'Grind' gets going with double vision
Tarantino, Rodriguez pairing for pic
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Rodriguez's part, "Planet Terror," will be a zombie pic, while Tarantino's section, "Death Proof," will a slasher seg.
Casting hasn't been announced.
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.
Rodriguez will likely be the cinematographer on both segments.
The Weinstein Co. plans on releasing "Grind" later this year.
