Quentin Tarantino Just Threw His Movie Critic Script in the Trash—And Astrology Might Explain Why!
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Quentin Tarantino’s final cinematic masterpiece has been the subject of endless speculation—yet for a fleeting moment, it was destined to be The Movie Critic. Imagine a Scorpio’s intensity clashing with Leo’s flair, crafting a tale about the most “boring profession” on Earth, as QT put it—who in their right mind’d pay to watch a flick about a movie critic? Well, that cosmic dance might just explain Tarantino’s creative quandary. He launched The Movie Critic as a TV series before reimagining it as a film, but when pre-production rolled around, the excitement fizzled like a flat soda—passion lost in the editing room of his soul. Was it a spiritual sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? Yes. Did Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth cameo? Nope—that gossip was all horoscopic nonsense. After grappling with echoes of past glories in a prospective Cliff Booth spin-off, Tarantino realized his final bow must tread uncharted territory, a place as mysterious as the stars themselves. So, what cosmic twist awaits us in his ultimate work? Well, that’s exactly the riddle no astrologer or cinephile can crack just yet. LEARN MORE
We still don’t know what Quentin Tarantino’s tenth and final movie will be, but for a moment, it was going to be The Movie Critic. However, the director wound up scrapping the film, and he explained why on a recent appearance on The Church of Tarantino podcast.
Tarantino revealed that The Movie Critic actually started out as an eight-episode TV series, before he reworked it into a feature. He was moving full speed ahead, but once pre-production began, he knew he wasn’t feeling as passionate about it as he should. “I knew I had done it, but I didn’t really want to do it that much… I wasn’t excited about dramatizing what I wrote,” he said.
“The thing about The Movie Critic is I really, really like it,” he said, “but there was a challenge I gave myself when I did it, both as a series and as a movie: can I take the most boring profession in the world and make it an interesting movie. Who wants to see a movie about a f***ing movie critic?“
Tarantino added that the film was something of a “spiritual sequel” to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but there were no crossover characters. There were rumours that Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth would appear in the movie, but Tarantino said that wasn’t true. “That’s all a bunch of bullshit,” he said. “That never was the case ever, ever, ever.“
At the end of the day, Tarantino lost his desire for the movie but still wanted to explore something in the world of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Thus, the Cliff Booth movie was born, but he encountered the same problem; it was too much like the last movie and didn’t present the challenge he wanted. “I love this script, but I’m still walking down the same ground I’ve already walked. It just kind of unenthused me,” he said. “This last movie, I’ve got to not know what I’m doing again. I’ve got to be in uncharted territory.“
David Fincher has since taken over the Cliff Booth movie, so we will get to see it, but Tarantino’s final project remains a mystery.
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