Christopher Nolan Hopes Quentin Tarantino “Won’t Stay True” To Self-Imposed Retirement After 10th Movie

“The Odyssey” writer/director Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the biggest cheerleaders for the theatrical experience (his public push back on things like AI and streaming certainly puts a cherry on that perspective), and is commenting on Quentin Tarantino‘s plan to retire from theatrical filmmaking once he completes his tenth and final film, a self-proclaimed angle that many have been a tad skeptical of whether he’ll ultimately follow through with or not.

Speaking with the UK outlet The Telegraph, Nolan (who is also the President of the Directors Guild of America) says while he respects Tarantino’s reasoning, he’s hopes that the director “won’t stay true” to that self-imposed bow-out alongside his own views of making a final film.

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“I think it’s dangerous to look at it that specifically,” Nolan said, frowning at the interviewer. “I mean, Quentin has his reasons, and I respect those enormously. But I’m hoping that he won’t stay true to them…I view every film that I do as the last I’ll ever make, and one day I will be right. So every time I want to put everything into the project at hand. I’m never thinking, ‘Well, I’ll save this for the next one.’ I don’t ever want to think like that. I want each movie to be everything.”

If you’re not aware, QT is not going to completely stop making art with his “retirement.” He has promised that he’ll instead pivot to making television projects (such as the Western show “Bounty Law“) and continue to write/publish books. We assume more stage plays will be on the way, as he’s set to make a debut on the London stage with his swashbuckling European period comedy “The Popinjay Cavalier.”

When it comes to that 10th film, The Playlist recently spoke with acclaimed director of photography Robert Richardson, who believes that the 10th film from Quentin Tarantino could happen as soon as next summer. Although we’re in the dark about concrete details and what that film could look like, such as something brand new or if he’s dusting off old scripts (maybe something he’s never publicly talked about before?). At one point, he was musing about adapting the work of author Len Deighton‘s spy novels (like “Berlin Game“) as a possible project YEARS ago. An adaptation wouldn’t be all that surprising, as you might remember that “Jackie Brown” was based on the Elmore Leonard (“Justified”) book “Rum Punch” (with minor connective tissue to Steven Soderbergh‘s “Out of Sight” via Michael Keaton‘s Ray Nicolette featured in both films).

Even pausing things after scrapping “The Movie Critic,” he handed over a script for “The Adventures of Cliff Booth,” which was helmed by David Fincher, coming later this year to Netflix, and Sony Pictures is still trying to resurrect a “Zorro/Django” crossover film as well, so there are still Tarantino-adjacent projects happening.

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We’re also still curious what is next for Nolan, as “The Odyssey” is expected to make a HUGE splash at the box office this weekend (projected to be in the range of $200 million, as there are expectations the R-rated blockbuster could total $1 billion when the dust settles), after his desire to tackle a horror film won’t materialize anytime soon by suggesting he hasn’t cracked an idea for that genre.