Pictures through Netflix / The Fincher Analyst
If you had been one of the 120 million individuals who tuned into Super Bowl LX this previous February, you in all probability caught the largest tv shock of the 12 months: a totally unannounced teaser trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth.
If you didn’t catch it stay, you’ve doubtless spent the final month and a half squinting at muddy, low-res bootlegs on X and Reddit. In a superb (and maddening) advertising and marketing transfer, Netflix opted to not formally launch the teaser on-line after it aired. Until now, followers have been left to research blurry cell-phone recordings of a TV display to catch a glimpse of Brad Pitt’s return as the long-lasting stuntman-turned-fixer.
Thankfully, the drought is over. Thanks to the nice of us over at The Fincher Analyst, we’ve been supplied with further high-quality stills from the elusive Super Bowl spot, lastly giving us a crystal-clear have a look at the rumored $200 million cinematic occasion of 2026. They’ve additionally received a greater HD version of the trailer on YouTube (see embedded beneath).
While the stills aren’t fairly the high-quality customary as if Netflix launched the trailer or stills itself (hey, at the very least they acknowledged the film, one thing till now they haven’t been in a position/keen to do), they definitely present glimpse at the place we’re heading.
These high-quality stills lastly give us a correct have a look at the gritty, neon-drenched alternate historical past of Nineteen Seventies Los Angeles, and there’s positively a LOT of Fincher-inspired cinematography and pictures. It’s a lot darker than Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, as an example. We see Pitt effortlessly sliding again into the denim and aviators of Cliff Booth, trying simply as harmful—and weirdly alluring—as he did within the Tarantino 2019 epic. We additionally get sharp glimpses of the creatively animated graphics that the teaser used to censor its extra risqué, exploitation-style parts, hinting on the darkish, seedy underbelly of Hollywood that this movie is about to discover.
There’s nonetheless rather a lot we’ve received to be taught, together with the finalized full solid checklist and an all-important launch date. Variety has hinted at a Summer launch, and Deadline reported an August launch (earlier than quickly yanking it). The Wrap movie reporter Drew Taylor quoted-tweeted us on X, suggesting it won’t have a summer release, nevertheless.
As a reminder of what we all know to date:
- The Writer: Quentin Tarantino initially penned the script for himself to direct, persevering with the story of Rick Dalton’s deadly greatest good friend and stunt double. Some reporting suggests it’ll be known as a teleplay quite than a screenplay.
- The Director: After Tarantino put the script apart, Brad Pitt reportedly satisfied him at hand the directorial reins over to trendy maestro David Fincher (Se7en, The Social Network, The Killer).
- The Editor: Longtime Fincher collaborator Kirk Baxter, ACE, is confirmed to be reducing the movie.
Who is Joining Brad Pitt?
Alongside Pitt, the movie boasts a stacked, star-studded ensemble solid taking up this adult-themed Hollywood fairy story:
- Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown, Tenet)
- Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Watchmen, Candyman)
- Carla Gugino (The Fall of the House of Usher, Gerald’s Game)
- Timothy Olyphant (Returning as Jim Stacy)
- Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0, Ocean’s Eleven)
More on The Adventures of Cliff Booth as and once we get it!
