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Join today<\/a><\/p>\n \n Already a member? Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2019s return as his Oscar-winning Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood<\/a> character Cliff Booth will not be shown by certain cinema chains following a disagreement with Netflix.<\/p>\n The streaming giant is behind The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, directed by David Fincher from a script by Quentin Tarantino<\/a>. The film is set to be released in theaters November 25 before arriving on Netflix December 23.<\/p>\n However, cinema chains Cinemark and Regal have both declined to show the film because of how short a release window they\u2019ve been offered by the streamer.<\/p>\n According to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, Cinemark CEO Sean Gamble said during an earnings call: \u201cThe Cliff Booth situation is an interesting one.\u201d <\/p>\n He continued: \u201cWe book all of our films on a case-by-case situation. In that particular situation, we always look at things through a long-term lens and how certain precedents and things we might do could affect longer-term industry dynamics. In this particular case, we don\u2019t believe the proposed release model is constructive for the broader theatrical ecosystem, and it\u2019s not aligned [with] what\u2019s of the greatest interest in our theaters.\u201d <\/p>\n The Independent has contacted Netflix for comment.<\/p>\n The recently released trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth had many fans complaining about the murky quality of the footage.<\/a><\/p>\n The film is set in 1977, eight years after the events of the first movie, and will follow Pitt\u2019s character as he works as a Hollywood fixer.<\/p>\n However, fans are already disappointed, criticizing the trailer footage for its appearance. \u201cThey f***ed up using dark tinted camera effect. Not sure why they keep doing this,\u201d one fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n Another user sarcastically commented<\/a>: \u201cI was still able to see something. Please work on the grading and make it darker before it releases.\u201d<\/p>\n Someone else posted a meme<\/a> from the original movie, claiming that the new trailer could be summed up by a line uttered by Bruce Dern as George Spahn: \u201cCan\u2019t see s***.\u201d<\/p>\n Another suggested<\/a>: \u201cPlease Fincher, hire a gaffer to crank up the light level and hire a [Director of Photography] that’s not color blind.\u201d<\/p>\n Tarantino has also announced that alongside the new movie, he will be publishing a novelization of the story, titled The Adventures of Cliff Booth.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCan\u2019t wait for audiences to see and read Cliff Booth\u2019s further adventures,” Tarantino said in a statement released by publisher HarperCollins.<\/p>\n
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Brad Pitt returns as the titular stuntman in Netflix’s \u2018The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth\u2019 (Netflix)<\/p>\nPitt\u2019s new film won\u2019t be released in certain cinemas (Getty)<\/p>\n