QUENTIN TARANTINO wanted to make a LUKE CAGE movie. Oh, to dream.

Jesus Christ, this would have been perfect. Right after he was done announcing his arrival to the world with Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino had an adaptation in mind. That adaptation was none other than motherfucking Luke Cage, with the role being filled by Laurence Fishburne. Goddamn, if that wasn’t the perfect pairing. All in all, we can’t be too sad it never got done. Dude Tarantino went on to create some other, mildly outstanding movie instead. Pulp Fiction.

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While we’re wondering where Luke Cage is going to show up in the Marvel Universe next – not to mention when/if we’ll ever see the Genndy Tartakovsky Luke Cage comic promised years ago – here’s something to tease fans of Marvel’s original Hero for Hire: Quentin Tarantino once wanted to make a Luke Cage movie starring none other than Laurence Fishburne.

Talking to MTV to promote the upcoming Django Unchained, Tarantino revealed the previously-unknown project:

After ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ I had considered doing a ‘Luke Cage, Hero for Hire’ movie. [Producer] Ed Pressman owned the rights at that time, and we talked about it,” he told us. “I talked to Larry Fish [Laurence Fishburne] about being Luke Cage, and he really liked that idea. Then I ended up writing ‘Pulp Fiction.’