As you might already know, in a surprising move, Brad Pitt is set to step back into the shoes of Cliff Booth, the enigmatic stuntman from Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” This time, though, it won’t be Tarantino in the director’s chair—David Fincher is taking the reins, with a script still written by Tarantino.

Buried in a recent Deadline writeup about Fincher’s upcoming crime drama “Sinners” was a major scoop: Fincher’s next film will be titled “The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth.” Not just that, the film will reintroduce Pitt’s character in a very different light—as a Hollywood studio fixer.

The concept of Booth taking on that role isn’t entirely new. Tarantino explored the idea in the 2021 novelization of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” fleshing out Booth’s backstory with a series of solo misadventures that suggested a much darker and more capable side to the character.

As a “fixer,” Booth would be the guy studios call when something—anything—needs to quietly disappear. Scandals, blackmail, problematic stars, even bodies. He operates in the shadows, loyal, unshakable, and totally unfazed by the dirt beneath Hollywood’s golden surface. It’s a natural evolution for a character already written as a war hero, stuntman, and possibly even a murderer.