It was 2019 when Quentin Tarantino premiered Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and since then the director has reiterated several times that he plans to retire. Filmmaker responsible for movies like Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill or Inglourious Basterds He is currently working on his latest feature film called The Movie Critic.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Tarantino has already written the script and will direct the movie next fall. Plot details are being kept secret, but sources say the story takes place in Los Angeles in the late 1970s with a female lead.
THR also states that: The story may be central to one of history’s most influential film critics, Pauline Kael.. Kael, who passed away in 2001, was not only a critic but also an essayist and novelist. Known for his conflicts with editors and filmmakers, Kael worked as a consultant for Paramount in the late 1970s.
Now No studies associated with The Movie Critic, but it may be available to studios or buyers later this week, according to sources. The aforementioned environment points to: probably to be done with Sony film, because Tarantino has a close relationship with president Tom Rothman. In addition, Sony has already distributed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which earned Brad Pitt an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
The filmmaker, who won two Oscars for his screenplays Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, confirmed this in an interview with CNN last November.and would retire after shooting his tenth movie.
“I’ve been directing for a long time. I’ve been doing this job for 30 years and it’s time to close the show. Like I said, I’m in the entertainment business. I want to stop asking for more from you. I don’t.” I don’t want to work when the performance drops. While I already feel like a bit of a disconnected old man when it comes to current movies, I don’t want to be an old man disconnected from reality,” he admitted.