Quentin Tarantino & Rodriguez In Horror 'Grind'

[Thursday, February 2nd, 2006]
The Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez horror Grind is to go into production in Austin Texas, according to Variety.

Rodriguez's part, "Planet Terror," will be a zombie pic, while Tarantino's section, "Death Proof," will a slasher seg.

The two filmmakers are hammering out concepts for some of the faux trailers and ads that will run between the two pics as an intermission. (The "Pulp Fiction" helmer has always peppered his pics with made up product placement, from Big Kahuna Burgers to Red Apple cigarettes.)

Tarantino is keen this time on shooting a fake trailer for a sexploitation movie titled "Cowgirls in Sweden." Other possibilities include a blaxploitation pic and a kung-fu movie.

Grind will be shot in the tradition of the '70s exploitation films that influences both helmers. Variety coined the phrase "grindhouse" to describe the seedy, downtown movie theaters that ran double or triple-features with only brief intermissions.

The Weinstein Co. plans on releasing Grind later this year.

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