The list goes on and on for his incredible filmography, but in reality, he's had quite the run as a filmmaker and one that will soon come to an end. He has made it clear in public that he will only make 10 films since he doesn't want to end up being that filmmaker that keeps making movies when he's older to the point where he's lost his way. He wants to go down strong and wants to accomplish that once he makes his 10th movie. And it looks as though it's heading in that direction with Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, his most recent endeavor, being advertised as his 9th film. We have his 10th film upon us, but I wanted to play around with the idea of what exactly his 10th movie will be.
He has kicked around lots of ideas in familiar territory, concerning genres and other films he's worked on. A lot of people were for the idea of him continuing his Kill Bill story with Vivicia A Fox's character's daughter seeking revenge on Beatrix Kiddo after killing her mother in a vicious fight in Volume 1. Even people are speculating the idea that the now older daughter should be played by Zendaya, which could be a fun casting decision.
Another idea was of him doing a 30s gangster movie, which could be fun in it of itself. He's played around with period pieces and has made gripping films revolving around crime-ridden lives of gangsters. He could give that emotional pull character-wise and the look of it for sure would be grand like we saw in his period pieces Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He can put you in those time eras very well and shoot those environments beautifully.
Now these next few genres are some he hasn't played around with as much, but could be interesting like, for example, science fiction. In an interview a while back he did say his version of a sci-fi movie wouldn't necessarily be space related, but more of an Invasion of the Body Snatchers type story in a real world environment with sci-fi implications. I think that could be fun as well because you could have a great ensemble that blends Tarantino regulars with new comers in that type of film. The ensemble idea could also apply to Tarantino making a horror zombie movie maybe in the vain of Night of the Living Dead, but I guess we already got a taste of that to some degree with Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror.
And jumping off zombie movies, a horror movie by Tarantino, I think, would probably be an interesting pick and maybe the one I'd want the most because sure he could direct a campy slasher movie that has compelling dialogue and well-balanced and fleshed-out characters like John Carpenter's Halloween, but I think because Tarantino can create very visceral and energetic scenes, the horror element and terror factor could be something pretty damn terrifying. I mean the way some characters get killed off in his movies is something out of a horror film. So, what if we saw that kind of chaos happening to characters we cared about? Also, aside from the campy element, I think he could do something purely psychological since his characters and stories in his films are so well thought-out and we could not only get something that feels scary and gets under your skin based on the film's execution, but something that will leave an impression on you and become thought-provoking.
But there's also the question of him going with the flow and maybe doing his own hero's journey with his version of a superhero movie or a secret agent film. He has done that in a sense with Kill Bill since The Bride did feel like the hero of her own story trying to accomplish her goal and her going to seek out revenge for the people who wronged her was like her secret-agent type story. And he could direct something along those lines, but I'm not sure if he'd be one to go all fantastical with the superhero-type movie, but instead with something more grounded like Luke Cage, which was something he was personally interested in directing and the types of Marvel Comics he enjoyed. And for some reason with him doing a secret agent movie or James Bond movie for that matter, I don't know if I need to watch an ultra-violent Bond movie and something that goes all out. I mean my mind also goes to the Kingsman movies since there are crazy set pieces and different types of characters in those that feel in vain with Tarantino's works, so in that sense I don't think it would be necessary to see his version of secret agents or superheroes.
And of course, there was talk of him developing his own Star Trek movie, which I'm not going to lie is something I don't know I'd want since I feel the Star Trek content I enjoyed was enough to satisfy my needs. Though I did listen to a bit in this podcast where he mentioned how he appreciated one of the story arcs in The Next Generation show and I could see him playing around with the story element, which for Tarantino's standards could be really good. But I think Tarantino is personally better off doing something crazy and original. And if he were to do something with an ensemble in space, my only thought is it would have to be a sort of Ridley Scott's Alien clone playing around with the idea of traumatic things happening to a space crew. I don't know if I'd want that, but never say never.
So these are some ideas that were floating around and some ideas that I had since I could see him touching upon said ideas. But what should be his last movie and what could he possibly lean towards? I think I'll go out on a limb and say, also because I'd want this the most, the psychological horror movie. He even in an interview with Indiewire a month after Once Upon a Time came out said that "he'd love to" do one next since he's always been a horror fan and I say why not? He's talked an awful lot about them throughout his film-loving career and the closest he made was Death Proof, which was a lot more campy and action-driven than horror-based. I think if he put the same amount of care in it like his other films and gave us a film that has a balance of new and old Tarantino actors, we could get something moving, scary, funny, impactful and satisfying. I think he already had a hand taking on great crime-oriented films, gangster movies, action/adventure, period pieces and Westerns. I think his time to shine is make a horror movie to scare us out of our wits, but leave us coming back for more if this is for sure his last endeavor. And even if he doesn't do the horror film and maybe one of the other projects I mentioned, it's Tarantino and no matter what idea I wouldn't be as much of a fan of on paper, I know I'm going to have a spectacular time watching his next movie.
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