Yesterday, I foresaw a very slow news day and decided to dive head-on into this topic.
I’ve been emailing and calling a few people about the current status of Quentin Tarantino’s “The Movie Critic,” which we haven’t heard much of an update on for a few months now. Suffice to say, we shouldn’t expect this one any time soon.
Production on Tarantino’s 10th film was all ready to go, with a late September shoot set up and then the SAG-AFTRA strike started. I’m told this “completely derailed” the momentum.
A few actors who were supposed to be part of the film, mostly supporting roles, had to drop out. The lead is still there, I’m told. There is also no firmly set date for production to begin. It seems to be a slow process at this point.
An “early-to-mid 2024” production start in L.A. is seen as the best case scenario for Tarantino’s project. I wouldn’t be surprised if they further delay it to the summer or even fall: “they’re not hurrying up or anything, QT is taking his time and he’ll shoot it when it all comes together.”
Although no official casting has been announced yet, due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, the rumored actors that were said to be part of this film included Kurt Russell, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Leonardo DiCaprio and maybe Paul Walter Hauser.
“The Movie Critic”, which is set in 1977, received a tax incentive from the state of California to shoot in Los Angeles. Tarantino has described the main character in the film as “Travis Bickle if he were a film critic”. A loner, isolated individual, who happens to review movies for an underground porno magazine.