Via Andy from Momentum Pictures UK Theatrical Sales we get word that GRINDHOUSE will be making showings in the UK beginning Friday.

In case of interest to your UK readers... GRINDHOUSE will finally be making it to UK cinema screens from Friday 28th March.

Following sell-out screenings at Glasgow FrightFest and the Prince Charles Cinema in London, the film will enjoy limited screenings in selected cinemas around the country, on one-offs and late night shows.

The full list of confirmed venues and dates is below:

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Even though GRINDHOUSE was eventually broken into 2 separate films, there is going to be a 6-disc DVD release of the whole double feature with special features ... in Japan. [thanks Taylor]

Still no fake trailers from the description that SlashFilm has. This makes the lack of any type of combined DVD release in the US even more disappointing.

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Hot Topic is selling posters and t-shirts for Eli Roth's fake Thanksgiving film from Grindhouse.

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Here's a NoGood.TV promo/interview for Grindhouse. Its a bit odd because its more about the word fuck than the movie itself.

(I moved the video to after the jump since it wants to auto load each time the main page is opened)

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Film Junk is giving away a Planet Terror DVD, and you don't even have to work hard to get entered.

...all you have to do is send us the title of an actual grindhouse movie, or make up a title of your own.

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Thanks to the good folks at Film Ink, here are some advance scans of their November 2007 issue with Quentin on the cover. The issue has a icon article with Rosario Dawson and a big profile/interview with Tarantino.

Rosario Dawson article: Page 1, Page 2

Tarantino article: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4

Film Ink is on newstands in Australia and New Zealand beginning this week and copies of this issue can be ordered thru Dina (dina@filmink.com.au).

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The Death Proof DVD is available today!

Planet Terror gets released October 16th.

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Empire Online has put up the UK trailer for Death Proof along with the poster for the films release.

I like the poster, but there is a bit too much empty white space.

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Just a reminder to get your pre-orders in for the Death Proof DVD. The release date is Sept 18th.

Planet Terror gets released October 16th.

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For our readers in Europe: Quentin is going to be in Liverpool on Sept 11th for a screening of Death Proof. [thanks Mark]

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Via DVD Active, here is the DVD cover art for the special edition DVD of Death Proof.

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Some bad news (maybe) about the DVDs for Death Proof and Planet Terror. According to The Movie Blog, neither will contain any of the fake trailers that aired with GRINDHOUSE in theaters.

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I rather doubt that it'll happen, but the little bits of info about GRINDHOUSE 2 possibilities continue to float around.

"Robert (Rodriguez) said he'd do it (Machete) and asked for us to be in it," they explain, "Robert wants to do GRINDHOUSE 2 with (the two films being) "Machete" and "The Babysitter Twins."

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Quentin went to the F1 race in Germany this weekend while out promoting Death Proof.

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If Quentin is still serious about making Inglorious Bastards his next film, he may want to get moving on the project ASAP. It looks like Joel Silver and Zak Penn are going to be re-making The Dirty Dozen.

Inglorious Bastards isn't the same film, but its similar enough that it could cause box office troubles if they both get released near the same time. And given the box office problems that GRINDHOUSE had, taking that risk might not be such a hot idea.

So Quentin, get moving!

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The Death Proof DVD is listed with a Sept 18th, 2007 release date on Amazon right now. No pre-order option yet though. This is going to be a 2-disc set containing both the 90 minute Grindhouse cut and the 127 minute Cannes cut.

This is apparently when the Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair 4-disc set is also going to be released.

Thanks to Mike for the heads up on the info.

UPDATE: Amazon now has Kill Bill - The Whole Bloody Affair listed, but with no release date.

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Tarantino talks about GRINDHOUSE's box office disappointment and his plans for the Cannes version of Death Proof.

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The Death Proof screenplay is available over at Amazon along with a growing list of GRINDHOUSE branded merchandise.

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With the split of GRINDHOUSE coming, you may want to go ahead and pick up the double poster - it may not be around much longer.

Here are all of the GRINDHOUSE posters

Also, do a Control-Refresh if this entry looks odd - I've updated the CSS and that'll make sure it loads for you.

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Blackfilm has a couple of interviews up with Sydney Tamiia Poitier and Tracie Thoms about their roles in GRINDHOUSE. Thanks to Wilson for the heads up.

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If you haven't been out to see GRINDHOUSE yet, get off your ass and go. It fell out of the top 10 in the box office and only made $434 per screen this past week - likely meaning that its not going to be in theatres for much longer.

