Quentin Tarantino announces he’s shooting an 8-episode mystery show next year
Tarantino, currently on book tour, also revealed which of his own films is his favorite
Aux News Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino’s ongoing efforts to do things that are Absolutely Not Directing Movies—writing books, picking fights with Marvel fans, picking fights with the relatives of dead people he puts in his movies, etc.—continued apace last night, with Variety reporting that Tarantino apparently announced that he’s going to film an 8-episode TV show some time in 2023. Tarantino made the news at an event last night in New York, where he was promoting his new collection of movie essays, Cinema Speculation.
And that, frustratingly, was that in terms of details. No information about plot; no information about network; no information about whether he’d be doing a docuseries or a drama or a comedy or what have you. Just: 8 episodes, he’s going to shoot them, someone will presumably air them, BAM.
Provided it goes forward, this won’t be Tarantino’s first foray into TV: He directed an episode of E.R. in 1995, and a two-parter of CSI in 2005. He’s also, supposedly, been in talks to direct at least some of the episodes of the Justified revival series, starring his old pal Timothy Olyphant. (It’s hypothetically possible that this is what he’s talking about here, but, again: No damn details.)
Meanwhile, Tarantino has been making the rounds promoting his book, including a stop by Howard Stern’s radio show this week where he dropped a different sort of big reveal: Finally giving a straight answer about which of his own movies is his favorites. Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, his most recent project, is his “best movie,” apparently. (Dang, this guy really likes Timothy Olyphant, huh?) Tarantino has suggested at various points that he’s only got one more movie in him: For a minute, it looked like that might be that bizarre Star Trek gangster movie he was briefly attached to, but that space ship has apparently sailed.
26 Comments
He’s not going anywhere, he also stated that even if stops doing movies, he will still be doing TV, plays etc..just just not movies.
NFTs.
The Hateful Eight is Enough
The Kill Bill Cosby Show
“The Vega Brothers’ Mysteries”
The Jackie CrownReservoir Dogs in SpaceOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood Squares
Dipping his toe in the tv pool makes a lot of sense. Pulling off a great show is an amazing feet, but anyone is gonna be a shoe-in, it’s him. I feel like when you put as much heart and sole into your films as QT does, you have to take some time to heel when it’s done. I wonder if it’ll be serious or, like his films, the humor will be a little arch? Either way, I’m excited to see him pad his resume with this! It’s a great next step.
If anyone could knock your socks off, it’s good old Quentin.
He definitely puts his feet into his work.
Eh, he doesn’t have a leg to stand on. I say we give him the boot.
Bravo, bravo
I nominate this for Comment of the Year.
I’ve ready so many times he can be a real heel during production though…
Shoo-in.
From the headline I thought he was making an 8-episode mystery series, not an 8-episode serious, the details of which remain a mystery.
Fox Force Five or GTFO
Ok, the mystery is the lack of details, not that he will do a mystery show. And here I was hoping he was going to do a Tarantino take on those old Quinn Martin shows from the 70’s, like Barnaby Jones or Cannon.Or maybe a Murder She Wrote reboot, starring Uma Thurman as an often barefoot Jessica Fletcher.
The very wild rumor I keep hearing is that it’s a Columbo reboot starring Natasha Lyonne.
The show with Natasha Lyonne as Columbo is with Rian Johnsonhttps://www.etonline.com/natasha-lyonne-goes-into-detective-mode-in-new-peacock-mystery-series-from-knives-out-director
This rumor seems to have actually paid off as the upcoming Rian Johnson-produced Peacock series Poker Face, which will star Lyonne in a “case of the week” mystery series that is heavily influenced by Columbo and other ‘70s detective shows. As far as I am aware, Tarantino is not involved.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14269590/
He’s a couple years older than me, otherwise I’d say Rockford Files 100%, if it’s a TV show he’s emulating. Otherwise Lew Archer (Harper) or Mike Hammer would seem to be in his wheelhouse.
(Dang, this guy really likes Timothy Olyphant, huh?)Yes, he thinks OUATIH is his best movie because Olyphant appears in it for five minutes. jfc
I’m halfway thru the book. Really enjoying it. Plenty straight from the movie but a ton of new stuff too. I want the 6 hour movie cut.
What films of his was Olyphant in other than his most recent?The real boss move would be to make a series completely independently without announcing it like “Horace & Pete”. We all remember that, right?
He always thinks his most recent movie is his best. He did this with Inglorious Basterds, which is … definitely not his best.