The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth remains one of the most surprising and unexpected films of 2026. I didn’t expect a Brad Pitt-led sequel to Once Upon A Time In Hollywood , and certainly not one directed by David Fincher.

I suppose it makes sense. Fincher worked with Pitt on both Seven and Fight Club , and with a script by Tarantino it should be an interesting blend of the two director’s styles. Darker and less saturated than Tarantino’s typical color pallette, with all of Fincher and cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt’s dark and moody cinematography on display (though perhaps they could brighten it just a tad). Hopefully we still get plenty trademark Tarantino dialogue, even though this looks like a very, very different film than the original.

The trailer looks zany enough, certainly, and more action-packed than the original film. The story picks up eight years after the events of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood and Cliff Booth’s ultra-violent encounter with the Manson Family. Now he works odd jobs: Bartender, projectionist, and fixer for Hollywood’s rich and powerful. His stuntman days are over. Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) “got too fat” for Booth to double for him anymore, which is hilarious.

Enter talent agent Karen Crosby (Elizabeth Debicki), who seeks out Booth on behalf of her client, TV megastar Charlie Peters (Scott Caan) an actor known for performing all of his own stunts. Soon, Booth is thrust into a world of crime and violence on the mean streets of 1977 Los Angeles. Here’s the trailer, replete with some Led Zeppelin to get the vibe just right:

The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, Matt Groove and JB Tadena.

The movie comes to IMAX theaters for a two-week run starting November 25, making its debut on Netflix two days before Christmas. While I’m excited for this film, the fact that it’s only releasing on IMAX is a pretty massive disappointment, especially for those of us who have to drive over two hours to even get to an IMAX theater. The last time a Fincher movie actually came to theaters was Gone Girl in 2014. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was released in 2019. This probably could have had a really strong theatrical run on multiple screen formats, especially if it had been given a full month before coming to Netflix. But I suppose it’s better than just going direct to streaming.

Here’s the official description for the film:

Murder, blackmail, theft, extortion — just another summer in Hollywood. It’s 1977, eight years since Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) encountered the Manson family in Quentin Tarantino’s parallel history of 1969, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. In THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH, directed by Fincher from a new script by Tarantino, the fairytale is over. Los Angeles no longer needs a hippie-slaying stuntman the way it did. But Hollywood will always have problems, problems that can only be solved by someone with Cliff’s unique (occasionally extralegal) abilities. When he’s not earning his keep bartending or as a projectionist, Cliff Booth is a fixer — solving situations for Hollywood’s greats and, sometimes, its not so good.

He’s curious when he gets a call from talent agent Karen Crosby (Elizabeth Debicki), on behalf of her client, TV megastar Charlie Peters (Scott Caan) — a man known for doing his own stunts. And he’s further entertained and intrigued when he meets other characters in Charlie’s world, from his knowing wife Toni (Carla Gugino) to pro football champion turned screen star Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II). Then there are the Verdusco brothers (Matt Groove and JB Tadena), mysterious gangsters causing mayhem across the city. What was once a fairytale is now a crime story — a cocktail of violence, ambition, and desire that could only happen in LA.

What do you think? Looking forward to this one? Will you go see it on an IMAX screen? Let me know on Twitter , Instagram , or Facebook .