Quentin Tarantino Never Thought Lost ‘Kill Bill’ Chapter Would Get Made

A two-decade-old dream is finally coming true for director Quentin Tarantino. The “Kill Bill” chapter known as “Yuki’s Revenge” is coming to life in Fortnite.

The animated short will also head to the big screen as part of an exclusive limited theatrical run of “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair.”

Tarantino’s “The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge” stars Uma Thurman, who returns as The Bride, and runs eight minutes. Tarantino and Thurman worked with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, and used motion capture technology to transfer her performance into the gaming platform.

Speaking at his Vista Theater in Los Angeles at a special launch event, Tarantino explained how Fortnite and Epic Games came to be the perfect fit for “The Lost Chapter: Yuki’s Revenge.”

He said, “They got together with me to talk about some situation where my characters and Fortnite do something kind of groovy. So I show up at the meeting thinking that we’re just going to talk about that they want to license the characters, and they want to get my ideas about what will be a fun thing to do.”

As it turns out, the powers that be at Epic Games had other ideas in mind. Rather than license his characters, they wanted to see if he had something in the eight to 12 minute range “that could be good for our purposes and make sure your iconic characters are wrapped up inside this.”

As it turned out, Tarantino did have something.

He had an entire chapter that existed in the original first draft of “Kill Bill.” “It never even made second drafts,” Tarantino revealed.

He explained that in the chapter, Gogo (Chiaki Kuriyama) had a twin sister and had the sniffles that night at the House of Blue Leaves and leaves early.

Due to pacing concerns, it never made the film. “It was too crazy, too violent, and just too much action,” Tarantino said.

He sent the script along. Tarantino said. “I actually thought…