{"id":173191,"date":"2024-07-08T16:40:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culture.org\/?p=173191"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:40:07","slug":"tarantino-the-movie-critic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/film-and-tv\/tarantino-the-movie-critic\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know About Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Canceled Final Film, &#8216;The Movie Critic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quentin Tarantino has canceled his <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/film-and-tv\/batman-2-delayed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highly anticipated film<\/a>, <i>The Movie Critic<\/i>, despite extensive early production efforts.<\/p>\n<p>What are the reasons behind the cancellation, and what may come next for the legendary filmmaker? Check out this article for the details!<\/p>\n           <!--  <script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n                jQuery(document).ready(function() {\r\n                    jQuery(\".key-accordion-item .key-menu\").on(\"click\", function() {\r\n                        if (jQuery(this).parent().hasClass(\"active\")) {\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-content\").slideUp();\r\n                            jQuery(\".key-accordion-item\").removeClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).parent().addClass(\"active\");\r\n                            jQuery(this).next().slideDown();\r\n                        }\r\n                    });\r\n                })\r\n            <\/script> -->\r\n\r\n\r\n            <!-- start html -->\r\n\r\n            <div class=\"news-key-takeaway-wapper\">\r\n                                <span style=\"background-color:#4db2ee;\">Key Takeaways<\/span>\r\n                <ul class=\"news-key-nbox\" style=\"border-color:#4db2ee;background-color:rgba(77, 178, 238, 0.1);\">\r\n                                                        <li>Quentin Tarantino canceled his planned last movie, The Movie Critic.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>The movie was about a real-life movie critic who wrote for a porn magazine.<\/li>\r\n                                                                    <li>Tarantino got a $20 million tax credit for the film but decided to explore other ideas instead.<\/li>\r\n                                                <\/ul>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \n<h2>Vision Behind &#8216;The Movie Critic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Quentin Tarantino initially announced that <i>The Movie Critic<\/i> <b>would be his tenth and final film, <\/b>aiming to make it his biggest and most memorable project ever.<\/p>\n<p>However, reports from The Hollywood Reporter on April 17 stated that the project had been canceled.<\/p>\n<p>Despite receiving $20 million from the California Film Commission and entering &#8220;pre-pre-production&#8221; in June 2023, <b>the film never progressed due to numerous rewrites and the lack of a committed studio<\/b>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Intriguing Character of &#8216;The Movie Critic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>The movie&#8217;s protagonist was <b>based on a real-life movie critic for an unnamed porn magazine<\/b>, a figure Tarantino admired during his teenage years when he worked restocking a pornography-magazine vending machine.<\/p>\n<p>This critic was known for his <b>cynical and sharp reviews of mainstream movies<\/b>, resembling a mix of early Howard Stern and a film critic version of Travis Bickle.<\/p>\n<p>Tragically, the real critic died in his late 30s, likely due to complications from alcoholism. <b>Tarantino wanted to stay true to this character&#8217;s age<\/b>, which ruled out casting older stars like Brad Pitt or Leonardo DiCaprio.<\/p>\n<h2>Filming in California<\/h2>\n<p><i>The Movie Critic<\/i> was <b>set to be filmed in Los Angeles starting in the fall.<\/b> Tarantino loves filming in L.A. and praised the local crews and locations.<\/p>\n<p>He also <b>secured a $20 million tax credit from California<\/b>, showing his dedication to making his final film in his hometown.<\/p>\n<h2>Casting Rumors<\/h2>\n<p>While Brad Pitt was rumored to be involved, possibly reprising his role as stuntman Cliff Booth from <i>Once Upon a Time&#8230; in Hollywood<\/i>, it was clear that <b>Pitt was too old to play the lead role.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Instead, Tarantino sought a new leading man in his mid-30s, with <b>Paul Walter Hauser <\/b>being a rumored candidate, although this was never confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The potential inclusion of Pitt as a different character remained a topic of speculation.<\/p>\n<h2>Moving on to New Ideas<\/h2>\n<p>Despite initial plans, Tarantino decided to cancel <i>The Movie Critic<\/i>. He considered different plots, including a meta-story with characters from his other films and a young Tarantino working as a movie usher.<\/p>\n<p>However, he got more excited about other projects and <b>chose to explore new ideas for his last film<\/b>, leading him to scrap the project altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Sony Pictures, unofficially attached to <i>The Movie Critic<\/i>, is expected to work with Tarantino on whatever he decides next.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s Next for Tarantino?<\/h2>\n<p>Now that <i>The Movie Critic<\/i> has been canceled, Tarantino&#8217;s next move is unclear. He previously considered making an<b> R-rated<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/culture.org\/art-and-culture\/michelle-yeoh-returns-to-star-trek-universe-in-paramount-movie-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Star Trek film<\/b><\/a><b> and an eight-episode TV series<\/b>, but neither happened.<\/p>\n<p>Fans are still eagerly waiting to see his final film, with the iconic director committed to making ten films before possibly retiring.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Tarantino is focusing on his revival theaters in L.A. Whatever his next project may be, it will surely captivate audiences and generate buzz in the film world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10026,"featured_media":173193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-and-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10026"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173191\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}