The new misadventures of Cliff Booth, the trailer of the film with Brad Pitt

Set in 1977, eight years after the events of the film Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood (2019) by Quentin Tarantino (instead set in 1969), the film The New Misadventures of Cliff Booth marks the return of the protagonist stuntman Cliff Booth, who in a now very different Hollywood has abandoned stunts to become a "problem solver" for the Studios. His curiosity is sparked by a phone call from talent agent Karen Crosby (Elizabeth Debicki), who contacts him on behalf of her client Charlie Peters (Scott Caan), a TV star famous for performing his own stunts. Cliff's interest grows as he gets to know the other people around him, from his wife Toni (Carla Gugino), to former football star turned movie star Roderick "Hot Rod" Harrison (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II), to the gangster brothers Verdusco (Matt Groove and JB Tadena) who wreak havoc on the city, in a web of murder, blackmail, theft and extortion in Los Angeles. The cast also includes Peter Weller, Holt McCallany and Timothy Olyphant as James Stacy. The producers are Ceán Chaffin and Brad Pitt. Erik Messerschmidt is the director of photography.

In an interview given in 2025 to the podcast The Church of Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino explained the reason why he would not direct the sequel to the film Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood. The director in fact intends to retire after making 10 films. Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood is the ninth of his career. “I love this script, but I'm still going down the same road I've been down,” he said. "It demoralized me a little. For this last film, I have to not know what I'm doing. I have to be in uncharted territory." However, "I believe that David Fincher and I are the two best directors. So, the fact that David Fincher actually wants to adapt my work, to me, shows a level of seriousness towards my work that I think should be taken into consideration." In an interview with Empire magazine, the director also revealed that "[Brad Pitt] was the one I felt I really let down by not taking the role. I felt guilty about that." The actor, who in 2020 won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Hollywood stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was in fact eager to continue the character's story.