Fincher Cuts 60 Pages From Tarantino’s Cliff Booth Script for Netflix Sequel
Director David Fincher trimmed 60 pages from Quentin Tarantino's original 230-page draft for the upcoming Brad Pitt-starring film.
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First reported by Variety, 1h 21m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
4 publishers have covered this in 5 articles since 20 Oct 2026. Variety published first, on 20 October at 18:04 UTC; The Hollywood Reporter followed 1h 22m later. The most recent article, from The Hollywood Reporter, appeared on 21 October at 21:32 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, NME.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- VarietyDavid Fincher Cut 60 Pages of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: ‘The First Draft Was 230 Pages. It Was Essentially Two Movies’
- The Hollywood ReporterDavid Fincher Says He Cut 60 Pages from Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script
- DeadlineDavid Fincher Scrapped 60 Pages Of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: “It Was Essentially Two Movies”
- NMEQuentin Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ script required serious cuts to make filmable, says director David Fincher
- The Hollywood ReporterBrad Pitt’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Reveals Action-Packed Scenes in New Tease Ahead of Netflix Launch
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Brad Pitt’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Reveals Action-Packed Scenes in New Tease Ahead of Netflix Launch The Hollywood Reporter ·
- David Fincher Says He Cut 60 Pages from Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script The Hollywood Reporter ·
- David Fincher Cut 60 Pages of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: ‘The First Draft Was 230 Pages. It Was Essentially Two Movies’ Variety ·
- Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ script required serious cuts to make filmable, says director David Fincher NME
- David Fincher Scrapped 60 Pages Of Tarantino’s ‘Cliff Booth’ Script: “It Was Essentially Two Movies” Deadline
In this story
- David Fincher
- Quentin Tarantino
- Brad Pitt
- Netflix
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood