The Adventures of Cliff Booth: Brad Pitt and David Fincher Team Up for Tarantino Sequel — Getting IMAX Release This Thanksgiving

The Adventures of Cliff Booth: Brad Pitt and David Fincher Team Up for Tarantino Sequel — Getting IMAX Release This Thanksgiving

Cliff Booth is back — and he's getting the kind of theatrical rollout most Netflix movies only dream about. Netflix just confirmed that The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the long-awaited sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 2019 masterpiece Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, will hit IMAX screens on November 25, 2026 before landing on the streaming platform on December 23.

This isn't just any Netflix drop. The film is taking over the coveted Thanksgiving 2026 theatrical slot originally reserved for Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew, which has been pushed to February 12, 2027. That's a massive statement about how much confidence Netflix has in this project.

A Dream Team Behind the Camera

Here's what makes this project insane: Quentin Tarantino wrote the script, and David Fincher is directing. Yes, that David Fincher — the genius behind Se7en, The Social Network, and Zodiac — helming a Tarantino-penned sequel. The original Once Upon a Time in Hollywood earned Brad Pitt his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and this follow-up picks up the story in 1977, a year that saw "a very different Hollywood" than the late-1960s backdrop of the original.

Brad Pitt returns in his Oscar-winning role as Cliff Booth, the laid-back but lethal stuntman and fixer who navigates the seedy underbelly of 1970s Los Angeles. The logline teases that Cliff has stepped into a new role as a Hollywood fixer, dealing with dangerous escapades across the city.

Star-Studded Cast and Theatrical Ambitions

Joining Pitt is Timothy Olyphant, who reprises his fan-favorite role as James Lancer, the real-life TV gunslinger from the original film. The ensemble also features Elizabeth Debicki (known for The Crown and Tenet), Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Peter Weller — a lineup that screams "Oscar bait."

What's really interesting here is the theatrical strategy. Netflix has been gradually warming to cinema releases — the Knives Out sequels (Glass Onion and Wake Up Dead Man) got limited theatrical runs, and Narnia: The Magician's Nephew will eventually get a 49-day theatrical window. But giving Cliff Booth an exclusive two-week IMAX run is a significant escalation.

Even more surprising: AMC Theatres, which historically refused to screen Netflix productions, will be among the major chains showing the film. That's a landmark shift in the streaming-vs-theatrical landscape.

Fans are already calling this Netflix's "big Oscar push" for the 2026 awards season. With the combined forces of Tarantino's writing, Fincher's direction, and Pitt's return to an Oscar-winning character, The Adventures of Cliff Booth could easily become the biggest conversation of fall 2026.

Key Dates to Remember

• November 25, 2026 — IMAX theatrical release begins
• December 9, 2026 — Theatrical run ends (two-week exclusive window)
• December 23, 2026 — Streaming debut on Netflix
• February 12, 2027 — Narnia: The Magician's Nephew now gets the old Thanksgiving slot

Mark your calendars, because this Thanksgiving is about to get a whole lot more cinematic. (≧◡≦) ♡