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Its apparently panic time for Harvey Weinstein - he's kicking around the idea of re-releasing GRINDHOUSE as 2 separate movies in just a couple of weeks.

This is just wrong, wrong, wrong.

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Unfortunately, it looks like GRINDHOUSE didn't do well at the box office this weekend - managing only 4th place with only about $12m in receipts.

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The GRINDHOUSE Companion Book is now shipping.

This 250 page hardcover companion book to GRIND HOUSE offers fans an insider's look into the making of the hotly anticipated double feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Filled with cast and crew interviews, hundreds of full-color photographs, never-before-seen conceptual art and an in-depth history of the grindhouse genre by the directors themselves, GRIND HOUSE: THE SLEAZE FILLED SAGA OF AN EXPLOITATION DOUBLE FEATURE is the essential fan's guide to the two-fisted bloodbath of the year.

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The GRINDHOUSE posters are finally available for purchase at All Posters. Click the images below to be magically transported:

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Hey folks, I'm always getting emails from film students with lots of questions about QT's filmmaking style, and I rarely have the time to respond properly. But Rebekah was smart enough to pose her questions in the form of a questionnaire that any of you can fill out after watching GRINDHOUSE this weekend.

Rebekah is pursuing her PhD in Film Studies at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and the questionnaire is short and sweet - so lets help her out.

Death Proof questionnaire

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GRINDHOUSE doesn't officially open until Friday, but 13 lucky cities are getting Thursday openings. If you are in one of these big market cities, check with theaters to see if you can get tickets:

Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington DC

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The premiere of GRINDHOUSE was last night (QT was on Leno as well), and Popholic has a bunch of photos from the permiere.

And JoBlo has an early review of GRINDHOUSE.

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The new issue of Fangoria magazine has a GRINHOUSE feature in it. Thanks to Matt for the heads up in the comments.

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Turns out that NY Post article about GRINDHOUSE maybe getting an NC-17 was wrong. No word on what, if anything got cut, but the final film is just over 3 hours in running time and has secured an R Rating.

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Death Proof makes the cover of Creative Screenwriting magazine. [thanks David]

Here, Tarantino tells you why you should love B-movies, the joy of writing quickly, and why his stalker car-chase movie Death Proof is a chick flick.

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GRINDHOUSE may need significant edits to avoid an NC-17 rating. Page Six has the dirt on some of the more problematic scenes (one example after the jump).

QT had similar problems with Kill Bill - thats why some of the Crazy 88 scene is in black and white (so that the blood is black instead of red). For whatever reason, its OK to hack someone to pieces on screen, just so long as they don't bleed red blood.

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Maxim magazine is doing some special edition covers featuring the girls of GRINDHOUSE.

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Inglorious Bastards got a sneak look at the European poster for GRINDHOUSE. It looks suspiciously like this poster, but with just a few 'screw you' edits.

It really sucks that QT isn't willing to stand up for movie to be shown in one piece. I've heard the argument that the double-feature is a uniquely American experience and so the rest of the world isn't expecting it - but, if the GRINDHOUSE format of a double-feature is so great, why not use his influence to introduce it to those that haven't experienced it before.

In this interview QT talks about doing what he wants with his films.

"Man, I'd love to do an opening to a movie like that." And someone said: "Yeah, they wouldn't let you."

People have said little things like that all my life. But who's "they"? I've given nobody the authority over me to say I can't do anything - I can do anything I want or can achieve. I don't ask permission. I might ask forgiveness, but I won't ask permission. There is no "they".

Here's the thing: they can write a mean letter, they can write a mean memo, but these guys don't have any real fight in them. If you're an artist, as opposed to a careerist, and your movie is more important to you than a career in this town, they can never beat you. You have a loaded gun, and you know you've got what it takes to put it in their faces and blow their heads off.

Quentin, get your gun out and take a stand. GRINDHOUSE is one movie. One experience. Introduce the rest of the world to the genre you feel so passionate about. In the format you feel so passionate about - the double feature.

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I've been out of town all week, and thus out of touch, so thanks to everybody who sent in the news about the making of GRINDHOUSE videos that have hit the net. TheMovieBox.net has it in 4 pieces:

one | two | three | four

The stuff in these videos isn't entirely new though, some of it already appeared back in early February on Yahoo.

