David Fincher will direct the sequel to "Once upon a Time... in Hollywood" based on the script by Quentin Tarantino

Foreign media write that David Fincher will make a sequel to "Once upon a Time... in Hollywood" based on the script by Quentin Tarantino — the main character of the film is likely to be Cliff Booth, played by Brad Pitt.

Despite the fact that the news was confirmed Deadline , The Hollywood Reporter , and The Playlist This could still turn out to be an April Fool's joke, although journalists claim the opposite.

Background:

• In 2023, foreign media reported that Tarantino had finished work on the script for the film "The Film Critic", which takes place in the era of the "New Hollywood" (1970s). Filming was expected to begin by the end of 2023.
• As Tarantino himself later said on Joe Rogan's podcast, the film was mostly about Cliff Booth from "Once upon a Time... in Hollywood" — the main role in the film would be played by Brad Pitt
• By the spring of 2024 news appeared that work on the "Film Critic" has been discontinued,
• After it became known that The Film Critic would not be released as a Tarantino film, it was expected that the director would work on a novelization of the script, as in the case of "Once upon a Time... in Hollywood"

The Film Critic could be Tarantino's final film, as he intends to limit himself to ten films. However, according to the director himself, at the moment he is not in a hurry with a new project and prefers to focus on writing and theatrical activities.

Prior to that, Tarantino wrote screenplays for films such as "True Love," "Natural Born Killers," and "From Dusk till Dawn." Since the late 1990s, he has not written scripts for other directors.

If this news does not turn out to be an April Fool's joke, filming of the film, which will be directed by David Fincher, will begin before the end of this year, and Netflix will take over production — the director has an exclusive contract with this streaming platform.