Steven Soderbergh to retire after wrapping next two films

March 15th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI  

London, Mar 15 (ANI): Oscar winning director Steven Soderbergh has announced that he will retire from film-making after he finishes shooting his next two films.

“When you see those athletes hang on one or two seasons too long, it’s kind of sad,” the BBC quoted Soderbergh as telling the US radio show Studio 360.

Soderbergh said: “When you reach the point where you’re like, ‘if I have to get into a van to do another scout I’m just going to shoot myself’, it’s time to let somebody else who’s still excited about getting in the van, get the van.”

The 48-year-old is planning a Liberace biopic, with Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, and a film version of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with George Clooney.

Both were “a great way to sort of step off”, he added.

The filmmaker, who plans a new career in painting or photography, said that for the past three years he had “been turning down everything that comes my way”. (ANI)

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