Category: Rumored Project

David Leitch Paddling Towards ‘Ocean’s 14’

David Leitch is in early talks to direct Ocean’s 14, the Smokehouse-produced caper franchise for Warner Bros that will mark the first one not directed by Steven Soderbergh, sources confirm. We’d reported that Conclave helmer Edward Berger was in talks, but those have gone away. The intention is to bring the original cast back in the fold. Leitch is coming off the Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt-starrer Fall Guy and the Brad Pitt-starrer before that. Pitt’s part of the core Ocean’s cast along with George Clooney, Matt Damon, and others. The talks were first reported by The InSneider.

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Quentin Tarantino Is No Longer Making ‘The Movie Critic’ as His 10th Film

Brad Pitt was in talks to star in the project and the film was scheduled to shoot this year, but the director is stepping away.

Quentin Tarantino is going back to the drawing board for what will be his 10th and final film. Tarantino is stepping away from “The Movie Critic” as his 10th feature and will no longer be making it, IndieWire has confirmed.

The news is a major shock, as the project had Brad Pitt in talks for the lead role and even rumors that Sony was circling the project to release it after previously releasing his prior film, 2019’s “Once Upon a Time In Hollywood.” The film even secured a California tax credit to shoot in Los Angeles and was meant to begin shooting earlier this year, but was delayed due to Tarantino reportedly rewriting his script.

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Brad Pitt in Talks to Star in Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film ‘The Movie Critic’

Brad Pitt has continued the latest phase in his career by signing on as the lead in Quentin Tarantino’s next—and, reportedly, final—movie, The Movie Critic, following some fevered speculation over the role. Pitt is reportedly set to portray the character of Jim Sheldon, a fictional film critic, with strong speculation suggesting that this character may draw inspiration from William Margold, an actual film critic. Tarantino, in his book “Cinema Speculation,” referred to Margold as the “first-string film critic for the sex rag the Hollywood Press”. The film mark’s Pitt’s third collaboration with Tarantino, following acclaimed turns in Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but hasn’t acted since 2022, when he appeared in the truncate of Bullet Train, Babylon and The Lost City. He will next be seen alongside George Clooney in the Jon Watts thriller, Wolfs.

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Pitt and Lawrence to headline future movies for Netflix

Ahead of Friday’s release of Heart of Stone, the pricey action blockbuster starring A-list superheroine Gal Gadot, word is out there that Netflix may have recruited Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lawrence, respectively, to headline future movies.

Word from Giant Freakin Robot has No Hard Feelings actress Lawrence headlining sci-fi epic The Shift, which she’ll produce, and Andy Serkis will direct.

In the pic, Lawrence plays Dr. Katherine Turner, a renowned physicist. “Turner discovers a groundbreaking phenomenon that is shifting the Earth. It holds the key to unlocking humanity’s greatest secrets, leading to a race against time to control its power.”

Meantime, Bullet Train’s Brad Pitt has reportedly star in post-apocalyptic adventure, Desolation Run, for the streamer. The movie, which will will reunite Pitt with War Machine director and co-writer David Michôd, takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where lone wanderer Ryan Creed (Brad Pitt) teams up with cunning mechanic Elara to escape a brutal desert wasteland controlled by ruthless warlords.

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Brad Pitt, Joseph Kosinski, Lewis Hamilton Racing Project Revs Studios, Streamers Into Bidding War

A bidding war erupted Friday (03-12) for a racing project featuring bold-faced names that has studios and streamers burning rubber to get their gloves on it.

The untitled project has Brad Pitt attached to star and Joseph Kosinski, the filmmaker behind the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, attached to direct.

Pitt and Kosinski have long tried to make a racing movie. In 2013, Pitt circled Go Like Hell, which had Kosinski attached along with Tom Cruise. That project eventually morphed into Ford v. Ferrari with a whole new actor and director combination.

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