Cliff Booth Trailer: Brad Pitt Returns in Fincher Netflix Sequel

Netflix released the official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth on Monday, September 21. The Cliff Booth trailer offers the first extended footage of Brad Pitt returning to the role that won him the Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2020. The film is directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino and picks up in 1977, eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It opens exclusively in IMAX theaters on November 25 for a two-week run before streaming on Netflix on December 23.

According to the official synopsis, Booth is finished with stunt work. He pours drinks as a bartender and runs a projector, and on the side he takes fixer jobs for people in the industry. The trouble starts with a phone call from talent agent Karen Crosby, played by Elizabeth Debicki, whose client, TV star Charlie Peters, played by Scott Caan, needs someone experienced with dangerous situations. Peters is known for doing his own stunts.

What the trailer shows

The trailer opens with a character recounting the fight between Booth and Bruce Lee from the first film. From there it cuts between neon-lit Los Angeles streets and darker corners of the business, with bar fights, a blackmail plot and stolen goods flashing by. In one shot, Booth hides what appears to be a dead body in the trunk of his car. The Cliff Booth trailer closes with a joke at Leonardo DiCaprio's expense, as Booth explains he no longer doubles for Rick Dalton because, in his words, "Rick got too fat for me to double him anymore." DiCaprio does not appear in the sequel. Instead, the trailer shows Timothy Olyphant stepping back into the role of TV star James Stacy, as reported by MovieWeb.

The ensemble around Booth includes Carla Gugino as Toni, Charlie Peters's wife, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Roderick "Hot Rod" Harrison, a pro football player turned actor. Matt Groove and JB Tadena play the Verdusco brothers, described in the official synopsis as mysterious gangsters causing mayhem across the city. The cast also includes Peter Weller, Holt McCallany and Corey Fogelmanis, according to People.

A big-screen bet for Netflix

The two-week IMAX run is an unusual commitment for a streaming company. TheWrap reports that this will be the first Netflix film released in IMAX theaters around the world. The slot had originally been earmarked for Greta Gerwig's Narnia adaptation, but Netflix pushed that film to February for a full wide release and gave the slot to Fincher and Tarantino instead. The Christmas week streaming date of December 23 lands in the middle of the holidays, and Tarantino's novelization is scheduled to arrive in bookstores on December 8, according to coverage of the announcement.

The film is the fourth collaboration between Fincher and Pitt, following Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. For Tarantino, who wrote the script, the project is a rare handoff: a character he created, now directed by someone else. A brief teaser aired during the Super Bowl earlier this year but was never posted online, so Monday's Cliff Booth trailer is the first footage most viewers have seen, as reported by TheWrap.

The tone is darker than the original. The first film played as a sunlit fairy tale about Hollywood in transition. This one is being positioned as a crime story, which the official synopsis describes as a mix of violence, ambition and desire that could only happen in Los Angeles. Booth works largely alone this time, with no Rick Dalton around, and the trailer keeps him front and center through every sequence.

The trailer leans on a classic needle drop, with Led Zeppelin's 1971 track "Black Dog" driving the audio, according to Particle's coverage of the announcement. The IMAX release means audiences will see Fincher's shadow-drenched take on 1970s Los Angeles on the largest screens available before it lands on Netflix for the holidays.

The full trailer is available now on Netflix's official channels, with the film set for its IMAX opening on November 25. Readers can also catch up on our recent coverage of the Netflix AI documentary, YouTube's new Get Feedback tool and the 2026 Emmys winners.