Wasp 22: Woody Allens last film

Woody Allen, one of America’s biggest filmmaking
giants, has decided to put an end to his film career and focus more on writing,
he told a Spanish newspaper. The 86-year-old’s retiring would mean that
audiences across the world will only be able to see one more Allen film – Wasp 22.

Wasp 22, shot in France and entirely in French, is
Woody Allen’s 50th feature. Allen had first teased his retirement in
an interview with Alec Baldwin, to whom he said that he doesn’t get the same
enjoyment he used to get from filmmaking decades ago, and suggested that he
might call it quits.

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“I don’t get the same fun doing a movie and putting
it in a theatre. It was a nice feeling to know that 500 people were seeing it
at once. I don’t know how I feel about making movies. I’m going to make another
one and I’ll see how it feels,” Allen had said.

Wasp 22 features an all-French cast. Allen has
described his last film as similar to Match Point, “a sort of poisonous
romantic thriller.”

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Further details about Wasp 22 are not available
yet.

Woody Allen’s decision to retire from filmmaking
could also have to do with the several controversies surrounding him. In 1992,
Allen was accused of sexually abusing his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow, then
aged seven. Allen has consistently denied the allegation.

When the allegation was made, Allen was in a
12-year-long relationship with Mia Farrow. The couple had three children, two
adopted and one biological. The sexual abuse is alleged to have happened after
Farrow learned that Allen had a sexual relationship with another of her
adoptive daughters – Soon Yi Previn.

Allen married Soon-Yi Previn in 1997 when she was
21 years old.

Woody Allen has had an accomplished career as a
filmmaker. He has had a record 16 Oscar nominations, winning four, including
one for the cult film Annie Hall. He also won Best Screenplay for Annie Hall,
Hannah and Her Sisters, and Midnight in Paris.