Brad Pitt Is Making a ‘Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood’ Follow-Up

Here’s a project no one saw coming: a follow-up to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood.

According to reports, David Fincher is set to direct this time around, using a script written by Tarantino, and Brad Pitt will reprise his role as the colorful stunt double Cliff Booth. And in another twist, the project is being set up at Netflix, where Fincher has a first-look deal.

According to Deadline, Pitt, who is good friends with Fincher and worked with him on Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, got Tarantino’s blessing to show Fincher the script. For now, details about the script—and how much the story calls back to the original film—are being kept under wraps. It’s also not clear if Leonardo DiCaprio will return to his role as fading star Rick Dalton for this fresh project.

It makes sense that Pitt would want to slip back into Cliff Booth’s Hawaiian shirt. He earned critical acclaim and won the Oscar for supporting actor for the role. The 2019 film, set in the delayed 1960s and presenting a fictionalized take on Hollywood around the time of the Tate murders, earned $377 million worldwide. That first movie had a violent, fiery conclusion, with Dalton and Booth teaming up to kill off the would-be Tate murderers, including with a flamethrower. Booth is a fictional character, so his story could go anywhere from there.

Tarantino, who most often directs his own scripts, had been planning to helm his 10th and final film, The Movie Critic, for quite some time, but it fell apart spectacularly last year. So when it comes to what’s next for him, that story remains unwritten for now.

This story has been updated.