Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair Getting Theatrical Release In December

The long-awaited Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is finally set to get a theatrical release. Lionsgate announced on Thursday that the full combined version of the Kill Bill films will be released in theaters nationwide on December 5th.

The film was originally released in two-parts, with Kill Bill: Vol. 1 releasing in October of 2003 and Vol. 2 arriving April of 2004. The announcement noted that the Whole Bloody Affair version “removes the cliffhanger ending from Vol. 1 and the recap that began Vol. 2, and will include a “never-before-seen, 7½-minute animated sequence.”

Select presentations of the release will be shown in 70mm and 35mm, and it is anticipated that the film will play in all major markets.

Quentin Tarantino said of the release, “I wrote and directed it as one movie—and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”

The film stars Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, and David Carradine and is described as follows:

Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair unites Volume 1 and Volume 2 into a single, unrated epic—presented exactly as he intended, complete with a new, never-before-seen anime sequence. Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child. To exact her vengeance, she must first hunt down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. With its operatic scope, relentless action, and iconic style, The Whole Bloody Affair stands as one of cinema’s definitive revenge sagas—rarely shown in its complete form and now presented with a classic intermission.