On Wednesday (Dec. 15), Quentin Tarantino spoke candidly during a, interview on The Howard Stern Show, revealing there's a certain entertainment company that's really pissing him off! The Hateful Eight director alluded a possible feud might be brewing with Walt Disney Studios, citing the company's decision to reserve a popular movie theater for an extensive time to show Star Wars: The Force Awakens as the reason.
The 52-year-old actor and filmmaker is accusing Walt Disney Studios of bullying their way into getting the ArcLight chain to screen the forthcoming installment in the Star Wars franchise at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles during a scheduled time slot that was originally awarded to his new film.
Tarantino says he recently discovered this news and decided to vent his frustration on the controversial talk show. He also claims Disney threatened ArcLight to play Star Wars the entire holiday season at the Cinerama Dome or Disney wouldn't allow the popular movie chain to show the film at any of its theaters.
"We were gonna play at the Cinerama Dome on the 25th," Tarantino told Stern. "We were gonna open there and play there exclusively for two weeks and Star Wars was gonna play the two weeks before us. They've got the biggest movie in the world. We're talking about one effing theater. They are going out of their way to f*** me."
Calling the screening move "vindictive" and "mean," Tarantino was confused as to why Disney would even do that to him. He admitted his movie, along with several others (Sisters, Joy, and Daddy's Home), come out around the same time and he doesn't believe any of them would actually stand a chance against the sci-fi film at the box office.
According to a recent Variety report, the film has already racked in over $100 million worth of advance ticket purchases.
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Don't get it twisted though, Tarantino has no issues with J.J. Abrams or George Lucas. His problem is strictly with Disney. Despite generating a lot of money for Disney in the past with films like Pulp Fiction and the Kill Bill series, somewhere down the line bad blood formed between the two.
"I love J.J.!" Tarantino said. "I'm not saying this to Star Wars people. It's the Disney people!"
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to hit theaters on Friday (Dec. 18), while The Hateful Eight will open in limited theaters on Christmas Day and screen at more theaters on Jan. 1.
