“The Crown,” “Widows” and “The Great Gatsby” actress Elizabeth Debicki is in talks for a leading role in David Fincher’s new film “The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth” at Netflix.
The project is a spin-off/sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 film “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” with Brad Pitt returning to reprise the role of Rick Dalton’s stuntman and driver Cliff Booth.
Set several years later, this will see his character in a new role within the Hollywood system – he’s a studio fixer. Tarantino penned the project and Fincher will direct under his overall deal with Netflix.
According to What’s on Netflix which revealed the news, Debicki has an offer and is in “active talks for the role of Roberta, the manager of a mud wrestling bar.”
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Brad Pitt to Star in A24’s ‘The Riders’ Adaptation From ‘Conclave’ Director Edward Berger
Brad Pitt is set to star in the upcoming adaptation of “The Riders” with “Conclave” filmmaker Edward Berger on board to direct.
A24 will finance and distribute the film. Production is expected to begin in early 2026 and shoot in multiple locations across Europe. That’s the setting of Tim Winton’s novel “The Riders,” which follows a man who moved to Ireland with his family and finds himself searching far and wide after his wife goes missing.
The title for David Fincher & Brad Pitt’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel may have been revealed
One of the wildest stories of the month has been the reveal that David Fincher will direct Brad Pitt in a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood from a script by Quentin Tarantino, which will premiere on Netflix. It still seems bonkers. However, more details have emerged for the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel, including a possible title.
A little tidbit about the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel was buried in a Deadline interview with Michael B. Jordan. In it, Mike Fleming Jr. mentioned that he’s heard that the sequel will be called The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth. Not only that, but Booth will apparently embark on a new career as he becomes a Hollywood studio fixer. Sounds like a good fit for Booth, as he’s already proven that he will do whatever he needs to, including murder.
Pitt’s Cliff Booth Netflix Movie Gets New Details, Timeline Revealed
Speaking on The Big Picture podcast, Sean Fennessey, who is a friend of Tarantino’s, said that “it definitely seems like this movie is happening.
“David Fincher’s laundry list of movies that have never made it to the big screen or to Netflix streaming service is pretty long…I don’t know if this is like a locked picture that is going into production in July. It seems like it is.”
He continued, “This probably should not be thought of as a sequel. It should be thought of as a follow-up that is connected to, but not the same as — the example that was cited to me was, think about how The Big Sleep, the Raymond Chandler adaptation starring Humphrey Bogart, is in the same world as Farewell, My Lovely, the 1975 Robert Mitchum movie, because they play the same character in that movie. But it’s different actors, different directors, and a different time in the storyline. They’re different.
“…This will be like the further adventures of Cliff Booth, is my understanding of it. The only other important information that I’ve learned, that I think is confirmed, is that the movie takes place in 1977, which is roughly eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. So a different time in Cliff Booth’s life.”
Brad Pitt to appear on track at Spa GP in July
Last year at the Belgian GP, several sequences of the feature film with the working title ‘Apex’ were filmed at the fabled Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
However, due to the Hollywood writer’s strike at the time, Pitt himself was not able to work. But the Belgian broadcaster RTBF reports that the American will be on the track at Spa on the weekend of July 26-28.
Now the strike is in the past, the 60-year-old actor is expected to shoot the missing scenes, the report added.
