May’s Top Stories: DJANGO UNCHAINED The Mini-Series
One of my only complaints about Django Unchained is that Quentin Tarantino’s endlessly entertaining, Oscar-winning Western lacked the heft of some of his more recent productions. It felt like it should have been a four-hour movie, and apparently Tarantino agrees.
Tarantino told an audience at Cannes that he’s considering cutting a mini-series version of his hit movie. With the 90-minutes of footage that has yet to be seen, Tarantino’s plan is to do four one-hour chapters out of the existing and unused material.
This wouldn’t be the first time in recent years that a mini-series/movie combo release made a splash, though. Back in 2010, director Olivier Assayas did the reverse, turning his IFC mini-series Carlos into a theatrical cut, a film that was easily the best movie released that year.
But where would it air? Well, Tarantino’s buddy Robert Rodriguez has the El Rey cable network. Wouldn’t that be a nice boost for the fledgling channel?
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