Brad Pitt is set to reprise his role as Cliff Booth in a follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which will be released on Netflix. The 61-year-old actor, who starred in Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 Oscar-winning film, will return for the upcoming project directed by David Fincher and written by Tarantino, according to The Playlist and Variety.

However, The Hollywood Reporter states that the new film is not a direct sequel but a "derivative" work inspired by the original. A source revealed that production might begin by late summer. While Tarantino retains the rights to the characters, Sony owns the original film, which is why the new project is not considered a sequel or prequel, despite featuring Booth. It remains unclear whether Leonardo DiCaprio will reprise his role as Rick Dalton.

Tarantino will not be directing the film, meaning it won’t count as his long-promised tenth and final movie. The director had initially planned to reunite with Pitt for The Movie Critic, but according to Deadline, he ultimately decided to scrap the project after delaying production to rewrite the script.

Tarantino, who has long stated he will retire after his tenth film, previously described The Movie Critic as a story about a 1970s film critic who wrote for an adult magazine. He envisioned the character as a cynical but talented writer whose work resembled a mix of early Howard Stern and Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver. After further research, Tarantino concluded that the critic likely died in his late thirties due to complications from alcoholism.

In January, Tarantino mentioned that he is in no rush to begin work on his final film. Speaking at the Sundance Film Festival, he shared that his priority is spending time with his family, particularly his young children. He expressed a desire to wait until his son is at least six years old before beginning production so that his children can better understand and remember the experience.

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