David Fincher to Direct Brad Pitt in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Netflix Follow-Up From a Tarantino Script

[Adamant]

Word is that Leonardo DiCaprio might be returning as well.

(8:30 for the Leo part)


From this article (that mentions it's NOT an April Fools Joke, and that Leo could return)

‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Follow-Up in the Works With Brad Pitt Starring, David Fincher Directing a Quentin Tarantino Script

Despite what the calendar says, this is not an April Fool's joke.

www.hollywoodreporter.com

 

[Highway99]

What do you mean by handing over the reins to the cinematic universe? Isn't OUATIH it's own thing?

Its in the realer than real universe.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Never watched True Romance?

I think Fincher is a better director than Tony Scott was, but I think Tony Scott was a better fit for a Tarantino script.

This seems like a weird fit.

Also I'm just annoyed at Fincher that he let Netflix fuck up Mindhunter.

 

[Dailo]

Once upon a time was alright but I'm not sure it's a movie that really needs a sequel altho brad pitts character in it was pretty cool

 

[Adamant]

I think Fincher is a better director than Tony Scott was, but I think Tony Scott was a better fit for a Tarantino script.

This seems like a weird fit.

It depends on the project. Something like this, I think is fine. But a Fincher Kill Bill would be kinda strange.

 

[AGGAMEMNON66]

Can't agree with you there. Its my favorite movie. I've spent a fair about of time in LA and I love movies about movies and that era of Hollywood as well. It's an all time great hang out movie, and spending time with the characters is a pleasure for me.

And that’s my point. You’re from the area, it makes some sense that you’re into it. Its Tarantino’s love letter to a place and time and I get that. But it’s also a meta-ish movie I can’t relate to and don’t find the story interesting at all. In some ways it’s a movie without a story.


I also get that QT inserts meta moments into most of his films and subverts expectations and all that kind of thing.. but this film seemed to put the focus on the meta part, it’s a personal film for him and it’s well done. But when I see a film I want to sit down and watch something that pulls me in with a great story and characters that are memorable.. I want to be taken out of reality for a couple hours and entertained and for me this movie falls well short there. But I also get why it falls short, and part of that is because I can’t relate to it because I’m not from there.

 

[ricc505]

No problem here.

Tarantino’s scripts have done just fine in the hands of others.

True Romance, From Dusk till Dawn, and despite him not liking it, Natural Born Killers.

I have no reason to think this wouldn’t be good with a capable director which Fincher is.

There’s not much secret sauce. If you stick to the script chances are you have a good movie(or series)

It’s the Coen Brothers whose scripts fall flat in the hands of other directors. Because they have subtle beats to their direction that aren’t done when Spielberg, Clooney, or Jolie direct their scripts. So the timing of the dialogue or action just never hits the right note even though you recognize it as one of their signatures.

A lot of people don’t know it, but ‘Bad Santa’ is probably their only good non directed Coen project and they didn’t even take credit for it.

I'm unaware of the coen connection to bad Santa. Please elaborate

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

I'm all for it. I don't give a shit about any dick measuring contests between directors or tainting anyone's legacy

Here's the reality, we're getting older and all the stars we grew up with are slowly making their exit. Whether they are retiring, dying or just too old to play the shit they used to, they are on the way out. I for one, love Brad Pitt and want to see the guy do as many films before it's too late.

This is why I appreciate Tom Cruise for churning out what he can before he has to hang it up.

Bring it on I say.

 

[Highway99]

And that’s my point. You’re from the area, it makes some sense that you’re into it. Its Tarantino’s love letter to a place and time and I get that. But it’s also a meta-ish movie I can’t relate to and don’t find the story interesting at all. In some ways it’s a movie without a story.


I also get that QT inserts meta moments into most of his films and subverts expectations and all that kind of thing.. but this film seemed to put the focus on the meta part, it’s a personal film for him and it’s well done. But when I see a film I want to sit down and watch something that pulls me in with a great story and characters that are memorable.. I want to be taken out of reality for a couple hours and entertained and for me this movie falls well short there. But I also get why it falls short, and part of that is because I can’t relate to it because I’m not from there.

I'm not from LA, never even lived there.... Nor am I an actor or a stuntman. You don't have to be any of those things to sympathize, empathize, relate to or understand what a character goes through. I can very much relate to Rick's insecurities and appreciate the theme of dutiful friendship, very much like a batman and his officer...And I can feel Sharon's excitement in the theater as she watches her movie on the precipice of a blossoming career.

And you may not have been, but I was taken out of reality and all my sensory perceptions immersed in the world of 1969 Hollywood. And I mean really put there in a way that few if any other filmmakers would or could...And doing it with the least use of CGI possible, what an amazing accomplishment.

But hey, if you can't dig this groovy flick, then....

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Probably my least favourite QT movie. Would rather see a Kill Bill prequel or a Django sequel.

