David Fincher to Direct Brad Pitt in Tarantino-Scripted Cliff Booth Movie for Netflix
As unlikely as it sounds, a spinoff of Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” focused on Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth, is in the works courtesy of David Fincher and Netflix. And no, this isn’t an April Fool’s Day prank.
Fincher will direct from an original script by Tarantino, with Netflix footing the bill and subsequently getting exclusive rights to the project. This would be the first Tarantino-related project ever to get a streaming-first release, something possible only because he isn’t directing it himself — and because of Fincher’s first-look deal with Netflix.
According to The Playlist, which first reported the news, Tarantino’s script grew out of “The Movie Critic,” Tarantino’s abandoned ‘final film’ in which Pitt would have reprised his Oscar-winning role — presumably opposite some other acting legend playing the title character.
Per The Playlist, it was Tarantino who reached out to Fincher about taking over the project, though according to Deadline it was actually Pitt who, with Tarantino’s blessing, brought to his “Seven” and “Fight Club” director. Either way, whatever “The Movie Critic” would have been, the script Fincher is working with is apparently a different story altogether.
Speaking of, details about the story are of course not public, so it’s not known if the film takes place before or after the events of “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” which is set in 1969, or if it would even follow the same continuity. OUATIH ends of course with Booth and his friend actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) violently foiling the Manson Family before they could murder Sharon Tate.
More to come…
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