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Netflix drops first trailer for Tarantino-scripted, Fincher-directed 'Cliff Booth' sequel

Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth in a Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up written by Quentin Tarantino but directed by David Fincher, out in IMAX November 25 and on Netflix December 23.

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What to know

  • Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth in a standalone sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, set in 1977, eight years after the original.
  • Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay but is not directing — David Fincher takes over, his third straight Netflix film.
  • The film gets a November 25 IMAX release before streaming on Netflix December 23; a companion Tarantino novel, The Adventures of Cliff Booth, arrives December 8.
  • Online reaction mixes anticipation with skepticism about the project as a 'cash-in' and renewed criticism of Pitt and Tarantino's public controversies.

The dispute Whether the project deserves attention as serious Tarantino/Fincher filmmaking or dismissal as a cynical franchise cash-in.

some voices

The sequel looks like a cash-in/spinoff rather than a meaningful Tarantino film.

  • “I mean I suspect Tarantino doesn't want this to be his last movie because it's just a cash-in spinoff star vehicle”

    Polygon commenter · Polygon ↗
some voices

Interest in Tarantino's film-count pledge and in Brad Pitt as a draw has waned.

  • “Imagine giving a shit anymore if Tarantino makes a tenth movie or not. Brad Pitt is hardly a darling either. As much as I liked OUATINH and Fincher, I just don't know if I wanna see this one at all.”

    Polygon commenter · Polygon ↗
some voices

Brad Pitt's personal life controversies color reception of his casting.

  • “I hear that Brad Pitt is accused of some pretty serious misadventures against his wife and kids too.”

    Polygon commenter · Polygon ↗

“I mean I suspect Tarantino doesn't want this to be his last movie because it's just a cash-in spinoff star vehicle”

Polygon commenter, Reader comment · Polygon ↗ · Sep 20

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Netflix drops first trailer for Tarantino-scripted, Fincher-directed 'Cliff Booth' sequel
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  1. 4

    Viewers complain the trailer looks visually murky

    Following the trailer's release, coverage and social reposts highlighted a wave of complaints focused on the trailer's dark, murky visual look.

  2. 3

    Trailer revives Bruce Lee fight controversy

    Coverage noted the trailer references the original film's disputed depiction of Bruce Lee getting beaten by Cliff Booth, an element the Bruce Lee estate had objected to; Tarantino previously defended the scene by calling Lee "kind of an arrogant" guy.

    “kind of an arrogant…”
    — Quentin Tarantino
  3. background

    Fincher directs from Tarantino's script, breaking their pairing — David Fincher directs the film from an original story/screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, marking the first movie Tarantino has written but not directed since 1996's From Dusk Till Dawn; Brad Pitt said Tarantino "didn't want to direct it."

  4. 2

    Tarantino announces companion novel on Cliff Booth

    Alongside the film, Tarantino is publishing a companion novel, The Adventures of Cliff Booth, on December 8, following his 2021 novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

    1. 1 outlet Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in Trailer for David Fincher’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel

      first by Consequence, 2d ago

  5. 1

    Netflix unveils first trailer for Cliff Booth sequel

    Netflix released the first full trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, showing Brad Pitt back as stuntman-turned-fixer Cliff Booth in 1977, ahead of a November 25 IMAX release and December 23 Netflix streaming debut.

    “Netflix has revealed the first trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the upcoming standalone sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    — Consequence
    1. 2 outlets ‘The Further Mis-adventures of Cliff Booth’ trailer: Brad Pitt returns as Tarantino’s stuntman in David Fincher’s Hollywood crime story

      first by The Hindu, 2d ago · also Euronews

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