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Robert Rodriguez announced at SWSX that he's going to be releasing a direct to DVD 'sequel' of GRINDHOUSE based on the Machete faux trailer.

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Story about the GRINDHOUSE trailer competion at SWSX if you are interested. I haven't had much time to follow these trailers, I understand that alot of them have ended up on YouTube already though.

Feel free to post URLs in the comments if you have them.

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The Death Proof soundtrack is now available for pre-order from Amazon. Here's the cover:

Also, thanks to Ewan from Filter-Mag.com, here are some audio streams for a few of the songs:

"Baby It's You" - Smith
Windows Media | Quicktime

"It's So Easy" - Willy DeVille
Windows Media | Quicktime

"Chick Habit" - April March
Windows Media | Quicktime

Official Site: Grindhousemovie.net

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Here's a couple more pix from the Werewolf Women of the SS faux trailer. Thanks to Ryan for the heads up.

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Film Ick has posted some scans of a Fangoria Magazine article about GRINDHOUSE. Looks like all the info is actually of Robert Rodriguez's part of the film - Planet Terror, but thats OK, the whole thing it gonna kick ass.

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The soundtrack is going to be a mix of music and clips of dialogue mixed from the film mixed in between. Here's the track list via The Hollywood News:

"The Last Race" - Jack Nitzsche
"Baby, It's You" - Smith
"Paranoia Prima" - Ennio Morricone
"Planning & Scheming" - Eli Roth & Michael Bacall
"Jeepster" - T Rex
"Stuntman Mike" - Rose McGowan & Kurt Russell
"Staggolee" - Pacific Gas & Electric
"The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" - Joe Tex
"Good Love, Bad Love" - Eddie Floyd
"Down In Mexico" - The Coasters
"Hold Tight - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
"Sally and Jack (From the Motion Picture Blow Out)" - Pino Donaggio
"It's So Easy" - Willy DeVille
"Whatever-However" - Tracie Thoms & Zoe Bell
"Riot In Thunder Alley" - Eddie Beram
"Chick Habit" - April March

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Horror Yearbook has some details from Bill Moseley about the Werewolf Women of the SS faux trailer included with GRINDHOUSE.

I played Dr. Heinrich von Strasser, the humpbacked Nazi scientist who's trying to turn beautiful nude German girls into werewolves.

Plus, I've run across some additional photos from the production of the trailer:

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Tom Savini talks GRINDHOUSE over at Fangoria. Mostly promo-type stuff, but he does float a couple of rumors:

1. The fake trailers in GRINDHOUSE may get made into actual full-length feature films. I find this highly unlikely - though since Rob Zombie is involved it becomes possible (he'll put anything on film).

2. We may get treated to future GRINDHOUSE films from QT and RR if all goes well. This is pretty likely at this point, though I expect that it would probably not be something they'd want to tackle right away. Maybe in 2012.

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A new giant banner for GRINDHOUSE. Bigger version here.

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Looks like GRINDHOUSE is being split into 2 movies overseas in non-English speaking areas. Here's a Polish article about it.

Thanks to Filias for the tip.

UPDATE: Here's a petition to show GRINDHOUSE in 1 piece.

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Another GRINDHOUSE poster, this one is supposed to be the final 1-sheet.

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The new GRINDHOUSE trailer is out!

I'm more excited about this film than anything Tarantino has put out previously. It just looks like its going to be kick-ass fun!

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Yahoo! Movies has a video interview/commentary from QT and Rodriguez about GRINDHOUSE up.

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Entertainment Earth has the GRINDHOUSE action figures for pre-order. Its a bit early as they won't be released until April, but if the demand is anything like it was for Kill Bill figures, you'll have a hard time finding them in stock after the movie opens.

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The NY Times has a big article on GRINDHOUSE up today. I don't have time to read it just yet, but thought I'd just throw the link up.

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Ain't It Cool got hold of a new (UPDATE: as clarification, this is unofficial) GRINDHOUSE poster.

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Not sure if I've mentioned it here before, but Rob Zombie is making one of the fake trailers for GRINDHOUSE - and its called Werewolf Women of the SS, and courtesy of Menno here's a still from the trailer.

And a description:

This photo is of Sheri's character "Eva Krupp" from the trailer, which will be about 3 1/2 minutes long... This photo shows only one of 3 beautiful costumes that Sheri will be wearing in the short

You can see the entire image here or you can find it in the Sheri Moon Zombie blog.

