Steven Soderbergh to announce shock retirement?

By Smith Alexander
Washington
Last updated on June 20, 2025

Soderbergh created a stir on Thursday when rumors have surfaced that his career was over.

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Sad news for Soderbergh fans. Speculation had been rife that the American director best known for Ocean's Eleven, Traffic or Sex, Lies, and Videotape, is about to announce his retirement from all public activities, at age 62, with immediate effect.

UPDATE 20/06/2025 : This story seems to be false. (read more)

Being a director isn't fun anymore

“As we get older, there are phases of life that we enter into, and being a director-screenwriter-producer just isn't fun anymore,” he might have said, says a source who remained anonymous. Other reports hinted that he may branch out into other creative fields he is better at (and more interested in), though they didn't provide any details.

#ThankYouSteven

For a little while on Thursday evening, #ThankYouSteven was a trending hashtag on Twitter. As many fans reminisce and look back on all the unforgettable memories, some may wonder what about now made him make the decision.