Tarantino almost made a Luke Cage film in the 90s – and the path of the record-breaking superhero franchise would have likely been very different
If Quentin Tarantino were to hand out a dollar for every “lost” movie he never quite got round to making, he would soon find his wallet pretty light. The director of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood often resembles a gardener who has been blessed with fertile soil and a plentiful supply of creative seeds. He flings out ideas with cheery zeal, then sits back and waits to see which end up taking root.
It’s long been known that QT had considered a Luke Cage movie back in the 1990s, just after the film-maker had entered the public consciousness with his crime caper debut Reservoir Dogs. This makes sense: Cage was created in 1972, at the height of the blaxploitation era, and Tarantino has a passion for the genre that fed into his decision to plunge Pam Grier back into the limelight for the underrated Jackie Brown. The Marvel hero also teamed up in the comic books with Iron Fist, and we all know about Tarantino’s penchant for kung-fu kicking heroes with a thirst for bloody revenge.