UHM - Grindhouse

3/27/07
A link to a 24-minute behind-the-scenes documentary along with a slew of clips can be found in the trailers area.

3/15/07
I've added some making-of clips in the trailers area, courtesy of Rose-McGowan.com

3/06/07
In the latest issue of Fango they've got a handful of new pics from Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror segment, which can now be found in UHM's image gallery. Thanks to film ick for scanning the pics.

2/18/07
The full trailer is now available.

2/09/07
I've added a link to view an interview with director Tarantino and Rodriguez on their films, which features new footage.

1/28/07
A Japanese poster can be spotted above, thanks to AICN.

12/25/06
You can view some promotional lobby cards here and here, and I've added some new pics below courtesy of Yahoo! Movies. I've also been supplied a link to the official site along with one to view the new trailer!

12/16/06
The first pics have come online and can be seen below.

10/13/06
The awesome trailer that debuted on Spike TV has poped up online. Check the link on your left.

9/13/06
Quentin Tarantino added a few more names to his segment of the film, which includes writer/director Eli Roth (Cabin Fever, Hostel).

9/08/06
Click here to take a look at some on-set photos of Tarantino's segment Death Proof, where shots of the car were taken. Also, if you head over here, you'll be treated to a video of a news report on projects filming in the Austin area, where brief on-set footage is shown.

8/06/06
The teaser posters that were shown at Comic Con recently have now appeared online via Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios site. Enjoy them above. Thanks to DC.

7/24/06
I've updated the rest of the cast for Tarantino's segment "Death Proof". Heading the cast is the villian "Stuntman Mike" played by none-other-than Kurt Russell, replacing Mickey Rourke. Also, it seems that each segment will increase to full-length features instead of the reported 60-minutes, which means we'll get two films in one. This movie is turning out to be very awesome and seemingly one of the most highly anticipated upcoming horror films. Lastly, if you head over to the Arrow you'll see some snapshots of pics and items that were on display at Comic Con.

6/25/06
Tarantino and Rodriguez spoke with Entertainment Weekly about the film recently, and some of what they had to say:

Tell me about each of your Grind House films...

TARANTINO Our original idea was to do a horror double feature. The genre I wanted to tackle was slasher films, because I'm a big fan of late-'70s, early-'80s slasher films. The only thing was, what makes them so good is the genre is so rigid. And I had an idea about a guy who kills girls with his car as opposed to a machete, and I put it in a slasher-film structure. Other than the big car moments, though, my thing could be a Eugene O'Neill play. These girls just talk and talk and talk. If it wasn't for the car stuff, I could do my thing on stage.

So it's like Christine meets Long Day's Journey Into Night...

TARANTINO Yeah, but with more slasher elements! [Laughs] It's called Death Proof. I'm casting right now; more than likely the killer will be Mickey Rourke.

Robert, tell me about your film.

RODRIGUEZ Mine's a zombie movie called Planet Terror. It feels like a John Carpenter movie that took place between Escape From New York and The Thing. I wanted to do a zombie script a while back because there hadn't been any good zombie movies in a while. I got about 30 pages into it, and then all these zombie movies came out. So I thought, Well, I don't have to make them zombies — there could be other reasons why they're like this. They're infected people. Quentin, what's that story?
TARANTINO There was this Umberto Lenzi zombie movie in the '70s called Nightmare City, and a while ago some friends of mine were going to meet him in Rome, and I told them to tell him how much I loved Nightmare City. And they told him. And he goes, ''Zombies? What's theees zombies? They're infected people!''

6/10/06
Naveen Andrews has been added to the cast as "badass military scientist" for Robert Rodriguez's segment entitled Planet Terror.

5/24/06
The film has been pushed from December to Easter '07. I've also updated the cast.

5/10/06
Click here to see the art used on the script for Tarantino's story "Death Proof".

4/02/06
I've added a handful of names to the cast, most of which haven't been officially announced. You can also check above for more details on the speculated plots for the two films. Lastly, it looks like the film is keeping the "House" addition to the title.

2/16/06
Variety reports that each segment will run 75-minutes, meaning the overall running time could hit the 2 1/2-hour mark. Also, the trailers between the segments will be helmed by actual directors and may even be for real movies instead of fake ones.

2/07/06
The title has lost the "House" part and is now what you see above.

12/04/05
The film will have a September debut.

10/27/05
According to a report at Coming Soon! John Jarratt has been added to the cast.

9/27/05
Tarantino spoke with MTV this time about his upcoming projects, and brushing over Grind House details. In the interview he reveals the title for his one-hour segment is Death Proof -- described as a slasher film, but with a car instead of a knife. Supposedly the character will run into (get it? bwahahah!) zombies and what-not. He also revealed that Rodriguez's segement is entitled Planet Terror, which Tarantino feels may be more violent, although his script isn't finished.

8/10/05
Robert Rodriguez spoke with MTV recently about his various projects, including Grind House. In it he says how his story will probably be more violent than Tarantino's and how he'll have Danny Trejo as the hero of one of the trailers that'll play between the stories. He was also quoted saying how he's got one of the best characters hes ever come up with in his head and that his segment will be "done like real Roger Corman-style, where some of my cast will show up in his movie, but as the characters in his movie. It's almost like this is our troupe of actors. One of the trailers will feature someone in the cast of his movie, in another movie that doesn't exist."

DETAILS

- Film in Austin TX.
- Tarantino's Death Proof will run at 90-minutes, while Rodriguez' Planet Terror will only be 80-minutes.
- There are supposedly four fake trailers added between the films, each directed by Eli Roth, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie and Robert Rodriguez.
- Kurt Russel replaced Mickey Rourke to play the killer "Stuntman Mike" in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof segment.
- The two segments were originally only going to be an hour long, but thanks to Rodriguez and Tarantino constantly adding to the script, they were given the greenlight to make both segments full-length features, essentially giving us two films in one.
- Originally set to get a December 1st theatrical release.
- You may remember the last horror colaboration Tarantino and Rodriguez worked on was From Dusk Till Dawn.
- This may be a first of a series of films.
- Supposedly trailers and bonus material from other filmmakers will be placed in between the stories to complete the "grindhouse" experience.
- It's said that this film is a throwback to 42nd Street-style double bills of the past.

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Tyler :

Posted 6 days ago

When i first saw the movie with my brother and his friend as sson it was over a was pissed what a diisapointment my exact words ass soon as teh credits came up
"Wosrt Fucking zombie movie ever!"
but then i think about it a month later and i loved it

Knightmare :

Posted 92 days ago

Planet Terror was the best and the commercials were even better than Death Proof , Kurt Russel emabarrassed himself, his fellow actors, and even me for watching it. He wined like a baby when he realized he found someone crazier than him and wanted to kill him. so i laugh at you kurt, hahahahahahahahahahaaaaa!!!!

mike best :

Posted 99 days ago

I loved planet terror very different and entertaining a definate 8 but death proof no fense just sucked its so bad it doesnt even have genere if it did it would be the sucky movie section but planet terror made up for that thank god they sold them apart I would be ashamed to own that movie

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