Brad Pitt might be the eponymous Movie Critic in Quentin Tarantino’s final film

We heard last March that Quentin Tarantino’s final movie—assuming he sticks to his self-imposed 10-movie limit—will be called The Movie Critic, and we heard a month later that it would not be about influential movie critic Pauline Kael. Then, a month after that, Tarantino revealed at Cannes that the movie is inspired by “a guy who really lived,” was “never really famous,” and “used to write movie reviews for a porno rag.” Now… several months after that, we may know who will play the movie critic in The Movie Critic.

According to Deadline, Brad Pitt will be appearing in the film, possibly as the main character, making this his third movie with Tarantino after Inglorious Basterds and Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood. Deadline even floats the theory that Pitt will be playing Cliff Booth from Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood again, but that just seems to be based on fan service hopes than anything. (Maybe he could cross paths with the Vega brothers and meet The Bride’s daughter? And they could all join the Enterprise crew and become holodeck gangsters for some reason?)

The Movie Critic is set to come out in 2025, though Tarantino hasn’t made it yet, so that window could be moved. Then again, we’re only on February 1 of 2024, so there’s basically 23 months to go before Tarantino misses 2025, and that seems like a lot of time to make a movie (it’s one movie, Michael, what could it cost?). Or maybe he’ll realize that he doesn’t want his movie career to end and he’ll come up with some excuses to delay The Movie Critic. He could direct more television, he could get into video games like John Carpenter. Video games are great these days, Quentin. Consider it!