Paul Walter Hauser could star in The Movie Critic, Quentin Tarantino’s latest film

Quentin Tarantino managed to attract the attention of the public and critics from his first projects and has been able to evolve with the times to overcome the wear and tear of his work due to the exhausting copies that were born from admiration and his growing popularity. Now, the director is ready to leave his career behind and to do so he wants to close with a flourish by developing a film about the industry itself. The Movie Critic It is already one of the most anticipated titles of recent years and a new rumor claims that Paul Walter Hauser could be close to taking the main role.

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If Tarantino won the applause of specialists and the audience in general with Perros De Reserva – 90%, the premiere of Violent Times – 94% only reaffirmed his status in Hollywood as one of the most interesting and daring creators of that era. The director greatly divided a certain sector of the public due to his way of approaching violence and was even considered a danger to the industry and the values ​​of that time. His initial position was that he sought to criticize the way in which violence has been normalized, but over the years he has admitted that he simply finds it entertaining to use it for fiction.

But after this prejudice about violence and the director’s very explicit way of showing and exploiting it for his stories was overcome, the public began to see beyond that to form an idea of ​​what the creator had to offer the industry. . What was clear from the beginning was that Tarantino was, above all, a great fan of cinema and a connoisseur of its history and its references, which he has constantly used in his work even if that means receiving new criticism for “stealing” ideas from Classic movies.

Tarantino will exploit his love for cinema in a different way

For many years, Tarantino assured that he only wanted to direct 10 films and then retire from cinema. Over time, this idea seemed destined to be forgotten due to his success at the box office and in the medium’s major awards, but the director has reaffirmed his interest in closing his career, at least for the big screen. In fact, with new books on the horizon, including the successful novelization of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood – 94%, the creator has proven that he has the resources to continue exploiting his love for cinema from new angles and away from film sets.

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‘The Movie Critic’ will be Tarantino’s last great work

As he continues to plant roots in other media, Tarantino prepares The Movie Critic, a film that will close his time in Hollywood with a flourish. The story will again focus on the film industry, but as its title indicates, it will do so from the work of analysts and not artists. The director has revealed some details about this proposal that he compares a bit to the hopelessness of Taxi Driver. 98%, especially in its protagonist, which is also already a role that many actors are looking for.

According to the insider Daniel Richtman (via World of Reel), Tarantino could already have his protagonist in the figure of Paul Walter Hauserbest known for his work on I, Tonya – 96%, The KKKlansman – 85%, Cobra Kai – 100% and Richard Jewell – 89%, and who won several awards such as Best Supporting Actor for his work in the miniseries Black Bird – 95%. The report indicates that the actor was in final talks before the strikes began, so his participation in the end will depend on how quickly they can solve this problem that has paralyzed the Hollywood industry.

With this rumor also come others such as that Tarantino wants to have the participation of Samuel L. Jackson, with whom he has worked in one way or another in practically all of his films; and with Bruce Willis for one last cameo, although this does not seem likely due to the actor’s state of health. None of this is confirmed and the director cannot make much progress with the project at the moment and the only thing that seems certain is that the script is already finished and ready to go into production.

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