Brad Pitt will probably work again with American screenwriter and filmmaker Quentin Tarantino on “The Movie Critic,” his tenth and apparently last picture. However, Variety said that there is no confirmation.
Tarantino hasn’t given much away about “The Movie Critic,” although it centers on a pessimistic movie reviewer and is set in southern California in the 1970s. It is said to be inspired by the life of Pauline Kael, a late writer for the New Yorker and one of the most significant cinema critics of her time.
Tarantino avoided questions about “The Movie Critic” during a talk at the Cannes Film Festival in 2023, saying to audience members, “I can’t tell you guys [anything] until you see the movie. I’m tempted to do some of the character’s monologues right now, but I’m not going to. Maybe if there were less video cameras. You just have to wait and see.”
Variety claims that Pitt and director Joseph Kosinski of “Top Gun: Maverick” have plans to work together on a Formula One racing movie in 2024. He plays a former race car driver who returns to compete against a rookie and the industry heavyweights in that Apple production. Therefore, assuming negotiations for “The Movie Critic” are concluded, production won’t probably start until the middle of the year or later. The movie has no studio commitment, but it will be shot in California and receive a $20 million tax credit.
Previously, Pitt and Tarantino worked together on the films “Inglourious Basterds” (2009) and “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” (2019), which brought Pitt an Oscar for best supporting actor. The international box office for Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” was $377 million.
After completing ten films, Tarantino has stated that he plans to retire from filmmaking. In1992, he made his feature film debut with the independent criminal drama “Reservoir Dogs.” Two years later, in 1994, he won the Palme d’Or for “Pulp Fiction.” Tarantino also directed the films “Jackie Brown,” “Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2,” “Death Proof,” “Django Unchained,” and “The Hateful Eight.”, reported Variety.