Lionsgate announced that it will release Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair in theaters Dec. 5.

The Whole Bloody Affair combines 2003’s Vol. 1 and 2004’s Vol. 2 as a single film, running four hours and 18 minutes with an intermission.  It originally screened in June at Tarantino’s Vista theater in Los Angeles, with additional showings added in September.

The Whole Bloody Affair removes the cliffhanger ending from 2003’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and the recap that began 2004’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2.  The theatrical release will also include alternate lines, a full color version of a black and white sequence from Vol. 1 and a never-before-seen 7½-minute animated sequence.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair stars Uma Thurman as The Bride, a former assassin left for dead by her boss and lover Bill (David Carradine). Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Vivica A. Fox and Michael Madsen star as her fellow assassins she hunts down on her way to Bill.

Tarantino said: “I wrote and directed it as one movie — and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”

See the official trailer for ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ – HERE.

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