1. Kill Bill, Vol. 3
Kill Bill served as Quentin Tarantino's fourth film, and was split into two volumes due to its four hour runtime. Vol. 1 was released in 2003, and Vol. 2 was released a year later. The story follows "The Bride," played by Uma Thurman, who embarks on a journey of revenge after being put into a coma by her former lover, Bill, and losing her unborn daughter. She awakens four years later and uses her skills as an assassin to hunt down Bill and the four members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad who betrayed here. The films were successful, collectively grossed $332 million and received positive reviews from critics while gaining a cult following at the same time. Talks of a sequel began as early as 2004, when Tarantino told Entertainment Weekly that he planned to turn the series into a trilogy:
"Oh yeah, initially I was thinking this would be my "Dollars Trilogy." I was going to do a new one every ten years. But I need at least fifteen years before I do this again. I've already got the whole mythology: Sofie Fatale will get all of Bill's money. She'll raise Nikki, who'll take on The Bride. Nikki deserves her revenge every bit as much as The Bride deserved hers. I might even shoot a couple of scenes for it now so I can get the actresses while they're this age."
Details have become muddy in the years since, and several plans have surfaced before falling suddenly off the face of the Earth. Tarantino himself mentioned his desire to make two prequel anime films in 2006, then in 2007 rumors broke out that
two sequel films were in the works: Vol. 3 and Vol. 4. In 2009, the director seemed confident it was happening, and suggested that Vol. 3 may be his ninth film, set for release in 2014. Then, alas, in December of last year he confirmed that a third film now seems unlikely, and that he wishes to focus on new, unrelated projects. It certainly wouldn't be the first time the director talked about films that ultimately never happened (still waiting on that Vega Brothers film, Quentin!), and most likely won't be the last.
That's my list of 10 sequels we don't need but would love to seen anyway, but what are your picks? Would you like to see The Bride fight again, Blomkamp to return to Johannesburg, or see Lisbeth Salander's story continue on film? Let us know in the comments section below.