Overview
- Netflix released a second red-band trailer on Friday that shows Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth reimagined in 1977 as a Hollywood fixer drawn into crime, blackmail, and organized-gangster elements.
- Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay but chose not to direct the sequel and said he felt he had let Brad Pitt down by stepping aside; Pitt urged David Fincher to read the script and Fincher spent about a year-and-a-half reshaping it.
- The film is directed by David Fincher, stars Brad Pitt with Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino and Peter Weller, and features key collaborators including cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt and composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
- Netflix has scheduled an exclusive two-week IMAX engagement beginning November 25, 2026 followed by a global Netflix streaming debut in late December, a plan that led major chains such as Cinemark and Regal to decline IMAX bookings while AMC and independents will screen the film.
- The creative handoff and the short IMAX-first theatrical window signal a tonal shift from the original and could heighten tension between exhibitors and streamers, with the IMAX run likely to be watched closely for box-office reporting and industry reaction.