Timothy Olyphant & Brad Pitt's New Netflix Crime Movie Officially Continues Rating Tradition 7 Years Later

Credit: Marion Curtis/StarPix for Apple TV/INSTARimages Published Nov 14, 2026, 5:00 PM EST Fariba Rezwan is a Lead Editor for the Movie News team. She has been with ScreenRant for nearly five years, with roles ranging from list editor to junior news editor. During that time, Fariba has led coverage for breaking movies and TV news, including Hunger Games, Marvel, and streaming. Additionally, she has actively provided commentary and reactions to the biggest movies and shows on her YouTube channel, The Movieception Show. Timothy Olyphant and Brad Pitt's reunion continues a seven-year tradition. Quentin Tarantino directed the 2019 hit drama Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Pitt, and Margot Robbie. The story unveiled a fictionalized account of the Sharon Tate murders, in which Pitt portrays the stunt double Cliff Booth, who comes across the Manson Family. After the role won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, his character now becomes the hero of his own story in the upcoming sequel, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth. The only other actor returning is Olyphant, who portrayed the real-life actor James Stacy. Just weeks before its IMAX release, FilmRatings.com confirmed that The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will officially be rated R, like the original 2019 movie. The certificate indicates that the upcoming sequel has "some strong/disturbing violence, bloody images, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and drug use." The warning is not far off from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which had similar cautions of its violent content. Nevertheless, the R-rating was expected, given that Netflix released a red-band trailer earlier this month. It's the latest Olyphant movie to get an R rating. Since Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, only two of his films have avoided the restricted MPA rating; The Starling was rated PG-13, and LEGO Star Wars: The Mandalorian was TV-Y7-FV. Scratch & Peek Identify the cover art while scratching off as little foil as possible. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth takes place eight years after Tarantino's original hit, in which Cliff leaves the stunt world behind and becomes a studio fixer. Before that, the stunt double survived the Manson family attack at the end of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which hinted at Rick Dalton's acting struggles during the late 1960s. Although Tarantino wrote the story, the directorial duties were passed over to acclaimed director David Fincher. The upcoming movie marks the fourth reunion between Pitt and Fincher after they previously worked on Se7en, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and Fight Club. Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Carla Gugino round out the supporting cast. Olyphant provided details about his appearance and his collaboration with Fincher. He confirmed that his screen time is brief, having just filmed a day and a half of scenes. Nevertheless, he described the sequel as a "cool mix" of both filmmakers, with Tarantino's slick dialogue and Fincher's layered, distinct direction. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will become the first Netflix movie to have an exclusive IMAX release. The sequel is Tarantino and Fincher's most expensive movie, with a $200 million budget. Although DiCaprio had a key role as Rick Dalton in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, he will not reprise the fictional character in the sequel after turning down a cameo. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will be exclusively in IMAX for two weeks, starting November 25, before going to Netflix on December 23.