Quentin Tarantino’s subsequent venture isn’t his long-awaited tenth and — in his personal phrases — “remaining” characteristic movie, however as an alternative a brand new West Finish play that’s on account of debut in early 2027.
“The Popinjay Cavalier” is described as a “swashbuckling comedy” play written and directed by Tarantino, Sonia Friedman Productions and Sony Photos Leisure introduced on Wednesday.
Set in 1830s Europe, the play is “a rambunctious comedy of deception and disguise impressed by the grand swashbuckling epics of stage and display,” the official synopsis reads. “The Popinjay Cavalier” is “a sweeping celebration of theatre and its heightened romance, instructed with Tarantino’s signature model and unmistakable wit,” the press launch continues.
Casting, inventive staff, dates and extra particulars might be introduced at a later date, however the play is deliberate to open in London’s West Finish in early 2027.
That is one in all two new Tarantino initiatives on the horizon, neither of which is his subsequent film. He wrote the screenplay for the untitled “As soon as Upon a Time in Hollywood” spinoff following Brad Pitt’s Cliff Sales space, which David Fincher directed for Netflix.
That film might be launched later this 12 months and relies on a script that Tarantino wrote and regarded for his remaining directorial characteristic, however opted to not pursue. When Pitt requested if he might present the screenplay to Fincher, Tarantino’s self-admitted favourite director, the Oscar-winning “Pulp Fiction” scribe sparked to the concept of seeing the “Zodiac” filmmaker deliver his script to fruition.
“The Popinjay Cavalier” marks Tarantino’s first produced play.