We all saw this coming. Even though it was widely reported in early October that Quentin Tarantino had made a promise on an Italian talk show that “the Bride [would] fight again,” it’s not exactly going to be his next project. We can’t forget that this is Tarantino, and he says these kind of things all the time and hypes up projects for years and years (just look how long it took Inglourious Basterds to get made). MTV talked with Tarantino recently and got him to clarify the situation regarding Kill Bill Vol. 3. “I won’t do that next, but it could very well be the thing I do after next,” Tarantino explained. So don’t start getting excited yet.

Additionally, since the “Bill” that Beatrix Kiddo is after in Kill Bill gets what’s coming to him in the end, it won’t be titled Kill Bill Vol. 3 anyway. “Well, it wouldn’t be Kill Bill obviously. It would be Volume 3 of the story of the Bride,” Tarantino says. And as for all that speculation about it being ready next year, well don’t get your hopes up. “There’s no script, there are just ideas and notes,” he says. “We’re getting there, we’re about one movie away.” It’s because he said he’d do the sequel in 10 years and since the last one came out in 2004, we’re slowly reaching that 10 year mark. But it’s probably not going to happen any earlier than that.

So while Kill Bill Vol. 3, or whatever it will eventually be called, is in the works and will happen sometime (probably by 2014), don’t expect it anytime soon. As for what’s next from Quentin Tarantino, maybe it’s one of these two projects that he’s hinted about – a western or a gangster movie. I sure hope we find out soon!

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