Overview

• On The Church of Tarantino podcast, he explained he scrapped The Movie Critic because it felt too similar to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and offered no new dramatic or technical challenge in pre-production.
• He revealed The Movie Critic began as an eight-episode TV series before he reworked it into a feature script, but shelved it once it no longer met his standards for a final film.
• Tarantino denied rumors that Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth would appear in The Movie Critic, stressing there were no character crossovers between his two projects.
• Netflix’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth is now shooting in Los Angeles with Tarantino as writer and producer, David Fincher directing, and Brad Pitt reprising his role.
• He suggested he might revisit The Movie Critic in the future but confirmed he will not direct it now as he pursues theatre work and seeks “uncharted territory” for his final directed feature.