Overview

• Netflix acquired Quentin Tarantino’s screenplay for over $20 million, turning the unused script into one of its biggest original film bets.
• David Fincher accepted the director’s chair at Brad Pitt’s urging, continuing the story of Cliff Booth in a later period of his life.
• Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role as stuntman Cliff Booth, anchoring what insiders describe as a strictly Cliff-driven sequel.
• Scott Caan reunites with Pitt from the Ocean’s Eleven trilogy and Elizabeth Debicki joins in an undisclosed part among two key female roles.
• Filming is slated to begin in California in July 2025 under a reported $200 million production budget.