years after her former boss and lover, Bill, ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shoots her in the head, and steals her unborn child. The story follows her quest to hunt down Bill and the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.

Lionsgate, which manages library distribution rights for a large portfolio of Tarantino films, will handle the release. The studio’s Tarantino collection also includes Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight, and Death Proof.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair also stars Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, and David Carradine as Bill. The film is produced by Lawrence Bender.

Quentin Tarantino’s iconic cult classic Pulp Fiction is turning 25 this year. The beloved movie starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, and Bruce Willis was first released on October 14, 1994. To celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary, check out these 25 facts you probably didn’t know about Pulp Fiction.

1. The movie only cost $8.5 million to make, and raked in $9.3 million its opening weekend. 

2. Amanda Plummer’s “Honey Bunny” character was named after the pet rabbit of Linda Chen, who typed up Tarantino’s handwritten Pulp Fiction script. Chen asked Tarantino to watch her rabbit while she went on location in lieu of payment, but he refused. The rabbit died and QT named Amanda Plummer’s character after the dead rabbit.

3. Tarantino originally wanted to use “My Sharona” by The Knack in the Gimp scene, but another 1994 film Reality Bites was already using it. So, he went with The Revel’s “Comache.”

4. Tarantino was happy with his song choice, though. “It would have been too cutely comic,” he told Rolling Stone had he gone with “My Sharona.” “I like using stuff for comic effect, but I don’t want it to be har, har, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you know?”

5. While filming Mia’s overdose scene, Uma Thurman revealed that Campbell’s mushroom soup was used to simulate the spittle in her mouth.

6. But while the spit was actually soup, everything else including the bountiful tears flowing from her eyes were real. “I worked myself up, acting,” she told Vanity Fair. “I don’t think we put anything in my eyes. You’re paid for something.” 

7. Pulp Fiction was first released in South Korea, Slovakia, and Japan before it was released in America.

8. Around 20 years after the film was released, a casting wish list that Tarantino allegedly wrote was leaked online. Apparently Gary Oldman was considered for all major roles, and Johnny Depp and Christian Slater were back-up choices for Pumpkin.

9. Uma Thurman wasn’t Tarantino’s first pick for Mia. Michelle Pfeiffer. Isabella Rossellini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Meg Ryan, Alfre Woodard, Halle Berry, Daryl Hannah, Rosanna Arquette, and Joan Cusack were also all considered for the role — and Pfeiffer was supposedly his original favorite.

10. Tarantino was living in Travolta’s first apartment in Los Angeles when they first met.

11. The film contains the word “fuck” a grand total of 265 times. 

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12. The film was the third biggest R-rated box office success of 1994, earning $107.93 million. 

13. Earning that $107.93 million took a while, though. The film had been released for 178 days before it hit the 100 million mark.

14. Vincent Vega’s 1964 Chevelle Malibu –which was actually owned by Tarantino in real life — was stolen after the film’s release. It was eventually found almost 20 years later.

15. Vincent Vega is the only character in the entire film to appear in all four vignettes that make up the movie.

16. The first poster for the film showed Thurman smoking from a box of Lucky Strike cigarettes, but Miramax hadn’t purchased the proper usage rights. Lucky Strike threatened to sue, so Miramax returned the posters. Any of those posters that are still out there today are each worth hundreds of dollars.

17. The role of Jules was essentially written for Samuel L. Jackson, as he was Tarantino’s first choice. But when actor Paul Calderon auditioned for the part Tarantino was so impressed that he almost hired him instead of Jackson. To change Tarantino’s mind, Jackson flew to L.A. and auditioned again. 

18. In the scene where Mia gets an adrenaline injection, Thurman doesn’t actually get stabbed with a needle. The needle was inserted and Travolta pulled it out, and the scene was reversed post-production so it only looks like she’s getting stabbed with a needle.

19. The biggest expense of the film was Jack Slim’s Diner Set, which cost $150,000 to create.

20. During the scenes when Tarantino is acting as Jimmie, Robert Rodriguez — who collaborated with Tarantino on From Dusk Till Dawn and Grindhouse — took over as director. 

21. Tarantino wrote the part of Butch as a young boxer with Matt Dillon in mind for the role. Dillon took too long considering the part, so it was changed to accommodate Bruce Willis. 

22. The part of Vincent Vega was actually written for Michael Madsen, but he dropped out two weeks before the script was completed to star in Wyatt Earp.

23. Vick Vega of Reservoir Dogs is Vincent Vega’s brother. Tarantino even considered creating a spinoff called Vega Brothers as a prequel to both films. 

