Quentin Tarantino and David Fincher Unite: Surprise Super Bowl Teaser Reveals 'The Adventures of Cliff Booth'
A one-minute Super Bowl teaser aired on February 8, 2026, announcing The Adventures of Cliff Booth, written by quentin tarantino and directed by David Fincher, with Brad Pitt reprising the title role. The unexpected collaboration and the brief first look matter because they pair a high-profile writer with a separate director, return a celebrated character to the screen, and place the project under a major streaming platform while leaving key details unresolved.
Quentin Tarantino has written the script; he steps back from directing
The project credits quentin tarantino as the screenwriter while David Fincher takes the director’s chair. The announcement frames this as the first time the two filmmakers have joined forces. The context states Tarantino wrote the script and stepped back from directing duties.
David Fincher directs; Super Bowl teaser delivered first images
David Fincher is listed as director. The teaser, which ran during the Super Bowl on February 8, 2026, gives a one-minute glimpse: Cliff Booth is shown hanging at a bar, walking behind the scenes of a film set, and behind the wheel of a derby car on a dirt race track. In the footage, Brad Pitt appears in period costume with a weathered, scarred look and is seen performing dangerous stunts himself. The cinematography in the teaser is described as showing stark lighting and meticulous framing that signal Fincher’s visual fingerprint, and the tone mixes gritty action with dark humor. Early reactions called the teaser "shocking" and "stunning. "
Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth; ensemble cast named
Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role as Cliff Booth. The cast named in the provided context includes Timothy Olyphant, Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. The new film is described as a period comedy-drama set in a different era of Hollywood, with Pitt’s Cliff Booth evolving from sidekick to protagonist and reinventing himself as a "fixer" for hire. The role is framed as showcasing vulnerability and toughness as the character expands into a lead part.
How the spinoff connects to Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
The Adventures of Cliff Booth is tied to the earlier film by character and chronology. One detail states the film follows Cliff Booth eight years after the events of the 2019 film Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood. Another part of the context describes the spinoff as a prequel that explores decades of Cliff’s earlier adventures before the events of the original film; the timeline between these descriptions is unclear in the provided context. The earlier film’s ending is described as having Booth and his principal performer Rick Dalton revise history by killing the Manson family murderers on the night that they would have killed Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Steven Parent in 1969. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is not expected to return in the spinoff, while Cliff Booth is back in action.
