Quentin Tarantino’s Cliff Booth book is coming out before Brad Pitt and David Fincher’s Netflix series

Quentin Tarantino is writing a novel about Cliff Booth, the character played by Brad Pitt in his 2019 film Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, ahead of a spin-off movie released this year.

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Pitt won an Oscar for his portrayal of Booth, an easy-going stuntman and best friend of actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), in Tarantino’s most recent movie. The film’s success led the filmmaker to write a script for a solo film for the character, although that will be directed by David Fincher rather than Tarantino himself. The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth is scheduled for release in cinemas on November 25, before launching on Netflix December 23.

In between those dates, however, Tarantino will release a novel following the character on December 8, with the similar title The Adventures Of Cliff Booth.

Like the movie, the novel will also be set in Hollywood in 1977, eight years after Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, according to Variety. While plot points are being kept under wraps, the synopsis reads: “the Swinging Sixties are long gone — but Clifford Booth keeps on keeping on…War hero, stuntman, bartender, cinema projectionist…with the occasional ‘clandestine services’ for his friends…”

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This will be the second written interpretation of the 2019 film, following the novelisation of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood in 2021.

It’s one of several non-directing projects for Tarantino. He will be appearing as an actor in the movie Only What We Carry, due for release this year, and is currently filming the movie Tangled Up In Blue with Kylie Minogue in Wales. He also announced that he would be writing a play for the London stage, due for release in 2027.

Recently, Ridley Scott refuted Tarantino’s claim that he had made the best film of the 21st Century.