Elmore Leonard Leonard also contributed one chapter (the twelfth of thirteen) to the 1996 "Miami Herald" parody serial novel "Naked Came the Manatee" (). Twenty-six of Leonard's novels and short stories have been adapted for the screen (19 as motion pictures and another seven as television programs). Aside from the short stories already noted, a number of Leonard's novels have been adapted as films, including "Get Shorty" (1990 novel, 1995 film), "Out of Sight" (1996 novel, 1998 film), and "Rum Punch" (1992 novel, 1997 film "Jackie Brown"). "52 Pick-Up" (1986 film) was first adapted very loosely into the 1984 film "The Ambassador"
Quentin Tarantino as the project unfolded. Ticket sales were low despite mostly positive reviews. The same year, he appeared in the Japanese Western film "Sukiyaki Western Django" as Piringo and had a vocal cameo as a newsreader in George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead". Among Tarantino's producing credits are the horror film "Hostel", which included numerous references to his own "Pulp Fiction"; the adaptation of Elmore Leonard's "Killshot", for which Tarantino was credited as an executive producer, although he was no longer associated with the film after its 2009 release; and "Hell Ride", written and directed by Larry Bishop and Jonny