It was supposed to be the ultimate mic drop. For almost a decade — Quentin Tarantino has been touting his plan to retire after his tenth and final movie, The Movie Critic. It was, he said, “based on a guy who really lived but was never really famous, and he used to write movie reviews for a porno rag.” and in true Tarantino fashion it was set to star Brad Pitt, with John Travolta, Jamie Foxx and Margot Robbie rumoured to reprise their roles in previous Tarantino movies, in what would amount to a farewell to the entire QT “metaverse”. Sony was financing it. Cameras were ready to roll. The director was ready to go out on top. “Drop the mic, boom!” he said. “Tell everybody: ‘Match that shit!’”
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