Quentin Tarantino plans to appear on MSNBC's "All In With Chris Hayes" for an interview about his recent comments on police brutality tonight at 8 p.m. ET, reported Mashable.
The "Pulp Fiction" filmmaker intends to set the record straight about comments he made about police officers. Soon after he marched in a New York City protest against police brutality Oct. 24, a nationwide boycott began against his upcoming movie "The Hateful Eight." In an interview with the L.A. Times, Tarantino addressed the controversy surrounding his comments.
"All cops are not murderers. I never said that. I never even implied that. I do believe that the cops who killed Eric Garner are murderers. I do believe that when Walter Scott was shot in the back in the park eight times by a cop, he was murdered. I do believe Tamir Rice was murdered," said Tarantino.
The "Kill Bill" director declined to withdraw the remarks he made about the police and also did not apologize for them, noted the New York Times.
His latest film, "The Hateful Eight," stars Channing Tatum, Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson. The film takes place in post-Civil War Wyoming and is about what happens when bounty hunters try to find shelter during a blizzard.
The Weinstein Company will release the film Dec. 25. When asked about Tarantino's comments on police brutality, a representative for Weinstein responded: “We don’t speak for Quentin; he can and should be allowed to speak for himself.”
Earlier this week, actor Jamie Foxx defended Tarantino's comments. While speaking at the Hollywood Film Awards Sunday night, Foxx said: "Keep telling the truth and don't worry about none of the haters."
Tarantino's father, Tony, admonished his son for speaking at the New York City October rally "Rise Up October to Stop Police Terror."
"When I see murders, I do not stand by... I have to call a murder a murder, and I have to call the murderers the murderers,” said the "Reservoir Dogs" filmmaker at the rally.
