Cliff Booth Sequel Confirmed R-Rated Ahead of IMAX Run
FilmRatings.com lists The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth with warnings for violence, language, sexual content, nudity and drug use.
The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth has been officially rated R, FilmRatings.com confirmed, clearing the David Fincher-directed film for its theatrical run. The certificate cites strong and disturbing violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and drug use.
The film will open exclusively in IMAX for two weeks starting November 25, before arriving on Netflix on December 23. Netflix released a red-band trailer for the film earlier in the month.
Brad Pitt returns as Cliff Booth and also produces, while Quentin Tarantino writes and produces. Timothy Olyphant is back as James Stacy, with Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Carla Gugino among the supporting cast.
Eight years later
The sequel takes place eight years after the original film, with Cliff now working as a studio fixer. Tarantino directed the 2019 original, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio, Pitt and Margot Robbie; Pitt won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role. That film carried similar content warnings for violent content.
Pitt and Fincher previously worked together on Se7en, Fight Club and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. According to screenrant.com, Olyphant said he filmed only a day and a half of scenes for the sequel, and DiCaprio turned down a cameo and will not reprise Rick Dalton.
Quick answers
When does The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth come out?
It gets an exclusive two-week IMAX release starting November 25, then arrives on Netflix on December 23.
Why is the film rated R?
FilmRatings.com cites strong and disturbing violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and drug use.
Who is in the cast?
Brad Pitt plays Cliff Booth and produces; Timothy Olyphant returns as James Stacy, with Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Carla Gugino in supporting roles.