Quentin Tarantino is determined to retire after directing his tenth film, setting high expectations for his next project. It’s unclear how many concepts he considered before 2023, when he announced that his final feature was deep in development. That spurred insane rumors that Tarantino would bring back actors from his previous films to reprise their iconic roles — or as fictional actors who played those characters. All those hopes were dashed in 2024, when Tarantino dropped The Movie Critic because “it was too much like” Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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