Quentin Tarantino’s Elusive Kill Bill Chapter Finally Slashes Into Fortnite

Fortnite just went from donuts to katanas. After a big, player-boosting Simpsons crossover, Epic Games is now teaming with Quentin Tarantino for something a lot more R-rated in spirit: a Kill Bill expansion that lands right as the long-rumored supercut, 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair', finally hits theaters.

Fortnite gets its own lost Kill Bill chapter

Fortnite Chapter 7 goes live November 30, and baked into the update is 'Yuki's Revenge' — a 'lost chapter' Tarantino wrote back in 2003 but never shot. According to nofilmschool, it centers on Yuki Yubari, the sister of Gogo Yubari — yes, the schoolgirl assassin with the meteor hammer who brawls with The Bride in that Volume 1 restaurant massacre.

In Tarantino's original pages, Yuki heads to the United States to avenge Gogo, eventually facing off with Black Mamba herself. The showdown reportedly ends with the Pussy Wagon getting totaled, which is a very Tarantino way to puncture an icon.

Fun wrinkle: this content was apparently once slotted for Chapter 5 but got pulled when it, quote, didn't pass the sniff test. Whatever the holdup was, it's back on. When the game updates November 30, expect skins for The Bride, Gogo, and Yuki to drop in alongside the new story content.

'The Whole Bloody Affair' finally goes wide — with tweaks

This Fortnite tie-in is timed to the nationwide release of 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' on December 5. If you like the deep-cut details, there are a few moving parts with the runtime and what's actually in this version:

• Release: Lionsgate is putting the combined cut in theaters nationwide on December 5.
• The New Beverly version: Tarantino screened a cut at his New Beverly Cinema that ran 248 minutes total, including a 15-minute intermission.
• What some listings show now: Multiple sites peg the Lionsgate theatrical runtime at 281 minutes (4 hours, 41 minutes).
• What the press release says: Tarantino's upcoming presentation clocks in at 275 minutes including a 15-minute intermission (4 hours, 35 minutes) — which is 27 minutes longer than the New Beverly cut.
• Content changes called out by World of Reel: the Crazy 88 bloodbath, originally switched to black-and-white to dodge an NC-17, now plays in full color.

'The combined cut also eliminates Volume 1's cliffhanger and Volume 2's opening recap, while adding a never-before-seen 7.5-minute animated sequence.'

So yes, the runtimes floating around are a little contradictory, but the takeaway is clear: this new theatrical presentation is longer than the New Beverly version and includes fresh material, plus some structural cleanup and that color-graded carnage fans have wanted since 2003.

Bottom line: Epic and Tarantino are pairing a bona fide lost chapter with a long-awaited theatrical event. It is a clever promo play, sure, but it's also giving fans something actually new — both in-game and on the big screen. I will never say no to more Bride, more Yubari mayhem, and fewer recaps.