Eight years may have passed, but Cliff Booth hasn’t entirely lost his signature swagger. A familiar pose in the latest trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth recalls the effortless confidence that made Brad Pitt’s character memorable in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Yet there’s something different about him now. Older, more weathered and operating in a Hollywood that has moved on, Cliff appears to be carrying more of life’s mileage than before.
Eight Years Later, Cliff Booth Has a New Job
Set in 1977, the new film picks up eight years after the events of Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film. Cliff is no longer working as a stuntman alongside Hollywood actor Rick Dalton. Instead, he earns his living as a bartender, projectionist and occasional studio fixer, using his unusual abilities to resolve Hollywood’s problems.
The latest trailer introduces a new complication when talent agent Karen Crosby (Elizabeth Debicki) approaches him on behalf of television star Charlie Peters (Scott Caan). What follows draws Cliff into a world of Hollywood ambition, secrets and criminal trouble.
A Familiar Face in a Different Los Angeles
The recreated pose offers an interesting visual callback to the original film. While the familiar swagger remains, Pitt’s older-looking Cliff suggests a character shaped by the years between the two stories. It is an interpretation rather than a confirmed statement about his emotional journey, but one that adds another layer to the return.
Director David Fincher has described the film as an LA story rather than simply a Hollywood or movie-industry story. Written by Tarantino, it shifts the focus towards a grittier, changing city.
Tarantino’s Character Meets Fincher’s Vision
Fincher directs from Tarantino’s screenplay, bringing together two celebrated filmmakers for a new chapter in Cliff Booth’s story. Pitt returns alongside Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Peter Weller, with Timothy Olyphant also reprising his role as James Stacy.
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth arrives in IMAX theatres on November 25, followed by its Netflix premiere on December 23, 2026.