{"id":893208,"date":"2026-10-24T16:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893208\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T16:32:12","slug":"quentin-tarantino-shows-first-17-minutes-of-cliff-booth-at-afi-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/893208\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino Shows First 17 Minutes Of ‘Cliff Booth’ At AFI Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tQuentin Tarantino<\/a> surprised the crowd during a Q&A and screening of his 10-time Oscar-nominated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood on Friday night at AFI Fest<\/a> in Los Angeles by screening the first 17 minutes of its sequel The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt marks the first public look at the film, a follow-up to Hollywood that Tarantino scripted and David Fincher<\/a> directed. Brad Pitt<\/a> revises his Oscar-winning role as Booth, a stuntman and sidekick to Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s Rick Dalton in the original 2019 film.<\/p>\n

\n\tNetflix<\/a> is gearing up for the Cliff Booth theatrical release November 25 in Imax before hitting the streamer beginning December 23.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWell, I could talk a little bit about The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, or I could show you the first 17 minutes,\u201d Tarantino said at the end of his special-event Q&A session<\/a> at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. He had just been asked about the film and how it came about, and if he had anything else to say before the conversation wrapped.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe then stood up as the crowd began to figure out what was coming.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere\u2019s the moment:<\/p>\n

Quentin Tarantino reflects on the decision to revisit Cliff Booth as he introduces the first 17 minutes of \u2018The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth\u2019 at AFI Fest pic.twitter.com\/0flrYw0J73<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Deadline (@DEADLINE) October 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tCliff Booth fast-forwards to 1977 from the original film\u2019s 1969 timeline. The new logline: Los Angeles no longer needs a hippie-slaying stuntman the way it did. But Hollywood will always have problems, problems that can only be solved by someone with Cliff\u2019s unique (occasionally extralegal) abilities. When he\u2019s not earning his keep bartending or as a projectionist, Cliff Booth is a fixer \u2014 solving situations for Hollywood\u2019s great and, sometimes, not so good.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pic also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Peter Weller, Matt Groove, JB Tadena, Corey Fogelmanis and Karren Karagulian.<\/p>\n

\n\tBuzz for the film has been building since it was announced in 2024<\/a> that Pitt and Fincher were teaming on the project that Tarantino originally wanted to direct. Fincher said earlier this week that he had to cut 60 pages from Tarantino\u2019s script, after he said the first draft he read was 230 pages. \u201cIt was essentially two movies,\u201d Fincher told Empire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe final cut of the film, Fincher said, has a runtime of around 2 1\/2 hours.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring tonight\u2019s AFI Fest event, Tarantino also talked about his upcoming play The Popinjay Cavalier<\/a>, which will premiere in London\u2019s West End next spring. Sacha Baron Cohen will star in the director\u2019s first stage play, which begins previews February 23 and opens March 18 at the Phoenix Theatre.<\/p>\n

\n\tPatrick Hipes contributed to this report.<\/p>\n