24. The wrap party was held on set at Jack Rabbit Slim’s diner, and Travolta and Christopher Walken reportedly tore up the dance floor together. 

25. Each actor earned the same amount for their work, pocketing $20,000 per week. 

Not that long ago it was revealed that Uma Thurman didn’t have the best time making the Kill Bill movies with Quentin Tarantino. She was injured and Tarantino took enough chances with her safety that he ultimately even apologized for the way he handled things.

You’d think that at age 49, Thurman wouldn’t really be feeling the idea of going back to play The Bride/Beatrix again. But she might be willing, and Tarantino might be willing to do a Kill Bill Vol. 3 with her before he truly retires—but her character would be the villain, this time. 

Via Collider, here’s Tarantino from the Happy Sad Confused podcast:

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.

If this happened, Tarantino has in the past indicated that the plot would be pretty simple and a direct result of the preceding movies, particularly the scene from the first movie when assassin Vernita Green’s daughter Nikki walks in immediately after Thurman’s Beatrix has killed her mother. 

Nikki grows up and wants revenge on Beatrix in Vol. 3. The assassin once known as The Bride did, after all, tell the girl “When you grow up, if you’re still feeling raw about it, I’ll be waiting.”

But who knows what Tarantino will do? His 9th film, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood just came out, and he’s been making noises about directing an installment in the Star Trek franchise—noises that sound more serious and less theoretical all the time. 

The director has said he’s done after film no. 10, and that the Star Trek wouldn’t be an original, therefore wouldn’t count. Kill Bill Vol. 3 would be that original—if it happens. 

When it comes to making movies that forever changed pop culture, Quentin Tarantino ranks among the most influential directors of our lifetimes. Whether he’s spinning cinematic gold out of a heist gone awry, an epic tale of revenge, or rewriting an infamous chapter in American history, Tarantino’s films are unequivocally cool, highly stylized and seamlessly mix gratuitous violence with gleefully dark humor.  

As casting news trickles out about his upcoming Manson Family epic, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we can’t help but look back at QT’s output with the hope that he breaks his promise of only making ten movies. Here is Tarantino’s filmography, ranked.

9. Death Proof (2007)

Half of the Grindhouse duo that Tarantino did with long-time collaborator Robert Rodriguez, Death Proof is an homage to a genre that obviously had an impact on QT. It’s last on this list because so many of the hallmark’s of a Tarantino film just feel like they don’t hit home in the framework of a B movie. It might be because Tarantino is just too good. Still, even the worst Tarantino directorial outing ends up being a blast and Death Proof helped put Kurt Russell back into the spotlight and that’s something we’re damn glad happened.

8. Jackie Brown (1997)

Inevitably cast in shadow as the follow up to Pulp Fiction, Tarantino’s crack at a blaxploitation homage has an unbelievably good cast and nails double crossing plot with plenty of style, both cinematically and with its dialog. Easily one of Pam Grier’s best roles, it’s a tragedy how easy it is for Jackie Brown to get lost in the mix of Tarantino’s other works. Even though we rank it low, it’s undeniably still worth watching.

7. Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

The only sequel to Tarantino’s name, Kill Bill Vol. 2 had the nearly impossible task of having to wrap up one of Tarantino’s best stories. We have a lot of love for elements of Vol. 2, Pai Mei’s story is absolute perfection and Bill’s final monologue still stick out for us, but it’s the uncharacteristically mushy ending that continues to feel out of place over a decade later.

6. The Hateful Eight (2015)

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The Tarantino movie that perfectly captures the unease of being sequestered with your enemies, The Hateful Eight’s villainous murder-mystery is, somehow, endlessly rewatchable. Excellent performances abound as QT builds moment after moment of foreboding and apprehension. Samuel L. Jackson’s speech goading a Confederate veteran might be one of the best in any Tarantino flick, and the movie’s stunning cinematography is utterly masterful.

5. Django Unchained (2012)

Perfectly balancing wild west adventure and humor, Django feels like a Tarantino movie out of place with the rest. That’s nowhere near a bad thing, either. Leonardo DiCaprio steals the show here, sliding into the villain role of Calvin Candie in a way that only Tarantino could get from an actor of Leo’s caliber. We didn’t expect this one to turn into a gorefest, but Tarantino’s hyper-stylized violence somehow works against the quaint background of the Antebellum South.

4. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

Tarantino doing kung fu is a high point for us. The story of the bride has everything going for it, and the iconic scenes QT put forth in Vol. 1 will stay with us for a long time. From the killer soundtrack to the anime interlude to the wonderful fight choreography of Uma’s showdown with the Crazy 88, Kill Bill Vol. 1 is endlessly rewatchable, even if Vol 2. Isn’t.

