The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth Trailer 2: Brad Pitt Returns in 1977

Some movie announcements make you sit up. Others make you clear your calendar. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth does both. On 6 November 2026, Netflix released the second official trailer, and it finally tells us what Brad Pitt’s stuntman is doing in 1977 Los Angeles — and who he is doing it for. The first trailer, released in September, was mostly mood and mystery. Trailer 2 is the real deal: a story, a job, a dangerous client, and a Hollywood that looks a lot meaner than the one Cliff left behind in 1969.

Here is why it is one of the biggest movie events of the year: it is directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, and it brings back the character who won Brad Pitt his first acting Oscar. It opens in IMAX cinemas on 25 November 2026 for an exclusive two-week run before arriving on Netflix on 23 December 2026 — Netflix’s first ever IMAX movie, and one whose box office grosses the streamer has said it will actually report. Below is everything Trailer 2 reveals, who is in the cast, how the film connects to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and what is still unknown.

Cliff Booth at a Glance

What the Second Trailer Reveals

The new trailer opens on a Cliff Booth who is down on his luck. Eight years after Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, his partnership with fading star Rick Dalton has ended — “He got too fat,” Cliff says, in a line that is pure Tarantino. With no star to double for, Cliff is scraping by behind a bar and in a projection booth, a long way from the stunt lots of 1969.

Then the job arrives. An agent, played by Elizabeth Debicki, summons Cliff on behalf of television star Charlie Peters, played by Scott Caan. Peters does his own stunts, which is exactly why he needs a man like Cliff — and the job Peters has in mind is very different from anything on a film set. The trailer shows Cliff pulled into a world of blackmail, extortion and organised crime, working for Hollywood’s wealthy and powerful. The official description from Netflix puts it simply: “It’s 1977, eight years since Cliff Booth encountered the Manson family in Quentin Tarantino’s parallel history of 1969. In The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the fairytale is over.”

That last line is the key to the whole film. The first movie was, by Tarantino’s own design, a fairy tale — a sun-drenched Hollywood that never quite existed, saved at the last minute by a stuntman with a flamethrower. This sequel is the morning after: a seedier, more cynical 1977, where Cliff is no longer the hero of a fairy tale but a fixer for hire, working for people you do not want to disappoint.

The Story So Far — 1977, Eight Years After Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

To understand why Trailer 2 lands the way it does, you need to remember where Cliff Booth was left. In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), set in 1969, Cliff was the loyal stunt double and best friend of Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a television western star whose career was fading. Over the course of the film, Cliff visited the Spahn Ranch, faced down the Manson Family, and — in Tarantino’s famous alternate history — helped stop the murders on Cielo Drive.

Brad Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role, and the film earned ten Oscar nominations and grossed more than $377 million worldwide.

The sequel picks up eight years later, and almost everything has changed. The partnership with Dalton is over, the studio system is weaker, television is bigger, and the money has moved to people Cliff would once have kept at arm’s length. The trailer suggests a sunbaked crime thriller rather than a Hollywood fairy tale, with Fincher’s cool, precise eye replacing Tarantino’s warm nostalgia — the same character and the same writer, but a different director and a darker decade.

Who’s Who in the Cast

Beyond Brad Pitt, the cast is a mix of established names and rising talent — and Trailer 2 gives us our first proper look at several of them:

Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth. The Oscar-winning role returns. Pitt is also a producer on the film, and by all accounts he is the reason it exists: it was Pitt who approached Fincher about directing Tarantino’s script.

Elizabeth Debicki as the agent. She brings Cliff the job, and she is the trailer’s most intriguing new presence — polished, controlled, and clearly used to getting what she wants from men like Cliff.

Scott Caan as Charlie Peters. Peters is the television star at the centre of the story, a man who does his own stunts and needs Cliff for something far more dangerous than a fight scene. Caan, best known for Hawaii Five-0, is a strong fit for a character charming on screen and trouble off it.

Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Peter Weller. Three more big names round out the main cast, though the trailer keeps their roles largely under wraps. Abdul-Mateen II, fresh off a run of major franchise roles, and Weller, a veteran of exactly the kind of tough 1970s cinema this film is channelling, both look like they belong in this world.

Corey Fogelmanis, JB Tadena, Karren Karagulian and Matt Groove fill out the supporting cast. One name that has not been announced is Leonardo DiCaprio. Nothing in the trailer or in any official material confirms that Rick Dalton returns, and fans should treat his appearance as unconfirmed for now. The trailer’s joke about Dalton getting “too fat” is the closest thing to a mention he gets — and it reads more like a fond goodbye than a setup for a comeback.

