Quentin Tarantino is a man of ideas, sometimes too many ideas. After shooting 2012’s Django Unchained, Tarantino was left with over 90 minutes of unused footage that hasn’t been seen. Rather than simply include them in a special Director’s Cut release of Django Unchained, the famed director has his sight set on something much more ambitious. During a press conference to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction‘s debut at the Cannes Film Festival, Tarantino had this to say about the extra Django Unchained footage:
I have about 90 minutes worth of material with Django. It hasn’t been seen. My idea, frankly, is to cut together a four-hour version of Django Unchained. But I wouldn’t show it like a four hour movie. I would cut it up into hour chapters. Like a four-part mini-series. And show it on cable television. Show it like an hour at a time, each chapter […] We’d use all the material I have and it wouldn’t be an endurance test. It would be a mini-series. And people love those. People roll their eyes at a four-hour movie. But a four-hour mini-series that they like, then they are dying to watch all four parts. That’s how I thought it could work.
It’s a sound idea as it allows Tarantino to explore another medium that would better fit his vision. Depending on how successful the miniseries does, he’d probably double dip and release it in a box set complete with some extra special goodies. Furthermore, it could potentially keep the door open for a home media release of the full Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. Considering Tarantino’s friendship with fellow director Robert Rodriguez, we could probably see the Django Unchained miniseries on the latter’s El Rey Network.
[via /Film]