Brad Pitt’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Movie Finally Gets an Official Title From Netflix

David Fincher directs the $200 million follow-up to ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ reuniting him with Pitt for the first time since 2008.

Brad Pitt‘s return as Cliff Booth finally has a name. Netflix announced Wednesday that David Fincher‘s feature follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is officially titled The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth. The film gets a two-week IMAX run globally starting November 25, before it begins streaming December 23.

Quentin Tarantino wrote the script. Pitt reprises his role as stunt double Cliff Booth from the 2019 Sony Pictures hit that Tarantino also wrote and directed, with Leonardo DiCaprio starring alongside him as Western icon Rick Dalton.

The new film carries a reported $200 million budget, making it the most expensive film either Tarantino or Fincher has ever been attached to.

A Reunion 17 Years In The Making

Fincher directing from Tarantino’s script marks the first time Pitt and Fincher have worked together since 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The two have a long history together beyond that, having also made Seven in 1995 and Fight Club in 1999.

Tarantino has said he chose not to direct the follow-up himself because he didn’t want a sequel to be his final film as a director. “I love this script, but I’m still walking down the same ground I’ve already walked,” he said on the Church of Tarantino podcast last year. “It just kind of unenthused me.” Pitt approached Fincher directly once Tarantino gave his blessing to hand off the project.

The film reassembles much of Fincher’s regular creative team. Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt, an Oscar winner for Mank, shoots the film. Kirk Baxter edits, Donald Graham Burt handles production design, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross compose the score, all frequent Fincher collaborators.

A Wider Cast, And A Story Set In A Changed Hollywood

The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Peter Weller, Holt McCallany, Timothy Olyphant, Matt Groove, JB Tadena, Corey Fogelmanis, and Karren Karagulian. Pitt produces alongside Ceán Chaffin, David Heyman, Stacey Sher, and Tarantino himself.

The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is set in 1977, eight years after the events of the first film, and follows Booth coming to terms with a very different Hollywood. Netflix aired a brief teaser during this year’s Super Bowl in February.

“I don’t possess many talents, but I know better than to get in the way of a good story,”

Pitt’s character says in the footage.

Why This One Is Actually Getting An IMAX Release

The theatrical window wasn’t originally a given for a Netflix film. The studio had planned Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew for its Thanksgiving IMAX slot, but that film recently moved to February 2027, opening up the exact window Fincher’s film is now filling.

There had also been chatter about a possible Venice Film Festival premiere, though this release date makes that considerably less likely given how far November sits from the fall festival calendar.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was a major success on its own, grossing $377 million worldwide and earning 10 Oscar nominations, winning two: Best Supporting Actor for Pitt, his first acting win, and Best Production Design.

The film remains highly regarded, and it helped launch the film careers of supporting players including Mikey Madison, Austin Butler, Sydney Sweeney, and Margaret Qualley.

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