Jackie Brown Deaky" or "Killshot" and have another director make "Rum Punch", but changed his mind after re-reading "Rum Punch", stating that he "fell in love" with the novel all over again. "Killshot" was later adapted into a film, produced by "Jackie Brown" producer Lawrence Bender. While adapting "Rum Punch" into a screenplay, Tarantino changed the ethnicity of the main character from white to black, as well as renaming her from Burke to Brown, titling the screenplay "Jackie Brown". Tarantino hesitated to discuss the changes with Leonard, finally speaking with Leonard as the film was about to start shooting. Leonard loved the
Quentin Tarantino of "". For this episode, Tarantino was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series on the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards. Also in 2005 he played himself in "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz", as Kermit the Frog's director. Shortly after, he voiced the character of Master Moloch in the "Looney Tunes"' based show "Duck Dodgers." Tarantino's next film project was "Grindhouse", which he co-directed with Rodriguez. Released in theaters on April 6, 2007, Tarantino's contribution to the "Grindhouse" project was titled "Death Proof". It began as a take on 1970s slasher films, but evolved dramatically