Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” will be released in theaters nationwide for the first time on December 5. Select screenings will be presented in 70mm and 35mm, while the film will include a never-before-seen seven-minute animated feature. “I wrote and directed this film as a single film—and I’m excited to give fans the opportunity to see it as a single film,” Tarantino said. “The best way to see “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” is in a theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm.

Here comes The Bride. Quentin Tarantino‘s “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair,” which combines both “Kill Bill Vol. 1” and “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” will receive its first ever nationwide theatrical release on Dec. 5 from Lionsgate. The rollout will include presentations in 70mm and 35mm, with plans to play in all major markets.

“I wrote and directed it as one movie — and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie,” Tarantino wrote in a statement on the release. “The best way to see ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair‘ is at a movie theater in glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”

“The Whole Bloody Affair” removes the cliffhanger ending from “Kill Bill Vol. 1” and the recap opener of “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” bringing the pair together as a single cohesive storyline. The release will also include a never-before-seen 7 1/2-minute animated sequence.

“Kill Bill” was originally conceived and filmed as a single feature, but was split into two installments during the editing process to accommodate its epic-length four-hour-plus runtime. The parts were released six months apart, in October 2003 and April 2004. The pair of installments, considered by Tarantino as his collective fourth feature, were a box office success, grossing more than $330 million worldwide between them.

Tarantino premiered “The Whole Bloody Affair” at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, playing out of competition. In 2008, he first floated plans to put out “The Whole Bloody Affair” as a single release. The re-edited work debuted in 2011 at the director’s own New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles. The film has remained in the vault for years since, becoming somewhat of a white whale for the director’s fans.

The film only came back to a theater this past summer, with his Cannes personal print, French subtitles and all, getting an eventized limited run at L.A.’s Vista Theater, which the director also owns. That run included an intermission between the first and second parts.

Lionsgate currently manages library distribution rights for several Tarantino features, including “Reservoir Dogs,” “Jackie Brown,” “Inglourious Basterds,” “Django Unchained,” “The Hateful Eight” and “Death Proof.”