Quentin Tarantino's 'The Movie Critic': What we know so far

Hollywood and global cinema's master auteur Quentin Tarantino's next movie "The Movie Critic" has generated a lot of curiosity. While the acclaimed director has kept relatively quiet about the project, Paul Schrader, renowned for writing Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver", appears to have dropped a significant hint about the upcoming film.

Schrader, a collaborator with Scorsese, has suggested new information regarding Tarantino's last movie, indicating that it draws substantial inspiration from the 1976 classic "Taxi Driver".

The tenth and final film from the Oscar-winning director is already generating buzz with details circulating about its 1970s setting, a storyline centered around a pornographic movie reviewer, and the initial plan for production in 2023, which faced setbacks due to the recent SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.


Earlier director Tarantino had said he was looking for an actor to play the lead role. "The Movie Critic" will be based on a journalist. The film will be set in Southern California 1977.

Tarantino said that he read reviews of this journalist in a magazine when he was a teenager. Tarantino said that he had found the critic very rude but at the same time very funny.

Tarantino said that even though the critic wrote like he was 55-year-old, the guy was actually in his mid-30s and died in late 30s.

Quentin Tarantino is known for his iconic films like Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill series and others.

FAQs

Q1. What is the age of Quentin Tarantino?
A1. Quentin Tarantino is 60-year-old.

Q2. How old is Quentin Tarantino during his first movie?
A2. Quentin Tarantino was 28-year-old when first film Reservoir Dogs released in 1992.