 

[Kingz]

I'm unaware of the coen connection to bad Santa. Please elaborate

They developed the concept and story for Bad Santa but they ended up hiring another screenwriting duo and supervised the project as Executive Producers. They did rewrites and a lot of their jokes are in the final script.

Not that the script was all them or anything. The two credited screenwriters aren’t hacks and they went on to do good things like I Love You, Phillip Morris and Bad News Bears. You can see a little bit of all the writers in Bad Santa.

I knew they had served as Executive Producers on it but I didn’t learn about how they developed the story and did re-writes and added stuff until later. I try to find the Coen-esque stuff on repeat viewings

 

[koquerelle]

He's also really quite funny and seems like a nice bloke. He was on Kimmell recently and came off really well. I don't know if I'd seen him do an interview before.

He's a notorious asshole.

 

[Adamant]

Its in the realer than real universe.

Please explain the universes and what "realer than real" is.

In some ways it’s a movie without a story.

QT said that was his point with OUATIH. It's basically a "hang out" movie between two friends; a day in the life of... and some of the shenanigans they get into.

 

[Highway99]

Please explain the universes and what "realer than real" is.

The realer than real universe is inhabited by the characters from Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, Django, Hateful 8 and OUATIH. Many of these characters are interconnected and have descendants and relatives in the universe.

The movie-movie universe consists of Kill Bill and From Dusk Till Dawn. These are movies that the characters in the realer than real universe would go see.

Jackie Brown is an Elmore Leonard adaption and counts as its own separate thing.

There is some potential cross over, but this is the general rules of the Tarantinoverse.

 

[ricc505]

They developed the concept and story for Bad Santa but they ended up hiring another screenwriting duo and supervised the project as Executive Producers. They did rewrites and a lot of their jokes are in the final script.

Not that the script was all them or anything. The two credited screenwriters aren’t hacks and they went on to do good things like I Love You, Phillip Morris and Bad News Bears. You can see a little bit of all the writers in Bad Santa.

I knew they had served as Executive Producers on it but I didn’t learn about how they developed the story and did re-writes and added stuff until later. I try to find the Coen-esque stuff on repeat viewings

I'm truly surprised I never heard that. I'm a big fan of most of the coen brothers movies. I'll have to pay more attention next time I see bad Santa, thanks for the info.

I was living in a nursing home and we had HBO on our TVs. I was afraid I'd hate burn after reading because of the Pitt scenes in the commercials. I caught the premier and kept dropping the volume due to language, not wanting some old lady to complain. My roommate was watching it too, and loud enough for me to watch with my TV on mute.

When Clooney reveals his special project the two of us break out laughing, and I could hear loud laughter from other rooms. Very surreal

 

[Highway99]

As with The Movie Critic the Cliff Booth sequel looks like it will be set in 1977.

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/20...ovie-is-set-nine-years-later-and-not-a-sequel

 

[Adamant]

As with The Movie Critic the Cliff Booth sequel looks like it will be set in 1977.

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/20...ovie-is-set-nine-years-later-and-not-a-sequel

Nice.

I wonder if this is QT's script for The Movie Critic that morphed into a sequel with Cliff Booth? He's just passing it off to Fincher because, likely, he likes it, just not enough to direct it himself as his "final" film.

And if QT has personally chosen Fincher to do it, then there's nothing to worry about. (It's not like he passed the script off to the studio and the studio chose a director)

 

[Highway99]

Nice.

I wonder if this is QT's script for The Movie Critic that morphed into a sequel with Cliff Booth? He's just passing it off to Fincher because, likely, he likes it, just not enough to direct it himself as his "final" film.

And if QT has personally chosen Fincher to do it, then there's nothing to worry about. (It's not like he passed the script off to the studio and the studio chose a director)

I think Pitt asked permission to go to Fincher with it.

Its just sad QT has become so passionless that he would allow for such a thing. The whole purpose of the retirement talk was to protect himself from the jaded and tired filmmaker he would become.

If you watch his interview with Elvis Mitchell from this year's sundance, he is completely aware tha'ts what he's become, but even though he knows it he just doesn't care.

 

[Mr.Maelstrom]

Probably my least favourite QT movie. Would rather see a Kill Bill prequel or a Django sequel.

Hateful 8 started its life as a potential sequel picking up with an older Django still bounty hunting when he runs into John Ruth. I think IB, DU and H8 are all instant classics. That was a great run of films from Tarantino.

 

[Law Talkin’ Guy]

Hateful 8 started its life as a potential sequel picking up with an older Django still bounty hunting when he runs into John Ruth. I think IB, DU and H8 are all instant classics. That was a great run of films from Tarantino.

I’m not the biggest fan of Inglorious Bastards but loved Django Unchained and Hateful 8. OAATIH was in my opinion a big step back from them.