Quentin Tarantino.Photo: Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty
Quentin Tarantino’sself-proclaimed final movieis on its way.
On Tuesday,The Hollywood Reporterreported that Tarantino, 59, haswritten a script titledThe Movie Criticthat he is now preparing to direct in the fall, citing sources.
Details surrounding the upcoming film’s premise and plot remain unclear, but the outlet reported that the film is set in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and centers around a female lead.
THRspeculated that the film could focus on the late movie critic Pauline Kael, whom Tarantino “is known to have a deep respect for,” and who for several months in 1979worked as a consultant at Paramount Pictures, according to the outlet. Kael died in 2001.
Quentin Tarantino (R) on the set ofPulp Fiction(1994).Linda R Chen/Miramax/Buena Vista/Kobal/Shutterstock
A representative for Tarantino did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment Wednesday.
Tarantino has said for years that he would only make 10 movies in his career. In November 2022, thePulp Fictionfilmmaker told CNN’sChris Wallacethat his next movie would be his last after releasing nine standalone films, starting with 1992’sReservoir Dogs. This figure does not count 2007’sDeath Proof, which served as half of the double featureGrindhousealongsideRobert Rodriguez’sPlanet Terror.
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“I’ve been doing it for a long time; I’ve been doing it for 30 years. Andit’s time to wrap up the show,” Tarantino told Wallace, 75. “I’m an entertainer. I want to leave you wanting more.”
Tarantino has won twoAcademy Awardsfor screenwriting: for 1994’sPulp Fictionand 2012’sDjango Unchained,both of which he also directed. The remainder of his directed standalone features includeJackie Brown(1997),Kill Bill: Volume 1(2003),Kill Bill: Volume 2(2004),Inglourious Basterds(2009) andThe Hateful Eight(2015).
Back in November, Tarantino told Wallace that he doesn’t “want to work to diminishing returns,” explaining: “I don’t want to become this old man who’s out of touch when, already, I’m feeling a bit like an old man out of touch whenit comes to the current moviesthat are out right now.”
“And that’s what happens — that’s exactly what happens,” he added.
source: people.com
