Surprise Super Bowl Spot Reveals David Fincher’s “The Adventures of Cliff Booth” With Brad Pitt
In a genuine surprise during the Seattle Seahawks’ domination of the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX, Netflix revealed a teaser of David Fincher’s upcoming film The Adventures of Cliff Booth, a spinoff from Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood that centers on Brad Pitt’s titular stuntman.
The teaser was short on plot points, naturally given the general vibe of Super Bowl spots, and long on vibe. We get a look at Cliff in his natural habitat, chilling at a bar, on the set of a film, and driving a derby car on a race track. We see Cliff icing his knee, then meeting Elizabeth Debicki and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who are dressed to the nines. In a nice meta touch, we see Cliff placing an Oscar on his desk—Pitt won his first acting Oscar for his turn in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The first trailer for David Fincher’s ‘THE ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH’ has been released.
Coming soon to Netflix. pic.twitter.com/E70SJrBUzB
— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) February 9, 2026
It’s an unusual and intriguing situation—a director of Fincher’s caliber taking on a spinoff (of sorts) to another acclaimed director’s film. What makes it even more intriguing is that Tarantino wrote the script, but then handed it off to Fincher while he continues his quest to find what he says will be his tenth and final film to direct.
Fincher’s relationship with Netflix is solid—he’s helmed and produced the excellent Mindhunter and two feature films, Mank and The Killer, for the streamer.
In Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Pitt’s Booth turned out to be the film’s hero, saving both his boss’s life (Leonardo DiCaprio’s Rick Dalton) and rewriting history in the process by eliminating the Manson Family murderers, thus saving Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) and the others who died that night on 1969. The Adventures of Cliff Booth will set in the 1970s, following Cliff Booth’s life and introducing a new set of characters, including Abdul-Mateen II, Debicki, Carla Gugino, Timothy Olyphant, Holt McCallany, Scott Caan, and JB Tadena.
Featured image: Brad Pitt stars in Columbia Pictures “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
