‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’ Trailer Brings Brad Pitt Back to 1970s Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ left plenty of fans wondering what happened to Cliff Booth after the credits rolled, and it turns out Hollywood wasn’t done with him either. Brad Pitt’s laid-back stuntman-turned-fixer became one of the most beloved parts of that 2019 film, earning Pitt his first competitive acting Oscar in the process.

Now that character is getting a full-blown continuation, and it’s arriving with a pedigree almost nobody could have predicted. David Fincher, the director behind ‘Seven,’ ‘Fight Club’ and ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ has taken the reins for this one, marking his fourth collaboration with Pitt, while Tarantino stays on as the sole credited screenwriter without directing.

The project’s first real trailer dropped this week under its official title, ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth,’ and it confirms the story picks up in the summer of 1977, eight years after the events of ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ with Cliff still working as a fixer navigating the seedier corners of Los Angeles. Timothy Olyphant returns as actor James Stacy, joined by a stacked new ensemble that includes Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Peter Weller and Holt McCallany.

Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth, only this time it’s 1977 and it’s a very different Hollywood.

Directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH comes to IMAX November 25. pic.twitter.com/XEEoN6U1xZ

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Netflix picked up Tarantino’s script back in April 2025, and the production quickly turned into one of the streamer’s biggest theatrical bets yet. Filming ran from July 2025 through January 2026 across California, with crews rebuilding 1970s-era sets in Highland Park to recreate the period detail that made the original film such a hit with audiences and critics alike.

The scale of the budget matches the ambition behind it. The film carries a reported $200 million price tag, the largest of either Fincher’s or Tarantino’s careers, with Pitt reportedly earning $40 million to produce and star while Fincher and Tarantino each took home $20 million.

As for how audiences will actually see it, Netflix is treating this one differently than its usual same-day streaming drops. The film gets an IMAX-exclusive theatrical run starting November 25 before it lands on Netflix on December 23, giving it a full theatrical window that’s rare for one of the streamer’s original films.

There’s also a literary companion piece on the way. Tarantino has written a novelization titled ‘The Further Adventures of Cliff Booth,’ which is set for publication on December 8, arriving just weeks before the film itself hits theaters.

Given how much affection built up around Cliff Booth’s easygoing, unbothered energy in the first film, pairing that character with Fincher’s more meticulous, tension-driven style is one of the more intriguing creative swings in recent memory. Whether Fincher’s precision blends smoothly with Tarantino’s loose, hangout-movie sensibilities or creates something entirely different remains to be seen once the film actually screens.

For now, the trailer alone has fans buzzing about seeing Pitt back in character alongside a genuinely stacked supporting cast, and the November IMAX rollout suggests Netflix wants this one experienced on the biggest screen possible before it hits home streaming.

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