What's going on with Quentin Tarantino's "final film"?

pulp Fictionthe film that made Quentin Tarantino a household name and is widely regarded as his masterpiece (we think so too, having included it in the official WTW list of the 100 Greatest Films of All Time) premiered on April 14th. October marks its 30th anniversary. No wonder, the event was filled with numerous opinion pieces, reviews and… Samuel L. Jackson recites his famous monologue from Ezekiel 25:17.

That makes it the perfect time to watch pulp Fiction This is also possible in the USA on Paramount Plus, Prime Video or Pluto TV (free); on Paramount Plus and Netflix in the UK. But as we celebrate the Tarantino classic, at this moment I’m thinking about what’s next for the director, as his next film will be his tenth and supposedly final film.

Tarantino has long said that he intends to retire from directing once he makes his tenth film. In an interview with deadline As of 2014 he said: “If I get 10th place, do a good job and don’t screw it up, then that sounds like a good way to end the old career.” Although he said that it wasn’t set in stone and that if he came across a project that he was passionate about, he would think about directing it, but that ultimately he would be satisfied with 10 films that make up his filmography.

If you’re relying on IMDb and asking, “Wait, hasn’t Tarantino directed 10 movies already?”, you’re technically not wrong. Out of Reservoir dogs To Once upon a time in HollywoodTarantino has seen 10 different films of his released in theaters. However, the director counts Kill Bill Vol. 1 And Kill Bill Vol. 2 as one film (although they were released about six months apart). So we can debate semantics all we want, but in his opinion he did nine.

So what about Quentin Tarantino’s final film? There have already been plenty of rumors and a false start, so read on below to find out everything we know about Tarantino’s self-proclaimed swansong.

What happens to Quentin Tarantino’s last film?

Over the years, Tarantino has talked about many different ideas that we’d like to see made, which could ultimately be his tenth and final film. But the closest we came to a definitive answer was his short-lived project The film critic.

First announced in March 2023, The film critic seemed well on its way to becoming Quentin Tarantino’s tenth film. He had a script set in 1970s Los Angeles about a person who wrote film reviews for a porn magazine; Tarantino said he based it on a real person. However, the script was reportedly revised and eventually brought back Cliff Booth, the stuntman portrayed by Brad Pitt Once upon a time in Hollywood (and won the actor an Oscar); Pitt was never officially involved, nor was any other actor.

Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Photo credit: Sony Pictures/Lifestyle Pictures/Alamy Stock Photo)

That was expected The film critic would have begun production in August 2024 in order to receive a California tax credit, but The Hollywood Reporter said in April 2024 that Tarantino would be withdrawing from the project entirely. The Hollywood Reporter then explained Tarantino’s decision with a piece that added more details about potential meta aspects of the film (working in some of Tarantino’s own films, characters or previous stars) and rumors of additional actors meeting with Tarantino or for roles in were taken into consideration. including Olivia Wilde, Oppenheimerare David Krumholtz and Tom Cruise (although the story refers to a source that Cruise did not meet with Tarantino).

Ultimately, the article quotes those close to Tarantino as putting his decision on hold The film critic was because “he was more enthusiastic about other ideas.” What might some of these ideas be?

There have been reports over the years that Tarantino was interested Star Trek film (he apparently wrote a script, but it doesn’t seem to be moving forward at the moment). He has also talked about making sequels or spin-offs to some of his own films, including Kill Bill Vol. 3a mash-up with Jamie Foxx’s Django and the classic character Zorro, as well as a Vega brothers film that would follow John Travolta’s Vincent Vega pulp Fiction and Michael Madsen’s Mr. Blonde Reservoir dogswho later became known as Vic Vega. Although these ideas sound fun, Tarantino is one of the most original filmmakers of all time, so I hope he tries something new with his next project.

At the moment, we really don’t know what Tarantino has in mind for his final film. But he has expressed several times the pressure he feels to get the film right, to deliver as much as possible. Given this self-pressure, it’s safe to assume the Oscar-winning filmmaker is taking his time to find the right story. But you can expect that whatever it is, it will be a highly anticipated cinematic event.

What’s going on with Quentin Tarantino’s “final film”?

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