David Fincher cut 60 pages from Quentin Tarantino script

Director David Fincher cut roughly 60 pages from a screenplay written by Quentin Tarantino for the upcoming film The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, Deadline Film Adaptations, Variety Film and The Hollywood Reporter reported. The feature is a follow-up to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and stars Brad Pitt, who reprises his role as stuntman Cliff Booth. The Hollywood Reporter noted that the movie is coming to both cinemas and Netflix. [1][2][3]

Fincher told Empire magazine in a joint interview with Tarantino that the initial draft of the script was 230 pages long. Fincher stated that the first draft felt like it was essentially two movies. He explained that he needed to find a middle ground that satisfied what he, Tarantino and Pitt wanted to achieve with the project. [1][2][3]

The Hollywood Reporter reported that Fincher wanted the film to feel like a story told around a bonfire, prioritizing character interactions over a dense plot line. Discarding 60 pages amounted to removing more than one quarter of Tarantino original text. [3]

Tarantino is an American filmmaker, actor and author whose works are known for extended dialogue and pop culture references, according to Wikipedia. Pitt previously won an Academy Award for his role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Variety Film reported. As FTMQ Books reported earlier, Tarantino completed the script for his tenth feature film, though production was put on hold until his West End play closes. [2][9][10]