Fincher, Tarantino and Pitt — A Dream Team With History

The most remarkable thing about Cliff Booth is the combination of names on it. David Fincher directing a Quentin Tarantino script, starring Brad Pitt, is the kind of lineup that would have sounded like a fan’s fantasy a few years ago. Each of the three has a long history with the others.

For Pitt and Fincher, this is their fourth film together, after Seven (1995), Fight Club (1999) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008). Nobody knows how to photograph Brad Pitt quite like Fincher does. For Tarantino and Pitt, this is their third collaboration, after Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — and Cliff Booth is arguably the best character Tarantino has ever written for Pitt.

The twist is that Tarantino wrote the script but chose not to direct it. According to reports, it was Pitt who took the script to Fincher, and Fincher — famous for endless takes and a precise, controlled style that is the opposite of Tarantino’s freewheeling improvisation — said yes. That tension is what makes the film so fascinating: Tarantino’s loose, talky, sunlit Hollywood filtered through Fincher’s colder, more exacting eye. Judging by Trailer 2, the result is a Tarantino story told in a Fincher voice — and that may be the most interesting thing to happen to either filmmaker in years.

The score is another sign of how seriously this is being taken: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Fincher’s regular collaborators, whose work on The Social Network, Gone Girl and The Killer defined the sound of modern Fincher. Their music in the trailer is low, tense and pulsing — a long way from the 1960s pop of the first film, and a good match for a harder decade.

The IMAX Gamble — Why Netflix Is Putting Cliff Booth in Cinemas First

The release plan for Cliff Booth is almost as interesting as the film itself. Netflix will open the movie exclusively in IMAX cinemas worldwide on 25 November 2026, for a two-week run, before it arrives on the streaming service on 23 December. Tickets are already on sale through the film’s official site, cliffboothfilm.com.

This is Netflix’s first ever IMAX movie, and the company is treating it like a real theatrical event. According to reports, Netflix will actually report the film’s box office grosses — something it almost never does. The two-week IMAX window covers the Thanksgiving weekend in the United States, one of the biggest moviegoing weekends of the year, and the Christmas streaming date is timed to catch the holiday audience at home.

Watch the Official Trailer 2

Netflix released the second official trailer on 6 November 2026. Watch it here:

What to Remember Before You Watch

Planning to watch Cliff Booth in IMAX on 25 November? A rewatch of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the best preparation. Here is the short version:

Who Cliff is: a stuntman, a war veteran, and Rick Dalton’s best friend — loyal, unflappable, and far more dangerous than he looks. The film never quite resolves the question of whether Cliff killed his wife, and it is better if you do not go in expecting an answer.

What happened in 1969: in Tarantino’s alternate history, the Manson Family’s attack on Cielo Drive is stopped by Cliff and Rick, and Sharon Tate survives. That ending is the fairy tale the sequel says is over — the new film is less interested in saving Hollywood than in showing what it became.

What We Still Don’t Know

For all that Trailer 2 reveals, plenty is still unconfirmed. No official runtime or age rating has been announced. The full plot — who exactly Cliff is working for, what the job really is, and how far into the criminal underworld it goes — is still being kept back, and the trailer shows confrontations without showing outcomes. Whether Leonardo DiCaprio returns as Rick Dalton remains unannounced, and the smart money says not to expect him. Netflix has said nothing about awards plans beyond the IMAX run and the Christmas streaming date.

What is certain is the date. 25 November 2026 in IMAX, 23 December 2026 on Netflix. For a character who has been waiting eight years — in the story, and seven years in real life — that is not long to wait at all.

FAQs

When does The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth come out?
It opens exclusively in IMAX cinemas worldwide on 25 November 2026 for a two-week run, and arrives on Netflix on 23 December 2026.

Where can I watch Cliff Booth — is it on Netflix?
Yes, but not first. It plays only in IMAX cinemas from 25 November 2026, then streams on Netflix from 23 December 2026. IMAX tickets are on sale now at cliffboothfilm.com.

Is Cliff Booth a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Yes. It is a direct follow-up set in 1977, eight years after the 1969 events of Tarantino’s 2019 film, with Brad Pitt returning as stuntman Cliff Booth.

Who directed Cliff Booth, David Fincher or Quentin Tarantino?
David Fincher directed it from a screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino. It is the fourth Pitt–Fincher collaboration, after Seven, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Will Leonardo DiCaprio return as Rick Dalton in Cliff Booth?
His return has not been announced. Nothing in the trailers or official material confirms DiCaprio’s involvement, and the film is presented as Cliff Booth’s story alone.

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