Brad Pitt and David Fincher's THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH Is Getting an IMAX Release Before It Hits Netflix
Netflix is giving movie fans a reason to head back to theaters this Thanksgiving. The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the upcoming spinoff centered on the fan-favorite stuntman from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, is officially getting an IMAX theatrical run before landing on streaming.
The film will open in IMAX theaters on November 25 for a two-week run, with its Netflix debut set for December 23. That’s a pretty big move for the streamer, especially for a project that already had people talking the second it was announced.
The movie is directed by David Fincher from a script written by Quentin Tarantino, which is an exciting combination. Add Brad Pitt stepping back into the role that earned him an Academy Award, and this thing instantly becomes one of the most interesting movies headed into the holiday season.
This time around, the story picks up in 1977, dropping Cliff Booth into a completely different version of Hollywood than the one audiences saw in Tarantino’s 2019 film.
While plot details are still mostly under wraps, the setting alone opens the door for a whole new chaotic adventure with Cliff wandering through an industry going through major changes.
Joining Pitt in the cast are Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Peter Weller.
The project has had movie fans hooked ever since word broke in 2024 that Pitt and Fincher were teaming up for it. Originally, Tarantino had planned to direct the movie himself before eventually handing the reins over to Fincher. Once that happened, Netflix became the natural home for the project thanks to Fincher’s ongoing deal with the streamer.
The film is taking over the Thanksgiving IMAX slot that previously belonged to Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew from Greta Gerwig, which recently shifted its release date to February 2027.
Netflix clearly knows they’ve got something special here. Giving a Tarantino-written, Fincher-directed Brad Pitt movie an IMAX rollout feels less like a streaming experiment and more like an event movie that deserves to be experienced on the biggest screen possible.