Quentin Tarantino Might Retire After ‘Once Upon A Time In

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Quentin Tarantino talks about retiring from filmmaking about as usually as Dan Aykroyd suggests new potentialities for the Ghostbusters franchise. Of course, now that the latter is definitely doing one thing (within the type of Jason Reitman’s upcoming movie), ought to we anticipate Tarantino to observe by? Judging by his current interview with GQ Australia to advertise Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, maybe.

While chatting with the outlet, Tarantino — who famously declared we might retire from directing after his 10th movie in 2016 — appeared to point that he was nonetheless aiming for that individual objective. “I think when it comes to theatrical movies, I’ve come to the end of the road,” he mentioned. “I see myself writing books and starting to write theatre, so I’ll still be creative. I just think I’ve given all I have to give to movies.”

Of course, by Tarantino’s personal definition, Once Upon might be his ninth characteristic movie within the rely, in that it’s a completely unique creation that he wrote and directed. The filmmaker has written and directed loads of brief movies, tv episodes and collaborative initiatives with others, like Robert Rodriguez, however he’s not counting these. And if Once Upon is definitely “really well received,” he would possibly cease even earlier. “Maybe I won’t go to 10,” he threatened. “Maybe I’ll stop right now! Maybe I’ll stop while I’m ahead. We’ll see.”

As Once Upon‘s co-star Brad Pitt, who additionally spoke to GQ Australia for the piece, put it, he “[doesn’t] think he’s bluffing at all” about retiring. “I think he’s dead serious,” he mentioned of Tarantino. “I kind of openly lament that to him, but he understands the math of when he feels like directors start falling off their game. But he has other plans and we’re not going to have to say goodbye for a long time.”

(Via GQ Australia)