Netflix continues to integrate theatrical into its release strategy as its new Cliff Booth movie starring Brad Pitt gets the big-screen treatment. The Adventures of Cliff Booth will bow in IMAX theaters on November 25 for a limited two-week run before migrating to the streamer on December 23.
The film takes the spot vacated by Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, which recently moved from Thanksgiving to February 2027. That film is getting a more traditional 45-day exclusive theatrical window, the longest (and widest) window of any Netflix film to date.
Directed by David Fincher from a script by Quentin Tarantino, The Adventures of Cliff Booth sees Pitt return to his Oscar-winning role, only this time, it’s 1977, and Hollywood looks and feels a bit different. The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Peter Weller.
Originally announced in 2024, The Adventures of Cliff Booth has been building buzz. Initially intended as a directing vehicle for Tarantino, the project ultimately brought together Pitt and Fincher. Once the pairing received Tarantino’s blessing, Netflix became the obvious landing spot given Fincher’s exclusive deal with the streamer. When Narnia moved away from the Thanksgiving frame, everyone expected something to take its place. Cliff Booth is that something.
Though many expected the film to premiere at a major fall festival, it seems less likely now. While Once Upon a Time in Hollywood had its world premiere at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, the dates don’t line up well for the newly minted follow-up. It isn’t impossible, just much less likely than, say, forty-eight hours ago.
Pitt won his only acting Oscar for playing Cliff Booth in Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Margot Robbie. Nominated for ten Academy Awards, Pitt’s statue was one of two won for the film, the other going to Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh for Production Design.
