Quentin Tarantino puts off 10th movie to develop British farce for the stage

But now that Israel has launched a new war, which, ironically, led to the Tarantino family becoming fodder for misinformation, the director is prepping a new project for the London stage. Per The Daily Mail (via Variety), Tarantino’s next project is an “old-fashioned British farce in the door-slamming, trouser-dropping, mistaken identity vein of Brian Rix or Ray Cooney,” with its sights set on London’s West End. 

Last year, the filmmaker announced the play on The Church Of Tarantino podcast. “The play is all written, it is absolutely the next thing that I’m going to [do], and we will start the ball rolling on it in January,” he said. “I’m preparing for it to be a success. If it is a flop, then I will be done very quickly.” He also said that if it were “a popular play, then I’ll probably make a movie.” Tarantino’s last stage show was a live script read of The Hateful Eight, which seemed destined for the stage after the screenplay leaked. Eventually, of course, he did end up filming Hateful Eight. As for his next film project, he has said in the past that he wants to wait until his son is six before making his next movie. “That way he will know what’s going on.” His son turned six this past February, so maybe some of that door-slamming, trouser-dropping fun can make its way to movie theaters.