Once Upon A Time In Hollywood

If you’ve ever watched a Quentin Tarantino movie and wondered, “How the heck did he make this?,” have we got the book for you.

Insight Editions‘ new book, The Making of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, marks the first time Tarantino has granted access to journalist and author Jay Glennie to write the making of three of his most iconic movies.

“I have Jay Glennie’s books in my collection, and I have read and loved them, in particular on the making of The Deer Hunter,” Tarantino says. “I just know that there is no better guy to take a deep dive into my movies. I couldn’t be more thrilled with such a beautiful, fun, funny, and (at least to me) moving examination of my favorite movie.”

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Quentin Taraninto wrote the script but is not directing the feature, which is set up at Netflix and stars Brad Pitt in his Oscar-winning role of Cliff Booth.

Scott Caan and Elizabeth Debicki are joining Brad Pitt in the feature that is being made by Netflix.

Much of the project is shrouded in secrecy, but it is known to center on Cliff Booth, the former stuntman and body double to TV actor Rick Dalton, as seen in Tarantino’s 2019 film. It is set in a later time period than that movie. It is unclear how much of the material, if any, is based on Tarantino’s 2021 novel by the same name and which revealed more of Cliff’s backstory, including the death of his wife.

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Now Fincher and Pitt working together isn’t a surprise; the “Se7en” filmmaker gives Pitt first dibs on all his projects (he turned down “The Killer” for example), but directing a film based on the screenplay of Tarantino, who always directs his own material, is not only an unexpected shocker, it’s a cinematic first.

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What’s more, the project is being set up at Netflix, where Fincher has a first-look deal and aims to shoot quickly this summer.

From what I understand, this is the screenplay that Tarantino’s “The Movie Critic” evolved into when the writer/director couldn’t put the pen down and kept exploring the adventures of Cliff Booth.

Tarantino must have loved the script and didn’t want it to languish in a drawer because sources close to the filmmakers tell us he approached Fincher, and Netflix has quietly put together the deal, which will probably end up being around a $200 million budget to shoot in California this July—yep, it’s being fast-tracked and happening fast, meaning we’ll get additional casting soon.

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The hardcover of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood novelization finds the writer-director highlighting both an extreme moment from his ’60s-set Tinseltown tale, as stuntman Cliff Booth drives into the Manson Family-occupied Spahn Ranch, as well as the lower extremities of Pussycat, the character played by Margaret Qualley in the film.

And that’s just one of the additional goodies which readers can expect when Harper publishes this new edition of the novel on Nov. 9. EW can reveal that the hardcover version will include two color inserts featuring never-before-seen photos from the set and posters and other memorabilia from Rick Dalton’s career. The book will also feature an original, exclusive script for a Bounty Law episode by Tarantino titled “Incident at Inez,” and a Mad Magazine parody of Bounty Law titled “Lousy Law: Loser’s Last Ride.”

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