Image Credit: Netflix — Official Trailer/Poster via YouTube
The Cliff Booth release date is finally in sight, and the countdown is now measured in days, not months. Brad Pitt returns as Hollywood’s most relaxed stuntman-turned-fixer in The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, a film that pairs David Fincher behind the camera with a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. The film has its world premiere in Los Angeles tomorrow, 16 November 2026, then opens exclusively in IMAX cinemas on 25 November 2026, before streaming worldwide on Netflix from 23 December 2026. For a character who won Pitt his first competitive acting Oscar, that is a release plan with real ambition behind it.
Cliff Booth Release Date: IMAX First, Then Netflix
The Cliff Booth release date follows a plan Netflix set out months ago, and it has not moved since. The film premieres in Los Angeles on 16 November 2026. It then opens only in IMAX cinemas on Wednesday, 25 November 2026, for a two-week exclusive run — the first time a Netflix film has ever had an IMAX-only theatrical window. After that fortnight, it arrives on Netflix worldwide on Wednesday, 23 December 2026, just in time for Christmas viewing.
Tickets for the IMAX run went on sale on 2 November 2026, the same day Netflix released a new painted poster and an IMAX promo, and bookings are live through the film’s official site, cliffboothfilm.com. The 25 November opening lands in Thanksgiving week in the United States, and the four-week gap to the Netflix premiere is deliberate: this is a film Fincher clearly wants seen on the biggest screen possible first.
What Is The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth About?
The story picks up in 1977, eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Cliff Booth is no longer just Rick Dalton’s stunt double. He earns a living as a projectionist and a bartender, and takes on the occasional job as a fixer for people whose problems need unconventional solutions. That is the life the trailers show: quiet rooms, late-night bars, and a man who looks completely relaxed until the moment he is not.
The job at the centre of the film comes through talent agent Karen Crosby, played by Elizabeth Debicki. She introduces Cliff to television star Charlie Peters, played by Scott Caan, a man who performs his own stunts and seems like exactly Cliff’s kind of person. But what Charlie wants from Cliff has little to do with filmmaking, and the deal he offers feels wrong from the first conversation. The second trailer keeps the exact terms of the job mysterious, but the images around it — tense meetings, sudden violence, people who clearly cannot be trusted — tell the audience that Cliff has walked into something much bigger than a favour for a TV star.
The Cast of Cliff Booth
Brad Pitt leads the film as Cliff Booth, reprising the role that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2020. Around him, Fincher has assembled an ensemble that mixes returning faces with new ones. Timothy Olyphant is the only other actor returning from the 2019 film, back as Western actor James Stacy. Elizabeth Debicki plays talent agent Karen Crosby, Scott Caan plays television star Charlie Peters, and Carla Gugino plays Toni, Charlie’s wife. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II appears as Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison, a football star turned actor, and Peter Weller plays Gus, Cliff’s father. The cast also includes Holt McCallany, Corey Fogelmanis, Karren Karagulian, Matt Groove and JB Tadena.
Why Fincher, Tarantino and Pitt Together Matters
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is a rare combination: David Fincher directing, Quentin Tarantino writing, and Brad Pitt returning to the character who won him his first competitive acting Oscar. Tarantino wrote the screenplay and at one stage planned to direct it himself as his tenth film. When that plan collapsed, Pitt convinced Fincher — the only other director Tarantino trusted with the script — to step in. Fincher, who has an exclusive deal with Netflix, spent around a year and a half working on Tarantino’s script, and the film is reported to be his final picture under the three-picture Netflix contract he signed in 2020.
It is also the fourth collaboration between Pitt and Fincher, after Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The film is rated R, like the 2019 original, and trade reports put its budget at around $200 million, making it the most expensive film either Tarantino or Fincher has made. That combination — Tarantino’s dialogue, Fincher’s precision, Pitt’s most famous character — is why the Cliff Booth release date has become one of the most talked-about dates of the year.
Trailer 2: What the New Footage Shows
Netflix dropped the second official trailer in the first week of November 2026, and it is a much sharper, darker look at the film than the first trailer. It opens with three words that say everything — “PITT. TARANTINO. FINCHER.” — and then throws Cliff straight into the job with Charlie Peters. Where the first Cliff Booth trailer sold the mood and the reunion, the second trailer sells the story, and the story is a dangerous assignment that keeps getting more complicated.
The tone has shifted too. The first trailer played up the cool, relaxed Cliff. The second keeps that cool on the surface but shows what sits underneath it: a man who solves problems with his fists when talking stops working, and a Hollywood where every favour has a price. With the Los Angeles premiere tomorrow and the IMAX release just ten days away, this is the trailer that turns curiosity into a cinema ticket.
Cliff Booth in India: IMAX Date and Netflix
The Cliff Booth release date carries the same 25 November IMAX window in India, where the film is listed for the same week as the United States opening. Indian IMAX bookings are expected to open alongside the global rollout, so check your local IMAX listings for showtimes and ticket prices. The Netflix premiere on 23 December 2026 is a worldwide date, so Indian viewers will be able to stream the film on Netflix from the same day as everyone else, included with any Netflix plan.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Cliff Booth releasing?
The Cliff Booth release date is 25 November 2026 in IMAX cinemas, for a two-week exclusive run. It then streams worldwide on Netflix from 23 December 2026. The world premiere takes place in Los Angeles on 16 November 2026.
Where can I watch Cliff Booth?
The film opens only in IMAX cinemas on 25 November 2026. After two weeks, it will be available to stream on Netflix from 23 December 2026.
Is Cliff Booth a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Yes. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is a standalone sequel and spin-off to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019). It is set in 1977, eight years after the original, with Brad Pitt returning as Cliff Booth and Timothy Olyphant returning as James Stacy.
Who directed The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth?
David Fincher directs the film from an original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino had originally planned to direct it himself before handing it to Fincher.
Who stars in Cliff Booth?
Brad Pitt stars as Cliff Booth. The cast also includes Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Timothy Olyphant, Holt McCallany and Peter Weller.
Is there a trailer for Cliff Booth?
Yes. Netflix has released two official trailers, and the second trailer is embedded in this article. IMAX tickets are on sale now through cliffboothfilm.com.
The Cliff Booth release date is one of the most unusual of the year: a Netflix film that insists on being seen in IMAX first, a Tarantino script directed by Fincher, and Brad Pitt returning to the role that won him an Oscar. The Los Angeles premiere is tomorrow, the IMAX run opens on 25 November, and Netflix follows on 23 December. For fans of all three men, the wait is almost over.
Image Credit: Netflix — Official Trailer/Poster via YouTube
