Woody Allen says he has 'no intention of retiring' after report he wanted to 'not make more movies'

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Woody Allen is walking back the claims that he is planning to retire.A representative for the director, 86, released a statement Monday clarifying what he said in an interview with Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia where he was quoted as saying, 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.''Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel.

He said he was thinking about not making films as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience,' the statement read.

Not retiring: Woody Allen, 86, has denied he is retiring from filmmaking after the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia reported him as saying, 'My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing'; Seen in 2019 in San Sebastian, Spain'Currently, he has no intention of retiring and is very excited to be in Paris shooting his new movie, which will be the 50th.'  The director, who has denied sexual abuse allegations lodged against him by his daughter Dylan Farrow, is currently at work on his 50th and final film, titled Wasp 22.

The movie, which he compared to his late-career work Match Point, is being filmed entirely in French.The writer and director claimed the plot would be ‘exciting, dramatic and also very sinister’ and described is as something similar to the thriller Match Point, which won the Goya award for Best European Film in 2006.