The feud between Quentin Tarantino and Disney is far from over.
In a recent interview, the director said that he will never work with the studio following a dispute over cinema availability for The Hateful Eight.
"No, they f**ked me over," he told Confidenti@l, as reported by NME. "I would never work (with Disney) in any way, shape or form after what they did to me."
Tarantino made The Hateful Eight to be seen on the biggest possible screen, ideally projected in 70mm, and then campaigned hard to secure all those screens for its release. He ran into trouble in the UK too, with Tarantino and his distributors failing to come to an agreement with Cineworld.
But coming out just a week after Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he found it hard to secure all the access he wanted, and in particular found himself in conflict with Disney when the legendary Arclight Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles.
He claimed that Disney "forced" staff there to keep the box-office champ on the biggest screens rather than making space for his film, and said the company were "engaging in extortionist practices against us... They're coming out to destroy us, to grind us into the gravel."
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The Hateful Eight ultimately made $53m at the US box office, while Star Wars: The Force Awakens made $922m in the US alone - so you might conclude that it just made business sense to keep the latter on the biggest screens.
But don't expect Quentin Tarantino to direct a Marvel or Star Wars film any time soon.