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Anybody wanting some attention from Tarantino or Rodriguez as a filmmaker ought to enter the SWSX Grindhouse Trailer contest.

Filmmakers have a deadline of February 12 to submit their 'grindhouse trailer' (no longer than two minutes in length) to SXSW. The trailer should be made for a fictional feature-film, just like those being made by celebrity directors Eli Roth and Rob Zombie for Grindhouse. From those submissions, Rodriguez will determine the best of the bunch, and it will screen during a special presentation entitled 'Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse 101' on Sunday, March 11. During the presentation, Rodriguez will share stories and footage from the making of the upcoming Dimension Films release.

Get on it. You've only got till February 12th.

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Thanks to Joe for letting me know that Latino Review has a script review of the Planet Terror portion of GRINDHOUSE up today. Here's the bottom line:

Wow! It is that fucking good. Hence, why I gave it an A+ because it is a complete miracle. There is a structure, there is a character arc, there is some setup/payoff action going on with the dialogue. The writing is super clean and lean and it is a good story that's well told. Nuff said.

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New 1 sheet for GRINDHOUSE.

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The official site for GRINDHOUSE is up.

More production photos after the jump.

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Yahoo! has a countdown to the new GRINDHOUSE trailer. T-minus 2:49 as I write this.

AICN also has up a bunch of GRINDHOUSE lobby cards - one of which I've reproduced below. Here are the rest.

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Some images of upcoming Grind House toys have been revealed.

These images are all from Rodriguez's Planet Terror portion of the film and include: Quentin Tarantino as an Army Soldier, Marley Shelton as Dakota, Rose McGowan as Cherry.

These aren't final product images, but the group will be released in April of 2007 and will include 14 figures.

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Entertainment Weekly has a about a handful of photos from Grind House.

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Robert Freddy Rodriguez talked a bit about Grind House. There's only a couple of paragraphs, and its really nothing we didn't already know.

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In an interview with Mickey Rourke, Radar asked him about why he didn't end up in Grind House. His answer doesn't clear much of anything up:

Radar: After turning down Pulp Fiction, why did you pass up the opportunity to work with Tarantino on his latest project, Grindhouse?

Rourke: You know what? He hasn't made any comments about it. And until he makes a comment about it, I'm not going to say anything. It just didn't work out. And I hope that's what he has to say. I'm just going to wait.

Seems to me that Mickey is pissed off at Quentin.

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Some confirmation of what most of us already knew or suspected. The Grind House trailer was a mixture of Rodriguez's Planet Terror (referred to as Planet Doom incorrectly in the article) and one of the fake trailers - undoubtedly Machete.

Also from this same article, we get news that both Rodriguez and QT's parts are standard length films of about 90 minutes, so with the fake trailers mixed in the final product should clock in at just over 3 hours.

I'm glad the first trailer that came out had a very 'fun' feel to it. I think that perfectly captures what these old Grind House style movies are about.

Grind House Trailer @: iKlipz & You Tube.

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How is it that a newspaper allows somebody to write a story about You Tube who knows nothing about it, or the videos they are watching. Get a load of this:

So yesterday, as part of my training for Next G, I YouTubed for the first time. I found a music video for "Children of the Universe", a trailer for something called "Grind House" (which may or may not be a spoof), and a clip showing-off a cockroach-controlled mobile robot.

Um, how long would it have taken this writer to figure out what Grind House is? 30 seconds. On dial-up.

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A Grind House trailer is up at You Tube. Below are some screen caps. Alternate video of much better quality here.

It looks like pretty much all the footage is from Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror portion of the film.

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The girls of Grind House - Rosario Dawson, Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton - are going to be the hosts of Spike TV's Scream Awards 2006 which airs on October 10th.

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AICN has a few new set pictures from Grind House, including a couple of Kurt Russell and the Stuntman Mike car.

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John Jarratt was the first person I can remember being unofically case in Grind House. Now it turns out that he never made it into the movie at all.

"My wife Cody was excited. We'd got the passport thing sorted out and we were all ready to set off for the States with our two kids, just waiting for a start date, so it was a real kick in the guts when nothing happened,'' he told Woman's Day. "I'm really bewildered. God knows, Quentin might ring up next week and say he's ready to start, 'Get over here'. And might do it but I might not. I kind of wish he'd left me alone and it had never happened.''

Well, maybe Tarantino nixed him from the film because he's getting interviewed by magazines like Woman's Day.

