Quentin Tarantino no longer makes The Movie Critic a definitive film

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Quentin Tarantino goes back to the drawing board for his tenth and final film. The author was preparing to start filming Film critic Sources say this year, but they are backing away from the project Hollywood Reporter.

Tarantino was honing in Film critic For months. Set in California in 1977, the film was initially inspired by a satirical film critic the director grew up reading. But sources say it was turned all the way into a movie that would star Brad Pitt in the role of Cliff Booth, the stunt man he portrayed in Tarantino's Oscar-winning performance in the film. Once upon a time in Hollywood. It is not clear whether this film will serve as a prequel or sequel to the 1970s film Hollywood. But in recent weeks, Tarantino has changed his mind again and walked away from the film entirely.

The project was scheduled to film for one day in August to qualify for a $20.5 million California tax credit, before production begins in earnest in early 2025. But that's now off the table.

No studio is attached to it Film critic, which has become the latest project to fall by the wayside for Tarantino. It has previously been rated R Star Trek A film for Paramount that never came to fruition. There was speculation that Sony, which released Hollywoodwill be a natural home for Tarantino's latest work.

THR News of the film first surfaced over a year ago in March, and has been the subject of much speculation, given Tarantino's pledge to retire from directing after completing one final project, his tenth. (He made nine films, if you count the two parts Kill Bill Movies as one feature.)

He has long maintained that he wants to go out on top of his game.

He said in 2012 play boy“I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don't get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are the last four in the end. All I care about is my filmography, and one bad film is three good films. I don't want that comedy. ​The bad and far from reality in my filmography, the film that makes people think: Man, still thinking this happened 20 years ago when directors get old, it's not nice.

Tarantino is expected to continue working in creative fields even after he finally makes a movie. He has suggested that directing limited series or plays may be in his future. He is now also a novelist, publishing a novel Hollywood in 2021. Among the revelations was a deeper understanding of Cliff Booth's backstory and psychology.