Quentin Tarantino’s final film plans have taken a U-turn! The director, known for his wild and wonderful movies, has dropped the idea of making ‘The Movie Critic,’ which he once claimed would be his last masterpiece.
But why the sudden change of heart? And what’s next for this cinema rebel? Let’s dive in and unravel the mysteries of Tarantino’s future in filmmaking.
Quentin Tarantino Drops ‘The Movie Critic’ As His Final Film
The Movie Critic has been canceled, despite recent reports claiming that Quentin Tarantino’s tenth and final project was set to begin filming this autumn.
The Movie Critic will be the director’s final feature film, as he had previously stated that he wanted to “leave a 10-film filmography.”
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In the past, Tarantino has disclosed that the story revolved around a real-life cinema journalist for a “porno rag,” which he used to read a lot as a child. Tarantino revealed, “He was the second-string critic who wrote about mainstream movies. I think he was a very good critic. He was as cynical as hell. His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern and what Travis Bickle might be if he were a film critic.”
Brad Pitt was slated to star for the third time with Tarantino, following his roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Inglourious Basterds, in this 1977 Southern California film.
Deadline reports that Tarantino reportedly revised his script, delaying the start of work. However, the director merely decided that The Movie Critic would not be his tenth and last film. He is supposedly “figuring out what that final movie will be, going back to the drawing board.”
Tarantino has done projects in the past that he abandoned and then picked back up. He ended his plans to film The Hateful Eight in 2014 after sharing a rough draft of the script with a small number of actors and it became viral online.
Despite his declaration of disinterest and labeling it as “betrayal,” The Hateful Eight was eventually shot and released in 2015. For Tarantino, who has long insisted that he wants to finish his career at the pinnacle and that he will retire by the time he is sixty, this fresh revelation, however, leaves a lot of possibilities open.
He argues that even the most well-known directors experience a decline in their quality of work as they age, and he wants his career to be remembered as a remarkable one.
Here is a list of 10 films directed by Tarantino:
- Reservoir Dogs – 1992
- Pulp Fiction – 1994
- Jackie Brown – 1997
- Kill Bill: Volume 1 – 2003
- Kill Bill: Volume 2 – 2004
- Grindhouse: Death Proof – 2007
- Inglorious Basterds – 2009
- Django Unchained – 2012
- The Hateful Eight – 2015
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – 2019
Tarantino, however, sees the two Kill Bill films as a single work. Let’s not fool ourselves, though whatever his next movie is, it will count as his eleventh. Audiences still had to pay for two separate movie tickets for each feature.
So, what will be Tarantino’s last motion movie? It may be something completely different, or it could be a reworked version of The Movie Critic (a la The Hateful Eight).
It is rumored that the James Bond producers rejected him for directing Casino Royale, despite having previously worked on an R-rated Star Trek film for Paramount. Additionally, fans of Kill Bill have been pressuring him for a third installment, which he would undoubtedly insist is a part of the Kill Bill saga and thus one film.
After he completes one more feature film, Tarantino is still anticipated to stay in the creative industry, regardless of the nature of his next project—whether it be something completely original or a reworking of an old concept. He has said that directing plays or limited series may be in his future.
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