Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino toyed with the idea of creating a third edition of the famous Kill Bill series for years, actually since he started making the movies. During many interviews over the past two decades, Kill Bill: Vol. 3 has been mentioned many times by the filmmaker, and now many people believe this may be his mysterious 10th and final film.
Inspired by samurai and yakuza movies, with a touch of spaghetti westerns, the revenge movie Kill Bill: Vol. 1 was released in 2003 and starred Uma Thurman in a great performance as The Bride. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 was released in 2004 to critical acclaim and financial acclaim. The Bride’s quest to kill the rest of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad ended with a stunning revelation: her daughter BB, who she assumed died after being shot in the head at her wedding, is alive and has actually been raised by Bill (played by the late great David Carradine). The bride eventually kills Bill, on the run to start a new life with BB. That was 18 years ago.
Updated October 23, 2022: If you love Kill Bill and hoping Quentin Tarantino finally makes that third movie he’s talked about so much, you’ll be glad to hear we’ve updated this article with everything else we know Kill Bill: Vol. 3.
While Kill Bill: Vol. 2 essentially ended The Bride’s quest, Tarantino has been lovingly talking about a possible third film since the release of that second installment. With discussions still raging and time ticking away as Tarantino enters his sixties and plans to make his final film, there is a lot of information to suggest that Kill Bill: Vol. 3 happens and what it would look like. Here’s everything we know about the potential movie.
Is Kill Bill Vol. 3 happens?
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When it comes to Kill Bill: Vol. 3, the filmmaker said at San Diego Comic-Con: “Never say never, we’ll see.” While there hasn’t been any explicit news on the wire in recent months (not since February 2022, when Thurman spoke of the potential film), there are certainly rumors suggesting that bringing back The Bride is a big wish of Quentin Tarantino’s, and it can happen sooner or later.
Tarantino has said (for at least a decade now) that he will only be making 10 movies, and seems to be sticking to his guns. On the other hand, Tarantino actually made 10 movies if you look at Kill Bill in two parts; he considers the first two Kill Bill films as a whole, because he intended them to be a single, full-length film. Because there are only two Kill Bill films, it is conceivable that, for him, a third film would be classified as a sequel within the single grand Kill Bill concept, without affecting Tarantino’s count for a tenth and final film — sneaky, but possible. Fans will have to wait to find out if he’s considering Kill Bill one quality, as it is the only legitimate Tarantino movie with a sequel.
Tarantino has said several things about his affinity with the Kill Bill movies and his desire to continue them, telling: Variety:
The thing that does attract me to the idea (and I wasn’t that attracted to it before, because I felt I was saying what I had to say, and I liked the idea that Beatrix Kiddo will be in peace for the rest of her life), is to some extent, I think Kill Bill is my most visionary film. I’m not necessarily saying how good it is, but I think it’s a very visionary film, and I’m creating a world that doesn’t exist. On airplanes there are holders for your samurai sword. Since Kill Bill, my work has in a sense been more literary and perhaps less visual. I think a good portion of guts might be a good idea, at least at some point in my future.
Most recently, Tarantino seemed very excited about the idea of making Kill Bill: Vol. 3 with Thurman and her real-life daughter Maya Hawke, who said, “I think 20 years later it’s just revisiting the characters and imagining the bride and her daughter, BB, have peace for 20 years, and then that peace is shattered. The bride and BB are on the run, and only the idea of being able to cast Uma… [Thurman] and threw her daughter in the thing would be [expletive] exciting.” Maya Hawke reacted to this idea, saying, “I’d love to!”
Almost 20 years later Kill Bill: Vol. 1, it’s possible to think it’s too late for a sequel. However, the recent success of other legacy sequels may prompt the filmmaker and studio to move on. After all, from Halloween ends until scream and The Texas Chainsaw Massacrein 2022 alone, people involved in old movies returned to them after literally decades.
Kill Bill Vol. 3: The plot
There are clues to a possible third installment in the sword-wielding Bride’s revenge story, which dates back to the original film. The Bride kills Vernita Green (Vivica A. Fox) in front of her daughter Nikki Bell (Ambrosia Kelley) in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and welcomes her for revenge, who cries out for loose ends to be tied up. As The Bride says, “I didn’t mean to do this in front of you. I’m sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it coming. If you grow up and you still feel bad about it, I’ll wait.”
Nikki Bell and The Bride’s daughter, BB Kiddo (Perla Haney-Jardine), are now in their twenties, nearly 30, a great time to fight, especially if there’s an older bride in the mix. Who knows, this may be called Kill Bell. Tarantino has spoken extensively about this storyline, tellingly: Weekly entertainment all the way back in 2004:
At first I thought this would be my “Dollars” trilogy. I would do a new one every 10 years. But I need at least 15 years before I do this again. Uma won’t be the star, although she will be in it. The star will be Vernita Green [Vivica A. Fox’s] daughter, Nikki [Ambrosia Kelley]. I already have the whole mythology: Sofie Fatale [Julie Dreyfus] gets all the money from Bill. She will raise Nikki, who will take in the bride. Nikki deserves her revenge just as much as the bride deserved hers. I could even shoot a few scenes for it now so I can get hold of the actresses now that they’re that old. It’s exciting to know that there’s a little girl out there somewhere who will grow up to be my lead actress.
Kill Bill Vol. 3: The cast
if Kill Bill: Vol. 3 happens, Quentin Tarantino has in mind the perfect actor to play The Bride’s daughter, the aforementioned Maya Hawke, the actual daughter of Uma Thurman who has become increasingly famous as a model, singer and actor. She has gotten the most attention for playing Robin Buckley in the Netflix series Weird stuffbut was excellent in Fear Street Part One, Italian Studies, Little Womenand the recent movie take revenge.
Hawke has expressed interest in joining the cast of Kill Bill: Vol. 3Tarantino (as already mentioned) loves the idea, and fans have speculated (and Photoshopped) endlessly about the casting. Vivica A. Fox ignited more Kill Bill: Vol. 3 speculation when she told NME that she’d love to see Zendaya play Vernita Green’s daughter (if former actress Ambrosia Kelley didn’t return; she hasn’t appeared in a project since 2012, and has probably quit acting to pursue a real life). Vivica Fox has talked about returning in some capacity, probably via flashback:
Oh my god I can’t wait. It rears its ugly head every few years. They’ll say, ‘So, Vivica, Kill Bill 3, they’re trying to make a sequel to all your movies,’ and I’m like, ‘I think they’re waiting for my daughter to grow up.’ And then you always hear about Quentin falling in love with Hollywood. He says, ‘I’m done, I’m back, I’m ready.’ (laughs) So the last I heard is that he and Uma talked, and I’d like them to find out. Quentin is great with flashbacks and coming up with a way to bring his characters back to life in a movie. So I really hope Vernita Green takes revenge.
Otherwise, Kill Bill: Vol. 3 will likely have an entirely new cast, with the possibility of some of Tarantino’s characters appearing from his weird little cinematic universe, and of course Thurman will reprise her role.
Release Date of Kill Bill: Vol. 3
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Uma Thurman recently spoke about the possibilities of a third party Kill Bill film, and lowered some expectations when she said, “I don’t see it appearing on the horizon right away. That said, Tarantino hasn’t officially chosen a title for his tenth and final film, so Kill Bill is still in the running. Again, a third installment doesn’t necessarily mean it will be the filmmaker’s last project, as it counts within the single title of Kill Bill. So who knows, if not in the coming years, we could see an eight-year-old Tarantino and Thurman return to The Bride’s story in 2050.