David Fincher Reveals Why He Cut Parts of Quentin Tarantino's Script

There has been talk that the upcoming film The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is running into trouble behind the scenes. The movie recently underwent reshoots and reportedly missed the fall festivals because it wasn't progressing on time. It will, however, get an extended IMAX-exclusive run before debuting on Netflix this December. The streamer has reportedly paid a fortune for the project, which unites three A-listers to write, direct and star in it. Each of them was reportedly paid $20 million for their work, but the arrangement is most unusual for one of them: Quentin Tarantino. The writer-director is used to handling his own material but is now relying on David Fincher to adapt it, with Brad Pitt in the lead. Perhaps for the first time, his words aren't sacrosanct, with Fincher revealing that he cut a large portion of the script.

In a recent chat with Empire, Tarantino said writing The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth wasn't at all like penning its predecessor, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino has famously held himself to a self-imposed limit of 10 feature films as director and has spent the last few years trying to find ways to extend his career as if Congress itself will hold him to his word. Since he already has nine movies behind him, Tarantino didn't direct Cliff Booth himself. He has also written a couple of books and is set to make his debut as a playwright with the upcoming West End production The Popinjay Cavalier.