3. Reservoir Dogs (1992)

The movie that put Tarantino on the map did so with great, quotable dialogue and an unforgettable scene with an ear. So much of Reservoir Dogs feels personal to Tarantino; its Californian setting, its sidelong explanation of a Madonna song, even Quentin’s own brief cameo in that same diner scene. He may have been new to the director’s chair, but he was still able to knock out an undeniable classic straight out of the gate.

2. Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The huge cast, the revisionist history of a plot, the satisfaction of the bad guys getting what they deserve; there’s no wonder why Inglourious Basterds ranks high on this list. It’s one of the goriest and, simultaneously, one of the funniest of Tarantino’s movies, eliciting laughs, high-fives and cringes in rapid fire succession. We could watch Brad Pitt carve a forehead swastika any day.

1. Pulp Fiction (1994)

Universally recognized as Tarantino’s most iconic film, Pulp Fiction’s twisting plots are career high points for Sam Jackson, Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and possibly even Christopher Walken. Tarantino’s liberties taken with storytelling here solidified him as a undeniable auteur and locked in the trademarks that we look for in all of his movies. Pulp Fiction never misses a beat in its weaving of complex characters and stories, and is the yardstick against which all Tarantino movies must be judged, earning it the top spot on this list.

*Bonus. Four Rooms – The Man From Hollywood (1995)

Years before Grindhouse, Quentin contributed one of the four vignettes that make up Four Rooms, the madcap tale of an overworked and (mostly) understated bellhop at a hotel on New Year’s Eve. The other three stories about troublemaking children, lunatic lovers and a coven of witches are all good, but Tarantino’s contribution—the final story about a high stakes bet over a lucky lighter—is pure Quentin. If you’re a true QT fan, you absolutely owe it to yourself to give this one a watch. 

You’ve likely heard that Uma Thurman is the latest actress to accuse producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment… and you’ve heard a car crash and Quentin Tarantino are also involved. 

Before we break down what happened, here’s the car crash that could have killed Uma on the set of Kill Bill. It was released by The New York Times, but Uma just shared the video on Instagram.

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In an explosive interview with The New York Times, Thurman revealed that her relationship with Quentin Tarantino, who directed her in Pulp Fiction and again in Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, is not the genius-muse love-in suggested by Tarantino fan lore.

Thurman alleges that Tarantino coerced her into driving a shoddy blue convertible, the one from which she delivered the “I am gonna kill Bill” monologue, against her insistence he use a stunt double instead. 

She claimed the car was faulty, after being reconfigured from a stick shift to an automatic, and described it as a “death box.”

“Quentin came in my trailer and didn’t like to hear no, like any director,” Thurman recounted. “He was furious because I’d cost them a lot of time. But I was scared. He said: ‘I promise you the car is fine. It’s a straight piece of road.'”

Tarantino eventually persuaded her and insisted, “‘Hit 40 miles per hour or your hair won’t blow the right way and I’ll make you do it again.'”

The fallout from the crash was equally painful for Thurman.

“The steering wheel was at my belly and my legs were jammed under me. I felt this searing pain and thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m never going to walk again,'” Thurman said.

“When I came back from the hospital in a neck brace with my knees damaged and a large massive egg on my head and a concussion, I wanted to see the car and I was very upset. Quentin and I had an enormous fight, and I accused him of trying to kill me. And he was very angry at that, I guess understandably, because he didn’t feel he had tried to kill me.”

Miramax withheld the footage from Thurman, demanding she sign a document “releasing them of any consequences of my future pain and suffering.” Tarantino finally handed her the footage 15 years later.

“Quentin finally atoned by giving it to me after 15 years, right?” she said. “Not that it matters now, with my permanently damaged neck and my screwed-up knees.”

Thurman believes the incident was indicative of the abusive treatment she has received in Hollywood.

“Harvey assaulted me but that didn’t kill me,” she says. “What really got me about the crash was that it was a cheap shot. I had been through so many rings of fire by that point.” 

“I had really always felt a connection to the greater good in my work with Quentin and most of what I allowed to happen to me and what I participated in was kind of like a horrible mud wrestle with a very angry brother. But at least I had some say, you know?”

The incident followed two accounts of Weinstein, the producer on all of Tarantino’s films, harassing Thurman: once by pulling his usual bathrobe act in a Paris hotel room, again by shoving her down on a bed in a London hotel room. 

Both occurred around the 1994 release of Pulp Fiction. Thurman alleges she told Tarantino about the London incident but that he brushed it off.

“There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip,” Tarantino said in an interview with The New York Times after the release of the bombshell Weinstein expose. 

