Steven Soderbergh Will Actually Retire From Filmmaking

Welp, it's official. According to Matt Damon, Steven Soderbergh was not fucking around. The Oscar-winning director plans to retire from filmmaking in the near future."He's retiring, he's been talking about it for years and it's getting closer," Damon told the LA Times. Soderbergh turns 48 next month and if that sounds young, Damon continued, that's the point. The actor is currently working with Soderbergh on the pandemic thriller Contagion and said he's consciously trying to enjoy his time working with him, because he knows it won't last forever.So, there you have it. Looks like Soderbergh was not pulling a Joaquin Phoenix on the world when, two years ago, he told Esquire he would retire from filmmaking at age 51 -- his 25th year as a

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