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Due to his controversial self-imposed 10-movie limit, Quentin Tarantino getting his 10th film off the ground has been quite the drawn-out process, as it’s now been five years since the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The latest turn in Tarantino’s tenth film is inarguably the craziest yet, however, as the film has been entirely scrapped with the legendary director set to go back to the drawing board, according to multiple reports.
Furthermore, in a particular blow to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood fans, The Hollywood Reporter states that Brad Pitt would’ve starred in the project as Cliff Booth, the character that won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2019. THR also says it’s “unclear if this film was going to be a prequel or a 1970s-set sequel to Hollywood.”
Not only was Pitt attached to the film, but there have long been rumors that Tom Cruise was circling a role in it, as well.
While the project originally started as an idea based around “a cynical movie critic that the filmmaker grew up reading,” the film eventually evolved into something that featured Pitt’s Booth.
None of this ultimately matters now, as Tarantino apparently had a “change of heart” and has shelved the project entirely, adding it to Tarantino’s infamous growing list of unrealized projects.
Following the news of The Movie Critic, which was sent to begin production this Fall, being canceled, film fans online were critical of Tarantino’s self-imposed 10-film limit as they believe it’s causing him to both overthink things and miss out on a chance to simply make good movies, regardless of what number they are in his filmography.
Doctor Strange and Sinister director Scott Derrickson had this to say, for example: “What’s so special about 10 movies? 10 is just an arbitrarily chosen mathematical base system. At least 11 is a prime number, which has some real mystery and power to it.”
This is the obvious response, but it’s very funny for Tarantino to talk about his ten movie limit for 15 years only for it to psyche himself out to the point he over-stresses making a perfect final film and winds up fumbling the ball in paralysis lol https://t.co/d0MsGLlaRG
— Brendan Hodges (@metaplexmovies) April 17, 2024
the funniest part of Tarantino’s ten movie limit is that it’s based on some Classic Hollywood guys who got worse in age, meanwhile many of our modern masters (Spielberg, Scorsese, Lynch, Miller, Cameron, Miyazaki, etc) continue doing incredible work without breaking a sweat
— Brendan Hodges (@metaplexmovies) April 17, 2024
Given that Tarantino is now starting from scratch, it’s likely his next movie won’t be released until 2026 at the earliest.