Cinematographer Robert Richardson has revealed that Quentin Tarantino intends to make his tenth and final feature film after finishing a play he is currently writing for a London stage. The update matters because Tarantino has not directed since 2019's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and has long vowed to retire from directing after ten films, believing directors decline with age.

Speaking to Screen Daily, Richardson confirmed he was working with Antoine Fuqua on the recently released Michael Jackson biopic when Tarantino summoned him, and that Fuqua encouraged him to leave to complete his long partnership with Tarantino; the biopic was ultimately shot by Dion Beebe. Richardson has been Tarantino's cinematographer since the Kill Bill films two decades ago, earning four Oscar nominations for their work together and three Oscar wins elsewhere. He also confirmed that Tarantino nearly made The Movie Critic as his final feature before that project collapsed. In the interim, Tarantino has written books, hosted podcasts and penned a script for David Fincher's The Adventures of Cliff Booth, due later this year.