Quentin Tarantino takes a step back and walks away from his project “The Movie Critic”

Quentin Tarantino has taken a step back in the making of his supposed last film titled ‘The Movie Critic’ in which he would work with Brad Pitt, the specialized media The Hollywood Reporter reported this Wednesday. There are still no details about the reason that led the director to walk away from the project he had been working on for months.

The film supposedly had Pitt as the protagonist and was the third project in which the two collaborated.

The last was ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ (2019), which earned him the Oscar for best supporting actor for playing Cliff Booth, stunt double and close friend of Rick Dalton, a Hollywood superstar. played by Leonardo DiCaprio.

In addition, Pitt also participated in ‘Inglourious Basterds’ (2009), in which he played Lieutenant Aldo Raine, the leader of a group of American Jewish soldiers who were dedicated to hunting and killing Nazi soldiers in occupied France during the Second World War. World War.

The film was initially based on a script written by Tarantino, which revolved around a film critic in 1970s California. But Tarantino would have twisted the plot to include Cliff Booth’s character in the film, sources told the magazine.

The film supposedly started filming in August. In the past the filmmaker had mentioned that his career as a director was limited to making ten films and that he wanted to retire at the age of 60. Tarantino turned 61 on March 27.

The nine films that are part of his count are: ‘Reservoir Dogs’ (1992), ‘Pulp Fiction’ (1995), ‘Jackie Brown’ (1997), three ‘Kill Bill’ films (2003), ‘Death Proof’ (2007), ‘Inglourious Basterds’ (2009), ‘Django Unchained’ (2012), ‘The Hateful Eight’ (2015) and ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ (2019).

Tarantino has said that the ‘Kill Bill’ saga counts only as one film and has left directorial works such as ‘My Best Friend’s Birthday’ (1987) out of his count.

With information from EFE