Brad Pitt’s The Adventures of Cliff Booth Heads to Netflix as Release Month Revealed
Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth rides again: Netflix will premiere The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood spinoff, in August 2026.
Netflix just planted a flag for one of its biggest 2026 swings: Brad Pitt is back as Cliff Booth, with David Fincher directing from a Quentin Tarantino script. That combo alone turns heads, and Netflix is treating it like a marquee launch while still reminding everyone it is, in their words, streaming-first.
When it lands
The Adventures of Cliff Booth is set to hit Netflix in August 2026. No wide theatrical plan is attached right now. In the same slate, Greta Gerwig’s Narnia will get a limited IMAX rollout starting November 26 across 90 countries, which tells you where Netflix is willing to go big in theaters and where it is not (at least yet).
Who’s in it and what it is
This is a sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, following Pitt’s stuntman-turned-something-else, Cliff Booth. Fincher is in the director’s chair, working from a Tarantino script. The cast is stacked: Timothy Olyphant, Scott Caan, Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Carla Gugino are on board. Pitt reprises as Booth, obviously.
How it came together (and what it cost)
Netflix scooped up Tarantino’s script early last year, with Fincher attached and Pitt locked in to return. Production ran from July 2025 through January 2026. Tarantino has pegged the budget around $200 million, which is a serious number for a movie premiering on a streamer.
Netflix on theaters, in their own words
At Netflix’s showcase event, the company drew a pretty hard line between itself and traditional studio rollouts. Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria put it plainly:
"There is Warner Bros theatrical distribution, and then there’s Netflix, which we’ve been in a different business. I don’t want you to conflate the two."
Netflix Film Chairman Dan Lin doubled down on the approach:
"We are a streaming-first company. The strategy works really well for us,"
"We’re looking to do special things in theatrical, but just give us some time."
He also noted that Netflix’s participation deal with Warner Bros recently wrapped around the same window as the Academy Awards, which adds context to why their theatrical strategy remains selective right now.
What they’ve tested so far
Netflix name-checked past one-off experiments like event screenings for Stranger Things and One Piece, and flagged the KPop Demon Hunters Singalong as part of ongoing theatrical dabbling. Translation: they keep poking at the door without kicking it open.
Bottom line: The Adventures of Cliff Booth arrives on Netflix in August 2026. The Fincher-Tarantino-Pitt trifecta is a wild swing, the budget is huge, and for now, your couch is still the front row.