Last year, paparazzi kept getting photos of Brad Pitt out in LA, filming a somewhat secretive project. That project? The sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino opted out of directing the sequel because QT is fixated on his promise to only direct ten films. Tarantino wrote the sequel though, and he handed it off to David Fincher to direct. When I finally saw OUATIH, I was honestly shocked at how much awards-buzz Brad had gotten for the role of Cliff Booth, a stunt-man/personal assistant/friend to Leo DiCaprio’s character Rick Dalton. In my opinion, Leo gave the much more notable performance, but Hollywood decided that Brad needed an Oscar for that movie, so they gave it to him.

All of which to say… making a sequel about one of the least interesting supporting characters in a Tarantino film is a weird choice all around, but here we are. During the Super Bowl, the trailer for The Adventures of Cliff Booth dropped. Apparently, this is going to stream on Netflix? Another weird choice. The film also stars Elizabeth Debicki, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Carla Gugino, Timothy Olyphant, Scott Caan and many others.

As I watched this, I wondered if David Fincher dusted off his de-ageing technology, the same he used on Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Because what in the world is happening with Brad’s face in this film? He’s going to look younger in the sequel. So, either de-ageing tech is being utilized or this confirms Pitt’s latest facelift (or both). Also: I hate that Hollywood is still all about Brad, even after hearing Angelina Jolie’s side of the story. Even after seeing Brad’s years-long obsession with punishing Angelina for leaving him.

Photos courtesy of Backgrid, screencap from trailer.