“The Hateful Eight” staged reading round-up
Last night at the United Artists Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown LA, Quentin Tarantino directed a staged reading of his original screenplay The Hateful Eight. This is the script that Gawker leaked to the web back in January that led to a lawsuit by the filmmaker against the online site. At the time, Tarantino said because of the script going public, he was scrapping the movie project. Evidently per the script reading last night, that is not necessarily the case.
Actors who participated in the staged reading: Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, James Parks, Amber Tamblyn Michael Madsen, Denis Menochet, James Remar, Walton Goggins and Bruce Dern.
Photo via Indiewire
I’ve aggregated some of the key reports from the event.
Some reviews:
THR (Todd McCarthy)
Indiewire (Anne Thompson)
Indiewire (Charlie Schmidlin)
This is a worthy excerpt from this last review:
Ad-libbing from the cast even forced Tarantino to grow somewhat irate, as he told them, “You’re starting to drift a little from the dialogue, guys. Stick to what’s written on the page — no more co-writing.”
Spoken like a true screenwriter!
Gawker claims this is all a stunt by Tarantino to generate interest in the project. I doubt it, but the fact is everything that has transpired has created all sorts of buzz, leading to the event last night in front of a packed house including heavy hitters like the Weinstein brothers.
What’s your take? Do you hope Tarantino goes forward with The Hateful Eight movie?
UPDATE: This review from Hitfix.
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