Brad Pitt to star in Quentin Tarantino's final film

Brad Pitt

- who won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his work in the director's 2019 film 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and also starred in his movie 'Inglourious Basterds' a decade earlier - will reportedly reunite with the filmmaker for a third and final time in '

According to Deadline's The Dish column, Brad will likely

, which is expected to be released in 2025.

Sony Pictures

are expected to distribute the film, with Stacey Sher serving as producer.

The 60-year-old filmmaker - who has repeatedly vowed to retire after making his tenth movie - previously revealed the project centers on a film critic from the 1970s who "used to write movie reviews for a porno rag."

He added to Deadline last May: "He wrote about mainstream movies and he was the second-string critic. I think he was a very good critic. He was as cynical as hell. His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern and what Travis Bickle [Robert DeNiro's character in 'Taxi Driver'] might be if he were a film critic. He wrote like he was 55 but he was only in his early to mid-30s. He died in his late thirties. It wasn't clear for a while but now I've done some more research and I think it was complications due to alcoholism."

And despite

, Tarantino had previously said he was going to find a "new leading man" because he felt two of his favorite actors, the 'Bullet Train' star and Leonardo DiCaprio were too old for the part .

He said: "I haven't decided yet but it's going to be somebody in the 35-year-old ball park. It'll definitely be a new leading man for me. I do have an idea of ​​somebody I can imagine doing it really well."

Asked if a Brit could play his leading man, Tarantino replied: "No. The truth of the matter is, yes, obviously, a Brit could pull it off, but I don't want to cast a Brit."