“I knew enough to do more than I did,” he said. “It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things.”

“I wish I had taken responsibility for what I heard. If I had done the work I should have done then, I would have had to not work with him.”

In her Instagram post, Thurman suggested her relationship with Tarantino may have improved… and that he signed off on her releasing the video.

“Quentin Tarantino, was deeply regretful and remains remorseful about this sorry event, and gave me the footage years later so i could expose it and let it see the light of day, regardless of it most likely being an event for which justice will never be possible, he also did so with full knowledge it could cause him personal harm, and i am proud of him for doing the right thing and for his courage.”

It has not absolved him of controversy. While not related to sexual assault, his mistreatment of Thurman is the latest wrinkle in the #MeToo and #TimesUp saga. 

Uma Thurman, who starred in a number of Harvey Weinstein-backed movies (Kill Bill, Pulp Fiction), has finally addressed the more than 90 sexual harassment and assault allegations against the disgraced movie producer/slash/total creep who has become one of the most loathed men on the planet.

In an Instagram post with a screenshot from Kill Bill, the 47-year-old actress wished everyone a Happy Thanksgiving… except for Harvey, for whom she wouldn’t even wish a bullet.

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“I am grateful today, to be alive, for all those I love, and for all those who have the courage to stand up for others,” Thurman wrote. 

“I said I was angry recently, and I have a few reasons, #metoo, in case you couldn’t tell by the look on my face. I feel it’s important to take your time, be fair, be exact, so… Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Except you Harvey, and all your wicked conspirators – I’m glad it’s going slowly – you don’t deserve a bullet) – stay tuned.”

The actress’ rage went viral earlier in November when an Access Hollywood reporter asked her to comment on the Weinstein allegations. Instead, Thurman seethed and then minced her words.

“I don’t have a tidy soundbite for you, because I’ve learned I’m not a child and I’ve learned that when I’ve spoken in anger I usually regret the way I express myself,” she said. “So I’ve been waiting to feel less angry. And when I’m ready, I’ll say what I have to say.”

She doesn’t seem any less angry!

h/t IndieWire

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We got our first look at this year’s Pirelli calendar back in August, and now that it’s been officially unveiled in Paris, we can safely say that it does not disappoint. 

Renowned photographer Peter Lindbergh, who is credited by many as the creator of the “supermodel,” has made good on his promise to take the Milan-based tire manufacturer’s calendar away from its traditional pin-up style and into a more artistic direction.

“As an artist, I feel I have a responsibility to free women from the idea of eternal youth and perfection,” he said at the calendar’s international launch. “Society’s ideal of perfection is impossible to achieve.”  

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To do this, he cast veteran A-list actresses rather than supermodels for the shoot, including Nicole Kidman, Uma Thurman, Penelope Cruz, Julianne Moore, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren, and Charlotte Rampling, and used minimal makeup and retouching techniques. Lindbergh’s concept was to “capture sensitivity and emotion, laying bare the souls of the women in the images, rendering them more naked than a nude.”

It’s a bold idea, but the beautiful black-and-white portraits are a sight to behold. Take an abbreviated look at the 2017 Pirelli calendar in the gallery above. 

Quentin Tarantino’s original casting wish list forPulp Fiction has surfaced on Reddit, and it may have been a very different movie if the director had gotten everything he wanted.

According to the list (which has not been verified by anyone involved in the production) Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen was Tarantino’s first choice for Vincent; the role famously went to John Travolta, who was the director’s “strong, strong, strong second choice.”

But Uma Thurman, whose portrayal of Mia catapulted her to international fame and earned her both an Oscar and a Golden Globe nomination, didn’t even make the shortlist. According to the document, Tarantino’s first choice for Mia appears to have been Virginia Madsen (Sideways), with Debra Winger, Angela Bassett, Marisa Tomei, and Patricia Arquette also on the list. Apparently Tarantino was more than satisfied with Mia’s eventual casting, as he went on to work with Thurman on the very successful Kill Bill series.

The parallel-universe version of Pulp Fiction finds John Cusack as Lance (who was played by Tarantino’s second choice, Eric Stolz); and Patricia Arquette in the role of Jody, which went to her sister Rosanna Arquette.  Like Thurman, Bruce Willis didn’t make the original list for Butch, but Matt Damon, Sean Penn, Nicholas Cage and Johnny Depp did.

Tarantino got exactly what he wanted with Tim Roth as Pumpkin and Amanda Plummer as Honey Bunney. Nevertheless, I think we can all agree that all’s well that ended well with the Pulp Fiction cast that made it to the screen.

Check out the complete list on Indiewire.

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