Overview
- David Fincher told Empire on Tuesday that Quentin Tarantino’s first draft ran about 230 pages and he removed roughly 60 pages to shape a film that runs about 140 minutes.
- Quentin Tarantino wrote the screenplay but handed directing duties to Fincher, who focused the material on a tighter story around Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth.
- Tarantino frames the script as having an Elmore Leonard–style crime paperback tone rather than the loose “hangout” feel of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
- Netflix has rolled out promotional images and a trailer and announced an exclusive two‑week global IMAX engagement starting November 25, followed by a Netflix debut on December 23; Tarantino is also releasing a companion Cliff Booth novel.
- The pairing of Fincher and Tarantino with Brad Pitt reconnects major creative voices from the 2019 film and signals a promotional push designed to give a streaming original theatrical visibility while changing audience expectations for the sequel.