Timothy Olyphant teases how The Adventures of Cliff Booth mixes Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher’s styles.
Seven years ago, Tarantino directed his ninth movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The story follows a washed-up actor, Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), and stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), navigating a changed Hollywood industry in 1969 and an alternative version of the Tate murders.
After becoming a commercial and critical hit, the drama earned ten Academy Award nominations and won two, including Best Supporting Actor for Pitt. Now, the actor will reprise the Oscar-winning role, but this time as the lead of his own movie, The Adventures of Cliff Booth.
The only other star returning for the Netflix sequel is Olyphant, who portrayed the real-life actor James Stacy, known for Lancer. Meanwhile, while Tarantino wrote the script, the film will instead be helmed by Gone Girl and Se7en director David Fincher. As a result, Olyphant teased Comicbook.com about how the upcoming standalone sequel balanced both filmmakers’ styles.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth star revealed that the Netflix sequel is a “cool mix,” elaborating that it’s still “a Quentin movie through and through,” especially with the dialogue. On the other hand, Fincher “puts such a stamp on it, the look of it, the feel of it, the music… it’s so clearly a Fincher film.” He concluded saying that “those two things sort of bouncing off each other at once? It’s pretty cool.“
Despite Tarantino writing the script, the acclaimed filmmaker opted not to direct it as his final movie. He has imposed a plan to retire after helming ten movies, so that he leaves the industry on a good note rather than seeing his projects decline in quality over time.
Last August, Tarantino explained to The Hollywood Reporter why Fincher took over, saying, “I love this script, but I’m still walking down the same ground I’ve already walked. It just kind of unenthused me. This last movie, I’ve got to not know what I’m doing again. I’ve got to be in uncharted territory.”
“Well, the cool thing about the experience, and some of the stuff I’ve seen, is that both those things are very alive at the same time, and it’s such a cool mix. It is a Quentin movie through and through. You hear that dialogue, it’s like hearing a great [Rolling] Stones song, you know, it’s the Stones and like, you know that’s Keith Richards’ two chords.”
“And so it has that. But then the Fincher brings this… He puts such a stamp on it, the look of it, the feel of it, the music… It’s so clearly a Fincher film. And so to see those two things sort of bouncing off each other at once? It’s pretty cool.”
While Tarantino’s filmmaking is characterized by stylized violence, extensive dialogue, pop culture references, and nonlinear storytelling, Fincher’s direction is more meticulous in technical detail, visually precise, aesthetically dark, and rhythmically paced. His movies also tend to have cool, thematic, and calculated storytelling, as evident in Gone Girl and The Social Network.
Pitt suggested Fincher after they previously collaborated on three projects, including 1995’s Seven and 1999’s Fight Club. The remaining cast includes Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Peter Weller, JB Tadena, Corey Fogelmanis, and Holt McCallany, who reunites with Fincher after Netflix’s Mindhunter. Pitt and Olyphant are the only stars to return, while DiCaprio declined to do a cameo.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth takes place eight years after the events of the original movie. The titular protagonist has since retired from stunt work and has now become a Hollywood fixer, whose past will also be explored.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth will be released exclusively in IMAX on November 25, 2026. It will then land on Netflix a month later, on December 23, 2026.
Cast
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Timothy Olyphant
Jim Stacy
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Barry Livingston
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