Netflix Teases 'The Adventures of Cliff Booth' in Super Bowl Trailer

The first look at the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' spinoff features Brad Pitt reprising his Oscar-winning role.

Published on Feb. 8, 2026

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During the Super Bowl, Netflix aired the first teaser trailer for its upcoming spinoff series 'The Adventures of Cliff Booth', featuring Brad Pitt reprising his role as Cliff Booth from Quentin Tarantino's 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. The footage shows Booth admitting to Elizabeth Debicki's character that he helped Leonardo DiCaprio's Rick Dalton 'subdue the hippie intruders' at the end of Tarantino's film, and then teases a montage of new scenes set to the theme from 'Peter Gunn'.

Why it matters

The new 'Cliff Booth' series is based on the novel 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: A Novel' written by Tarantino, which expanded on the backstory and mythology of the Cliff Booth character. Fans of the original film will be eager to see more of Pitt's Oscar-winning performance in this spinoff, which is directed by David Fincher and also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Scott Caan, and JB Tadena.

The details

The teaser trailer shows Booth, with ice on his knee and shoulder, admitting to Elizabeth Debicki's character that he helped Rick Dalton 'subdue the hippie intruders' at the end of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'. The footage then cuts to a montage of new scenes set to the 'Peter Gunn' theme, including Booth and Debicki's character walking together, Carla Gugino's character at a Malibu beach house, what appear to be Asian gangsters carrying a sledgehammer, Booth inside a theater's projection room, a Blaxsploitation film being shown onscreen, and the exterior of Big Kahuna Burger. The trailer notably avoids showing any cigarettes, alcohol, nudity or cursing, with those elements being 'crudely scratched out' onscreen.

  • The events of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' took place on February 8, 1969.
  • The first teaser trailer for 'The Adventures of Cliff Booth' aired during the Super Bowl on February 8, 2026.

The players

Cliff Booth

The main character of the new spinoff series, played by Brad Pitt, who is reprising his Oscar-winning role from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'.

Elizabeth Debicki

An actress who appears in the teaser trailer, playing a character who interacts with Cliff Booth.

Rick Dalton

The character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', who Cliff Booth helped 'subdue the hippie intruders' for at the end of that film.

Carla Gugino

An actress who appears in the teaser trailer, in a scene set at a Malibu beach house.

Quentin Tarantino

The writer and director of 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', who also wrote the novel that the new 'Cliff Booth' series is based on.

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What they’re saying

“I love this script, but I'm still walking down the same ground I've already walked. It just kind of unenthused me. This last movie, I've got to not know what I'm doing again. I've got to be in uncharted territory.”

— Quentin Tarantino (The Church of Tarantino podcast)

What’s next

The new 'Cliff Booth' series does not yet have an official release date, with the teaser trailer only stating that it is 'Coming Soon'.

The takeaway

The 'Cliff Booth' spinoff series represents an opportunity for Netflix and Quentin Tarantino to expand the mythology and backstory of a beloved character from 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood', while also allowing director David Fincher to explore new creative territory outside of his previous filmography.