March 01, 2023 (updated: September 22, 2024)
Update: On April17th 2024, Deadline announced that Quentin Tarantino finally drops "The Movie Critic" as his final film..."He simply changed his mind".
According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Movie Critic is the name of the script that Tarantino wrote and is prepping to direct this fall.
The film takes place in California in 1977 and is based on a guy who really lived, but was never really famous, and he used to write movie reviews for a porno rag. As presented by QT himself.
"The story of an irreverent critic in 1970s California who reviews mainstream movies for a porno magazine called The Popstar Pages" from the IMDB movie page.
Rumors:
Quentin Tarantino could aim to remake movies from the '70s within his next film according to Paul Shrader (Taxi Driver, Rolling Thunder, Raging Bull...) in Indiewire on May 19th, 2023.
The cast may feature Paul Walter Hauser, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta.
According to Deadline on February 1st, 2024, Brad Pitt could play the title character... Tom Cruise is also reportedly in talks to join the cast.
Quentin Tarantino also wants Bruce Willis for a cameo if his illness allows him.