The Movie Critic will no longer be Quentin Tarantino’s tenth and final movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with the director returning to the drawing board for his last feature film.
The now-scrapped project, which would have been set in 1977 and followed a cynical movie critic, was set to star Brad Pitt – and he was reportedly set to return as his Once Upon a Time in Hollywood character, stuntman Cliff Booth.
Tom Cruise and John Travolta were also rumored to be circling the project.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director, who has long said he would only direct 10 movies, had a change of heart about The Movie Critic and has moved away from it entirely.
Tarantino’s last movie was 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which was nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
In the time since his most recent big-screen release, Tarantino has turned his attention to the world of publishing – he has written a novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and a non-fiction book, Cinema Speculation, which is a deep-dive into ’70s movies and was inspired by the work of the critic Pauline Kael.
The filmmaker was also set to helm a Star Trek movie with The Revenant screenwriter Mark L. Smith, announced back in 2017, which reportedly featured time travel and “gangster scenes,” but that project never got off the ground either.
The Hollywood Reporter claims that Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board for his tenth and final feature film, which will no longer be called The Movie Critic.
Brad Pitt was supposed to star in the now-cancelled project, which was supposed to be set in 1977 and follow a cynical movie critic. He was supposed to reprise his role as stuntman Cliff Booth from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Rumor had it that Tom Cruise and John Travolta were considering the project as well. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker, who had previously declared that he would only work on ten films, has completely distanced himself from The Movie Critic after having second thoughts.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino’s 2019 film, received ten Academy Award nominations. Tarantino has focused on publishing in the interim between his most recent big-screen release and a novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He has also penned a non-fiction book titled Cinema Speculation, which delves deeply into 1970s cinema and draws inspiration from critic Pauline Kael’s writings.
Alongside The Revenant screenwriter Mark L., the director was also attached to direct a Star Trek film. Smith was supposed to include “gangster scenes” and time travel, but that project was also never developed. It was first announced back in 2017.
