![]() Photograph: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank Pierce Brosnan and Quentin Tarantino have yet to team up for a James Bond throwback. He is not the only person who would like to see the spy in the 1960s again. Around 20 years ago, he was on board with the idea of going back to Casino Royale, the first 007 novel, but, unlike the film that eventually emerged, Tarantino’s version would invite Pierce Brosnan back to appear in a period piece. ![]() Then there was his long-harboured passion to direct a James Bond film. Then again, that is just what he would say. Speaking to the 2 Bears 1 Cave podcast, he gave the impression he was nowhere close to launching a new feature. Just a few months ago, Tarantino confirmed he had written eight episodes of a TV series that he planned to shoot “next year” (now this year). Much as both the director’s fans and detractors yearn to chew this prospect to ribbons there is every possibility it won’t happen – or that it won’t happen in this form. Will The Film Critic be at Cannes in 2025? Is he really serious about retiring? Can I do a tired joke about Tarantino’s habit of shooting his female stars’ naked feet? Also figuring strongly are Michelle Pfeiffer, Judy Davis, Leslie Manville and, still pals with QT despite fallings-out over Kill Bill, the distinctly unKaelean Uma Thurman. Jennifer Jason Leigh, surely capable of catching the critic’s acidic tone – and exactly the right age – is the runaway favourite for a role that doesn’t yet (and may never) exist. The chattering cinephiles have already had great fun casting the Kael role. The Irish Times now snarkily mentions Brian Clough’s 44 days as manager of Leeds United and wonders if The Film Critic will owe a debt to Tom Hooper’s The Damned United.Īs the Oscars fade in the rear-view mirror and we scramble for rubbish to fill up the yawning hours, it seems easier to believe the story than waste effort on raising eyebrows. We were reminded that, in those late 1970s, Ms Kael, moving from fox’s den to henhouse, suffered a brief, unsuccessful period as a consultant to Paramount Studios. The trade paper went on to argue it was “possible” the film would focus on The New Yorker’s legendary critic Pauline Kael. The loose-lipped insider claimed the film was “set in late 1970s Los Angeles with a female lead at its centre”. Our old friend Mr A Source told The Hollywood Reporter that the director was prepping a script to shoot this autumn. A fog of qualified excitement spread across the film world last week as murmurs concerning “Quentin Tarantino’s final film” emerged.
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