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AICN has some set pics from Grind House, including one of the car from Death Proof. [Thanks to Paul for the tip]

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Some questions and answers videos from QT and RR at ComicCon.

JoBlo also has a summary of the Grind House panel.

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JoBlo has a few pictures of the Grind House production and props from Comic Con. They have also posted pictures of 3 mini-posters that were handed out.

I've re-produced the pictures after the jump.
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With Mickey Rourke flaking out of his deal to star in Tarantino's portion of Grind House, QT went and picked up Kurt Russell to fill the void. I was fine with the Rourke casting, but this is definately an upgrade.

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Ain't It Cool News has some photos of promo posters for Death Proof and Planet Terror taken at Comic-Con. The Death Proof poster is basically the same thing that we saw previously on the script cover back in April. [Thanks to Brendan for the heads up]

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Its being reported everywhere (with the Grind House forum as the primary source) that Mickey Rourke no-showed for his leading role in Tarantino's Death Proof. Not a good move for his career, but I'm sure Tarantino will be able to find somebody to replace him pretty easily.

Thanks to Danny for giving me the heads up on this. I've been traveling alot so I'm not as on top of breaking news as usual.

UPDATE: The Grind House forum folks say they never specifically said Rourke no-showed. Looking at the thread again, some other commenter mentioned the no-show but was not corrected. I just read it wrong.

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Looks like Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been cast in the Death Proof portion of Grind House. You may remember her from Final Destination 3.

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First mentioned back in late 2005, it was supposed to be a summer release. But, with the delay in the release date for the film itself, its not suprising that the book is now scheduled for February 28, 2007.

Its already available for pre-order from Amazon.

UPDATE: The GRINDHOUSE Companion Book is now shipping.

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The Grind House forum sent out a notification today that they've gotten ahold of the full script for Death Proof, Quentin Tarantino's half of the upcoming Grind House.

They seem to have pretty good sources, so I wouldn't expect that they will leak the whole script on the net, but they may share a few bits of info with everyone. (hey, we can hope, right!)

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Naveen Andrews (Sayid from Lost) has been added to Grind House. He'll be in Rodriguez's portion of the film, Planet Terror

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The release date for Grind House has been pushed back, again, to April of 2007. And just like we said the last time, it'll probably get pushed back at least 1 more time.

And in a very weird turn of events, Fergie has been cast in Grind House? Yes, Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas.

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Notice the similarities in the logos?


It was pointed out in the comments to this article about the Death Proof script cover that the logo on Stuntman Mike's car is very similar/identical to the logo for the band Death By Stereo.

Now, we can't read too much into this as it is just a script cover, and not something that typically gets spread around for public consumption. So maybe somebody just slapped the logo on there because they thought it looked cool. But maybe there's a possible soundtrack connection. Maybe.

By the way, the actual image I used for the Death By Stereo logo is from this belt buckle. Or, maybe we should start calling it a Stuntman Mike Belt Buckle.

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Over at Script Zone, they have a review of the Death Proof script [via Dark Horizons]:

The basic plot follows a trio of young girls (Jungle Julia, Arlene, and Shanna) as they spend their night bar hopping, going after and teasing boys, and getting trashed. Meanwhile, a muscle car driving stuntman named Mike (Mickey Rouke is rumored to be in the role) with a unique sexual fetish stalks the girls and, ultimately, uses his car to terrorize them.

The reviewer thinks QT is going to have a problem getting the script cut down to an appropriate length for Grind House.

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AICN got their hands on an image of the Death Proof script cover - QT's half of Grind House. I wouldn't be suprised if the final poster ended up similar to this.

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More Grind House casting rumors. This time we add Woody Harrelson, Emmy Robbin, and Josh Brolin to the supposed cast.

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Tarantino.info is reporting that Grind House has shut down production - but from everything I've seen written, it seems more like they are taking a week off. Apparently the not-so-subtle difference between those two has been lost on most people.

UPDATE: This may explain the production stoppage.

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More casting rumors for Grind House. This time we got Mickey Rourke and Zoe Bell appearing in Tarantino's half.

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A script review of Death Proof (QT's portion of Grind House) has been posted over at AICN. Its full of spoilers and isn't very positive (the comments over there are full of Tarantino haters as well).

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The rumors of Grind House casting are really starting to fly. CHUD is saying that Michael Biehn has been cast (I remember him best as Johnny Ringo from Tombstone) in the Robert Rodriguez half of the film.

