Quentin Tarantino finds his leading man for The Movie Critic - Brad Pitt

Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt will work together one last time on The Movie Critic.

The pair have enjoyed huge success collaborating previously on Inglorious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the latter of which earned Pitt the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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Tarantino has previously suggested that his 10th movie (if you count Kill Bill as one whole movie) will be his last before he moves on to writing more novels.

In March of 2023, it was announced that his final production would be focused on a movie critic living and working in the 1970s. He has subsequently said that the critic "used to write reviews for a porno rag."

In an interview with Deadline, Tarantino explained what kind of character we're likely to encounter.

"He wrote about mainstream movies and he was the second-string critic," he revealed.

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"I think he was a very good critic. He was as cynical as hell. His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern and what Travis Bickle might be if he were a film critic.

"He wrote like he was 55 but he was only in his early to mid-30s. He died in his late thirties. It wasn’t clear for a while but now I’ve done some more research and I think it was it was complications due to alcoholism."

Tarantino previously suggested the lead role would be given to an actor that he has not worked with previously, but Deadline now reports that Pitt has been cast, and it is likely in the lead role as the movie critic himself.

Who is starring in The Movie Critic?

Pitt is the only confirmed name so far, but Tarantino is looking to round up plenty of pals from his previous movies, as John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen and even Bruce Willis have been linked with joining the production.