Just a few short months ago, we thought we knew what Quentin Tarantino’s last movie would be. The Movie Critic was set to be the filmmaker’s tenth and final movie, but it got quickly buried in a sea of rumors. Tarantino then canceled the movie in April without giving much of an explanation, but I think even then you could sense his frustration over the amount of speculation. Tarantino recently appeared on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast to talk about it and debunk some of the rumors that clearly got to him.
This part of the conversation began with Tarantino talking about the R-rated Star Trek movie he was said to be developing and would’ve been his final movie. That didn’t happen, obviously, but Tarantino talked about the rumors that spread like wildfire because he doesn’t go online to combat them…
“Well, it’s never going to happen, but there has been so much misinformation about what it was going to be, nothing but misinformation. Because I’m not on Instagram and…social media…consequently, if you’re Joe Schlomoko and you’re a transient reporter of some kind, if you hear Quentin is going to do a ‘Star Trek’ film or ‘The Movie Critic’ or anything, it’s a lot like that guy who wrote that Howard Hughes biography that ended up being a hoax.”
Tarantino went further into his frustration over The Movie Critic and the rumors about the plot or the casting, which included Tom Cruise, Paul Walter Hauser, and Brad Pitt.
“They can say anything. ‘Quentin is going to cast Tom Cruise, it’s for sure.’ The thing that was kind of funny about ‘The Movie Critic’ that I was going to cast Paul Walter Hauser… they just think he looks like a critic, so that’s why they picked him [laughs].”
“They write it in Showbiz Daily or whatever, and that gets picked up in 140 pieces,” he continued. “Because I’m not shutting it down, because I’m not all connected [on social media], that is reported as true, and it’s ‘true’ for a couple of weeks because no one knows anything better, and I am not filling them in.”
Tarantino continued by talking about his future plans, which could include writing comedy for the theater. He also spoke about his love for the original Toy Story trilogy and refusal to watch any of the newer sequels. I respect that. You can watch the podcast below.
