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Topics: Film and TV, Quentin Tarantino, Celebrity
Callum Jones
Topics: Film and TV, Quentin Tarantino, Celebrity
Quentin Tarantino has explained why he decided to cancel his tenth and 'final' movie.
From Pulp Fiction to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Tarantino's projects are known for their references to pop culture and having a dark sense of humor, which fans seem to love.
The famed director's tenth and 'final' film, The Movie Critic, was scrapped in April 2024.
Set in 1977 California, the movie was going to follow a film critic, but it never actually saw the light of day
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No real reason was given by Tarantino at the time as to why the movie was shelved, though the 62-year-old has now clarified a few things.
Speaking on The Church of Tarantino podcast, Tarantino - who has previously revealed plans to retire after his 10th film - said: "No one’s waiting for this thing per se. I mean, I can do it whenever I want. I mean, it’s already written. So OK, let me just not start it right now.
"Let me try writing it as a movie and let me see if it’s better that way. And I was like, ‘Oh, OK, no, I think this is going to be the movie.’ And then it wasn’t. I pulled the plug on it. And the reason I pulled the plug, it’s a little crazy."
He added: "There was a challenge that I gave to myself when I did it. Can I take the most boring profession in the world and make it an interesting movie? Every Tarantino title promises so much, except The Movie Critic.
"Who wants to see a TV show about a f****** movie critic? Who wants to see a movie called The Movie Critic? If I can actually make a movie or a TV show about somebody who watches movies interesting, that is an accomplishment.
"It’s a spiritual sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood in so far as they take place in the same world and they take place in the same town. But there were no crossover characters."
There had been some speculation that Brad Pitt was going to reprise his role as Cliff Booth, but Tarantino dismissed the rumors on the podcast.
"That’s all a bunch of bull****. That never was the case ever, ever, ever," he added.
The director noted he 'really, really likes' The Movie Critic but accepted the project was never going to go anywhere.
"I was so excited about the writing, but I wasn’t really that excited about dramatizing what I wrote once we were in pre-production," he said.