Brad Pitt to Star in Sequel to Acclaimed Quentin Tarantino Film—But There's a Catch
Quentin Tarantino is getting the band back together… sort of.
Six years after the release of Tarantino’s critically acclaimed Hollywood period drama Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Variety has confirmed that the movie is getting a sequel. But the details of how it’s all coming together are rather unique.
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While the specifics are being kept pretty quiet at this time, what we do know is that Brad Pitt will reprise his part as stuntman Cliff Booth—a role that won him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2020. We also know that Tarantino will pen the script. But this is where things get interesting…
Rather than direct the film himself, Tarantino has handed off helming duties to three-time Oscar nominee David Fincher. Clearly, the project is in good hands, particularly considering that Pitt and Fincher have been close collaborators for 30 years.
Fincher and Pitt first worked together on 1995’s Se7en, which they followed up with Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club in 1999. Nearly a decade later, the director and actor reunited for 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the movie that earned Pitt his first Best Actor Oscar nod.
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood grossed just under $380 million worldwide on a $90 million budget, making it Tarantino’s second-highest-grossing movie after Django Unchained, which earned just north of $425 million. Even with those impressive box office stats, the follow-up movie is going straight to Netflix, where Fincher has a first-look deal.
The movie could be a version of The Movie Critic, the project Tarantino initially announced would be his final project, then decided against making. Plans were already underway for Pitt to star and play some version of his role as Cliff Booth, who is a noted film buff in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. No mention of any other cast members joining the sequel have been mentioned, but it’s still early.