New images from The Adventures of Cliff Booth have surfaced online, giving audiences their clearest look yet at Quentin Tarantino’s next big project. The film acts as a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood but this time, Tarantino only writes and produces. David Fincher takes over directing duties for the first time in their careers together, marking a rare collaboration between two of Hollywood’s most stylized filmmakers. Seven years have passed since the first film, and this follow-up arrives with a new tone and a fresh creative team behind the camera.
The Adventures of Cliff Booth - Super Bowl Teaser Trailer
The 2026 Super Bowl surprised viewers in February when a teaser for The Adventures of Cliff Booth appeared on-screen. Netflix, however, never posted the footage online afterward, leaving fans to rely on secondhand descriptions. That changed this week when The Fincher Analyst released a gallery of screenshots from the teaser. The stills show Brad Pitt stepping back into his Oscar-winning role as the mysterious stuntman Cliff Booth. This time Booth works as a “Hollywood fixer” in the late 1970s, a shift that seems to pull him into murkier moral territory.
The ensemble cast includes Timothy Olyphant reprising his part as James Stacy, alongside newcomers Scott Caan, Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, and Peter Weller. Notably missing is Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed fading actor Rick Dalton in the original film. DiCaprio confirmed back in December that he decided to sit this one out after months of speculation about whether he might return. His absence signals a full handoff of the story’s spotlight to Pitt’s character.
Instead of the nostalgic glow that defined Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the sequel leans into a darker, neon-soaked neo-noir tone. Pitt’s mustachioed fixer moves through a Los Angeles clouded by corruption, secrets, and shifting cultural power. Some images even feature animated doodles used to blur profanity, nudity, or violence. The gag highlights censorship in a tongue-in-cheek way, though insiders expect the movie to carry the same hard R rating as its predecessor.
The teaser opens on Debicki’s character asking Cliff, “So, you helped Rick subdue those hippie intruders, huh?” He answers with his usual calm confidence: “I don’t possess many talents, but I know better than getting in the way of a good story.” That story appears much bigger this time. Netflix is reportedly planning a wide theatrical release before streaming begins, a strategy meant to give Fincher’s visuals the kind of cinematic scope audiences rarely get from modern streaming films. With both prestige talent and bold creative risks, The Adventures of Cliff Booth looks ready to test Hollywood’s comfort zone for sequels again.
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