Miramax filed a lawsuit against Quentin Tarantino following the Pulp Fiction director’s recent announcement he plans to sell NFTs based on the 1994 cult film. It is said to include scenes in the script that never made it to screen, as well as art and commentaries about the film.
NFTs are digital collectibles that exist on blockchains and are often a way for people to own original versions of a particular piece of content. Tarantino’s NFTs will feature public content for people to see, as well as private elements for the owner.
However, Miramax, the studio which produced the film, does not appear to be on board with Tarantino’s plan and has begun taking legal action against the director, saying it had been negotiating its own NFT partnerships based on its back catalog.
Tarantino announced in early November that he planned to auction off a number of uncut scenes and original scripts from Pulp Fiction as NFTs. Among the collectibles are seven uncut scenes, original handwritten scripts, and exclusive audio commentary from Tarantino.
The director said at that time the NFTs would be built by the blockchain ecosystem known as the Secret Network and would be auctioned off on the marketplace OpenSea. As with all NFTs, each offering would come with a unique certificate of ownership.
Pulp Fiction NFTs came just weeks after the cast of FX on Hulu’s What We Do in the Shadows series confirmed that Vega’s hair in the film inspired a moment in Season 3, Episode 8, (“The Wellness Center”). When asked about Nandor’s hair in the episode during New York Comic Con 2021, actor Kayvan Novak revealed that series hair designer Tamara Harrod “wanted [him] to look like John Travolta.”