Netflix dropped the official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth on Sept. 21, 2026, and the questions stacking up are the practical ones: when it hits Imax, when it hits Netflix, who is in it, and what kind of story this actually is.
Short answer: Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning Cliff Booth in a David Fincher film written by Quentin Tarantino, set in 1977. It opens exclusively in Imax on Nov. 25 for two weeks, then streams on Netflix on Dec. 23.
TL;DR
- Netflix Tudum confirmed the trailer drop and the release plan on Sept. 21, 2026: Imax worldwide starting Nov. 25 (two-week exclusive), Netflix Dec. 23.
- Deadline and Variety frame it as a follow-up to Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, with Fincher directing Tarantino’s screenplay.
- Pitt returns as Cliff Booth, now a Hollywood fixer rather than a full-time stuntman. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is not coming back.
- New cast includes Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Peter Weller, and others. Timothy Olyphant reprises James Stacy, per Variety.
- TheWrap notes this is Netflix’s first movie released in Imax theaters worldwide.
What is The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth?
It is a 1977-set crime story built around the stuntman who helped make Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood sing. Netflix Tudum’s official synopsis puts Cliff eight years after the 1969 events of that film. Los Angeles no longer needs a “hippie-slaying stuntman” the same way. Cliff bartends, works as a projectionist, and takes fixer jobs for powerful Hollywood clients.
That is the pitch shift that matters for Discover searchers. This is not a beat-for-beat remake of the 2019 movie. It is Cliff’s next chapter: less fairytale Hollywood, more blackmail, theft, extortion, and studio messes that need someone with “occasionally extralegal” skills.
When does Cliff Booth come out in theaters and on Netflix?
Per Tudum:
- Imax: Nov. 25, 2026, exclusive two-week global theatrical run
- Netflix: Dec. 23, 2026
Deadline and Variety match those dates. TheWrap adds that Netflix originally earmarked Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew for this Imax slot, then moved Narnia to February for a wider theatrical release and put the Fincher/Tarantino film in its place.
If you are searching “Cliff Booth release date,” those two calendar lines are the whole answer. Theatrical first, streaming second, with no day-and-date dump.
Who is in the cast?
Confirmed across Tudum, Deadline, and Variety:
| Actor | Role / note |
|---|---|
| Brad Pitt | Cliff Booth (reprising his Oscar-winning role) |
| Elizabeth Debicki | Talent agent Karen Crosby |
| Scott Caan | TV megastar Charlie Peters |
| Carla Gugino | Toni (Charlie’s wife) |
| Yahya Abdul-Mateen II | Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison (pro football star turned actor) |
| Matt Groove and JB Tadena | The Verdusco brothers (gangsters) |
| Timothy Olyphant | James Stacy (reprising from Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, per Variety) |
| Peter Weller, Corey Fogelmanis, Karren Karagulian, Holt McCallany | Additional cast (roles vary by outlet) |
DiCaprio is not returning as Rick Dalton. Variety quotes a trailer exchange where Debicki’s character asks what ended Cliff’s work doubling Dalton, and Pitt’s Cliff answers that Rick “got too fat for me to double him anymore.” That line is comic, not a spoiler about Dalton’s fate on screen.
Why is David Fincher directing a Tarantino script?
Tarantino wrote the screenplay and originally eyed it as his 10th feature, then stepped back. Variety cites his August 2025 comments on The Church of Tarantino podcast: he loved the script but felt it covered ground he had already walked, and he wants his final film to be “uncharted territory.”
Pitt showed the script to Fincher with Tarantino’s blessing. Netflix was the natural home given Fincher’s exclusive deal there. Tudum lists Fincher regulars on the crew, including cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and editor Kirk Baxter. Pitt and Ceán Chaffin produce; Variety also credits David Heyman and Stacey Sher among the producers, with Tarantino producing as well.
If you came from Bamfuzzle’s Fincher lane after reading the Mindhunter Season 3 explainer, this is the same precision-crime director working inside a Tarantino character universe. For Tarantino DNA itself, Bamfuzzle’s Mia Wallace casting guide is the older Pulp Fiction cluster link, not a Cliff Booth duplicate.
What does the trailer actually show?
Variety’s trailer breakdown opens on Cliff causing chaos at the Beverly Cinema (a theater Tarantino has owned since 2007), then cuts through mud wrestling, murder, and car chases. Tudum’s logline sells the tone in one sentence: “What was once a fairytale is now a crime story.”
Treat trailer imagery as marketing, not a full plot map. The confirmed spine is still the Tudum synopsis: Karen Crosby hires Cliff on behalf of Charlie Peters; Cliff meets Toni, Hot Rod Harrison, and the Verdusco brothers; violence and ambition follow.
How does this fit Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood?
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019) won Pitt the Supporting Actor Oscar and gave Cliff Booth his cultural footprint: WWII special-ops veteran, Dalton’s stunt double and best friend, trailer-park pit bull, Bruce Lee fight rumors, and the Manson-night climax. Deadline recapitulates that setup for readers who only know the meme version of Cliff.
This sequel keeps the character and jumps the timeline to 1977. It does not require DiCaprio’s return to work as a story. That is useful for Discover: searchers asking “is there a Cliff Booth movie” or “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel” get a yes with a different director, a different decade, and a different job description for Cliff.
What we do not know yet
Runtime, full rating, whether any other Once Upon a Time… cast members appear beyond Olyphant, and how closely the finished cut matches the trailer’s set pieces. Bamfuzzle is sticking to Sept. 21 trailer-day confirmations from Tudum, Deadline, Variety, and TheWrap. Unverified leak accounts and invented plot endings stay out.
FAQ
When does The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth come out?
Imax theaters on Nov. 25, 2026 for two weeks, then Netflix on Dec. 23, 2026.
Who directed it?
David Fincher, from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino.
Is Leonardo DiCaprio in it?
No. Variety and Deadline report he is not returning as Rick Dalton.
Is this Netflix’s first Imax movie?
TheWrap reports it is Netflix’s first movie released in Imax theaters around the world.
Is it a sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood?
Yes, in the sense that it continues Cliff Booth’s story in Tarantino’s Hollywood timeline. Fincher directs; Tarantino wrote the script and produces.
Who won an Oscar for Cliff Booth?
Brad Pitt won Best Supporting Actor for the role in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
Sources
- Netflix Tudum, Sept. 21, 2026: trailer announcement; Nov. 25 Imax / Dec. 23 Netflix dates; full synopsis; cast and creative team.
- Deadline, Sept. 21, 2026: trailer; Oscar context; Fincher/Netflix deal framing; key cast.
- Variety, Sept. 21, 2026: trailer scene notes; Olyphant reprise; DiCaprio absence; Tarantino podcast quotes; producer credits.
- TheWrap, Sept. 21, 2026: first Netflix Imax movie claim; Narnia slot swap; plot synopsis alignment.
