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Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth Returns: Super Bowl Teaser Ignites Hype for Netflix Sequel
Super Bowl LX delivered more than just football thrills—it unveiled the first teaser for The Adventures of Cliff Booth, Netflix’s highly anticipated David Fincher follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The surprise spot aired during a commercial break, instantly electrifying film fans as Brad Pitt returned to his Oscar-winning role as the effortlessly cool stuntman Cliff Booth.
Set to retro music and packed with blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments, the teaser confirmed that Hollywood’s most laid-back antihero is back for another ride.
What the Teaser Shows
The brief footage paints Cliff Booth as older, wearier, but no less charismatic. Viewers see him icing an injured knee at a bar, strolling through film sets, and racing a derby car across a dusty dirt track. The teaser leans heavily into old-school Hollywood imagery—cigarettes, guns, glamorous costumes, and cheeky censorship gags that flash over moments of nudity and profanity.
One standout shot shows Cliff placing an Oscar on his desk, a self-aware nod to Brad Pitt’s Academy Award win for the original 2019 film. A line of dialogue—hinting at Cliff Booth’s belief in staying out of the way of a good story—perfectly captures the character’s understated confidence.
David Fincher Takes the Wheel
While Quentin Tarantino wrote the script, The Adventures of Cliff Booth marks a major creative shift with David Fincher stepping in as director. Known for his meticulous visual style, David Fincher brings a different energy to Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood universe. The collaboration continues David Fincher’s long-standing relationship with Netflix, following projects like Mindhunter, Mank, and The Killer.
Quentin Tarantino, meanwhile, has explained that he chose not to direct the sequel because he wants his 10th and final film to explore completely uncharted territory rather than revisit familiar ground.
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A New Era, A New Cast
Set in the 1970s, the film moves beyond the alternate-history climax of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton is not expected to return, but Cliff Booth steps fully into the spotlight alongside a new ensemble cast. Joining Pitt are Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, Scott Caan, Holt McCallany, JB Tadena, and Timothy Olyphant, who reprises his role as actor James Stacy.
The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, keeping its roots firmly planted in the myth-making heart of Hollywood.
Cliff Booth became an instant fan favorite for his quiet swagger, moral ambiguity, and unexpected heroics. With Fincher’s direction, Tarantino’s script, and Pitt’s magnetic screen presence, The Adventures of Cliff Booth promises a stylish, character-driven return to a Hollywood era audiences can’t get enough of.
Netflix hasn’t announced a release date yet, but one thing is clear—the Super Bowl teaser has already done its job.
