‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Sequel Trailer Drops During Super Bowl

Quentin Tarantino might not be directing The Adventures of Cliff Booth, the sequel to 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but according to a new trailer, the upcoming Netflix movie has all his hallmarks. 

In a surprise clip dropped during Sunday night’s Super Bowl LV, we see the titular stuntman, played by Brad Pitt, running around 1970s Los Angeles. It opens with a scene of him talking about the events of the first film. “I don’t possess many talents,” he says. “But I know better than getting in the way of a good story.” The film, which has a script by Tarantino and is directed by David Fincher, takes place several years after he ran into Charles Manson and his so-called Family in 1969 (if we’re to believe a billboard for the movie Looking for Mr. Goodbar, the new film is set in 1976 or 1977).

Not a ton is known about the movie at this point — and unfortunately, the trailer doesn’t really change that. We do know that Scott Caan, Elizabeth Debicki, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are set to appear in the film, and that Leonardo DiCaprio — Pitt’s costar in the first film — is not. But it’s still a glimpse into what is sure to be a gritty throwback and a love letter to a lost era of Hollywood.