Quentin Tarantino gave an AFI Fest audience an unexpected first look at the Cliff Booth sequel on October 23, screening the first 17 minutes of The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre. The surprise came at the end of a screening of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and a question and answer session with Tarantino.
According to Deadline, Tarantino closed the session by telling the crowd he could talk about the sequel or show them its opening minutes. He showed them. The footage has not been released to the public.
Tarantino wrote the film and David Fincher directed it. Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth, the role that won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 2019 original.
The footage opens in June 1977, eight years after the first film. Cliff has left stunt work behind, according to TheWrap’s eyewitness account, and now manages the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, the theatre Tarantino owns. When he is not running the cinema, Cliff works as a Hollywood fixer, solving problems for people in the industry.
The opening scenes include Peter Weller as Cliff’s father, who owns a pawn shop, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II appearing in a film playing at the cinema. The footage also shows Cliff buying stolen goods, among them a Best Director Oscar. The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan and Carla Gugino.
According to Deadline, the film reaches IMAX theatres on November 25, with its Netflix debut set for December 23.
Source: TheWrap
