Brad Pitt is back as Cliff Booth in Netflix’s The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, and the newly released trailer opens a very different chapter for the character. Set in 1977, eight years after Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, the film is written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by David Fincher. It will first arrive in IMAX theatres on November 25, 2026, for an exclusive two-week run before streaming on Netflix from December 23.
The project immediately stands out because Tarantino is handing his screenplay to Fincher rather than directing it himself. This marks the first major collaboration between the two filmmakers, bringing Tarantino’s continuation of Cliff Booth’s story together with Fincher’s filmmaking approach. At the same time, the movie reunites Fincher with Brad Pitt, following their work on Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
The trailer shows that Cliff’s life has changed considerably since audiences last saw him. In 1969, he was Rick Dalton’s stunt double and dependable companion. By 1977, he is working as a studio fixer, taking on difficult jobs around Hollywood while remaining connected to the industry he once navigated from behind the scenes. The new setting also gives the story a different era to explore, with Cliff moving through a Hollywood shaped by changing careers, ambitions and relationships.
The trailer introduces Elizabeth Debicki as Cliff’s connection to a new assignment and Scott Caan as television star Charlie Peters. Carla Gugino appears as Peters’ wife, while Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays former football star Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison. Their characters pull Cliff into a situation involving Hollywood fame, personal trouble and criminal danger. The returning world of Tarantino’s 2019 film is therefore still recognisable, but the story is expanding beyond the relationship between Cliff and Rick Dalton.
The scale is another striking part of the project. The production has been reported at around $200 million, a figure Quentin Tarantino previously described as being in the region of $200 million. That makes the film an unusually large production for a Netflix release and adds weight to its decision to receive an IMAX theatrical window before moving to streaming.
Netflix is also treating the film differently from a standard streaming-first release. The two-week IMAX engagement gives audiences an opportunity to see Fincher’s latest feature on a large-format screen before its worldwide Netflix debut on December 23. The strategy places a major theatrical experience ahead of its streaming life without separating the film from Netflix’s platform.
The creative lineup extends to the music as well. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross are credited as composers, adding another notable filmmaking partnership to a production already connecting Tarantino, Fincher and Pitt. Behind the camera, Fincher is also working with cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and editor Kirk Baxter, longtime collaborators from his filmmaking circle.
The preview also keeps a thread connected to Cliff’s earlier reputation. His history as a stuntman, his unusual toughness and his association with Rick Dalton remain part of the character’s identity, even as his work takes him into less familiar territory. Timothy Olyphant is also returning as James Stacy, another link to the original film. Rather than simply repeating the 1969 story, the sequel uses the passage of time to show how Cliff has adapted to a Hollywood that has moved on around him.
With its 1977 setting, a transformed Cliff Booth and a new creative combination behind the camera, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is moving the character into unfamiliar territory while keeping his Hollywood roots intact. The trailer makes clear that this is not simply a return to the past, but a new chapter built from a familiar character and a changing version of Hollywood.
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