Also, Moviehole is reporting that Rose McGowan and Marley Shelton have also been cast. Plus, House of Horrors says that Tom Savini has been cast.

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Bloody Disgusting is reporting that the release date for Grind House has been pushed back a couple of months to December 1st, 2006. No suprise there.

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It now appears that Michael Keaton will not appear in Grind House as was previously rumored.

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Tarantino is reportedly in Sweden looking for girls to put in one of his Grind House fake trailers - Cowgirls in Sweden.

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Rumors are flying that Michael Keaton has been cast in Grindhouse. Keaton apparently told an autograph seeker that he has a role in the Robert Rodriguez portion of Grindhouse (either called Planet Terror or Project Terror, both titles have been floating around).

I don't know how reliable this info is and wouldn't be suprised to find out its untrue - so don't get your heart set on Mr. Mom just yet.

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Looks like Tarantino and Rodriguez are going to release a companion book to go along with the Grind House movie. Tarantino had planned to do something similar with Kill Bill, and the project ended up being scrapped for unknown reasons - hopefully this one makes it to market.

Here are some details from the Trouble Maker Publishing website. The image below is apparently the proposed book cover. [thanks to Jules for the tip]

COMING SUMMER 2006...
GRIND HOUSE: THE SLEAZE-FILLED SAGA OF AN EXPLOITATION DOUBLE FEATURE
by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez

This 250 page hardcover companion book to GRIND HOUSE offers fans an insider's look into the making of the hotly anticipated double feature by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. Filled with cast and crew interviews, hundreds of full-color photographs, never-before-seen conceptual art and an in-depth history of the grindhouse genre by the directors themselves, GRIND HOUSE: THE SLEAZE FILLED SAGA OF AN EXPLOITATION DOUBLE FEATURE is the essential fan's guide to the two-fisted bloodbath of the year.

UPDATE: The GRINDHOUSE Companion Book is now shipping.

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Bloody-Disgusting has a report that the Grind House release date is September 22, 2006.

Being over 9 months out, this doesn't really mean much because there is so much time for stuff to go wrong or to get delayed for competitive reasons.

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There is a possibility that John Jarratt will appear in 'Grind House'. QT has apparently said that Jarratt is his favorite Aussie actor.

Dark Horizons is reporting that Jarratt has already signed for 'Grind House' and may have a role in Inglorious Bastards as well.

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Tarantino talks Grind House and Inglorious Bastards, with a tidbit in there about Vega Brothers.

As previously reported, Grind House will be in 2 parts. Robert Rodriguez part is called Planet Terror and Tarantino's section will be Death Proof. Rodriguez film has a zombie theme and Tarantino's is a slasher film, but with a car.

The film will also feature trailers for fictional movies:

"That's one of the things we're looking the most forward to, shooting the phony trailers that will play in between the movies. I'm working out my blaxploitation trailer, and possibly a kung-fu trailer, a sexploitation trailer, a spaghetti-western trailer. I just need to kind of work them out a little bit. I'm just getting them down there, but I think for sure I'm going to do the sexploitation trailer, which is called Cowgirls in Sweden. "

As for Inglorious Bastards, here's what QT had to say:

...will probably be the next thing I do after I finish Grind House. That will be my next big Mount Everest, climb-the-mountain kind of project.

I've got a big portion of it done. I've been waiting for all the Kill Bill stuff to be over with, and then to maybe chill on it a little bit, and then [get] ready to finish writing it. ... I have like five years of writing behind me now, and I just need to add one more year to it.

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Robert Rodriguez talked to MTV about the progress on Grind House. There is a treasure trove of little tidbits planned for this movie in the ariticle - make sure you check it out.

The Texas-born filmmaker revealed that he's currently holed up at Tarantino's Los Angeles abode, and they're working both together and separately. "I'm at his house now writing it," Rodriguez said of the film that they expect to shoot "probably in the fall ... They're two different movies, but he reads me stuff and I tell him stuff that I do."

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Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are going to write and direct a horror film called Grind House.

Miramax Films golden children Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are teaming up to make a film for the new company established by the studio's founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

Tarantino and Rodriguez will each write and direct a 60-minute horror film, and the two films will be packaged under the title 'Grind House', which is planned for a spring 2006 release through the Weinstein Co.

Tarantino says that this could be the first in a series of films. No official word on what this does to the timeline for getting Inglorious Bastards finished - but I smell a delay.

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