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Quentin Tarantino Gets Honest About Netflix's Spinoff
Quentin Tarantino declined to direct the $200 million Netflix sequel to avoid repeating himself, praising David Fincher for taking over while remaining involved as producer.
- Quentin Tarantino is not directing The Adventures of Cliff Booth, a Netflix sequel to his 2019 film about a stuntman, as David Fincher will take on directing duties while Brad Pitt returns to reprise his role.
- Tarantino declined directing because he did not want his tenth and final film to be a sequel and felt the project retraced familiar ground despite loving the script.
- He passed the script to Fincher, praised him as the right director, and said Fincher’s interest shows a seriousness toward his work worth noting.
- Tarantino is involved in the project as the screenwriter and a producer, and although he won’t be present on set every day due to his travel between Israel and other locations, he remains available to assist as needed throughout filming.
- This arrangement allows Tarantino to focus on live theater while Fincher directs the Netflix sequel, highlighting their mutual respect as two of the best contemporary filmmakers.
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Quentin Tarantino On Why David Fincher Is Directing ‘The Adventures of Cliff Booth’
Although Brad Pitt is bringing back Cliff Booth for a sequel to Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino is sitting this one out as director. In addition to not wanting his final film to be a sequel, the 2x Oscar winner explained why he chose not to helm The Adventures of Cliff Booth, passing the baton and his script on to fellow director David Fincher. “I think me and David Fincher are the two best directors,” he said on The Church…
Brad Pitt stands for the successor of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" again in front of the camera. As a director, however, Quentin Tarantino is not present this time - he likes to leave it to a colleague.
Tarantino clings to his ten-film limit – and hands over the rudder to a director's colleague during the planned sequel.
Quentin Tarantino Explains Why David Fincher Is Directing the ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix Follow-Up
“The idea that David Fincher actually wants to adapt my work, to me, shows a level of seriousness towards my work that I think needs to be taken into account,” the director said.
Hollywood star Brad Pitt (61) has recently been on camera for a follow-up project of the Tarantino film «Once Upon a Time in Hollywood». Now «Fight Club» director David Fincher (62) is on board, the «The Adventures of Cliff Booth» based on a screenplay by Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino (62). In a rare interview in the podcast «The Church of Tarantino» Tarantino raves about «the best of both»: «I got Brad and I got my favorite director David Finc…
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