He often gets mocked for his acting talent despite being one of modern cinemas finest directors but Quentin Tarantino is set to portray iconic low-budget filmmaker Roger Corman in Joe Dante’s long in-development biopic, THE MAN WITH THE KALEIDOSCOPE EYES. Given his much-maligned cameos in the his own pictures, this could prove a masterstroke with Corman’s notoriously cheap, and at times tacky approach to filmmaking. Some of which has given us some of cinemas biggest names and guilty pleasures!
This project almost got underway a number of years ago after Dante tapped Oscar-winner Colin Firth to play the legendary producer and director. It will centre on Corman’s time during the making of cult classic THE TRIP, which was one of the early films that saw Jack Nicholson recognised as a rising talent. Tarantino has always been a huge fan and heavily inspired by Corman’s exploitation work. A man credited with beginning the careers of Sylvester Stallone (DEATH RACE 200o), Martin Scorcese (BOXCAR BERTHA), Robert De Niro (BLOODY MAMA), Jonathan Demme (CAGED HEAT) and of course, Dante (PIRANHA) himself.
***UPDATE***
Dante has just released a statement confirming there is no truth in the news being reported worldwide:
Quentin is a great filmmaker and a good friend, however there is absolutely no truth to the stories in the press and on the web that he is going to play Roger Corman in my upcoming film The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes.
Source: Collider
