Brad Pitt returns as Quentin Tarantino’s laconic stuntman, now working as a Hollywood fixer in 1977 Los Angeles.

Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth is back, and Hollywood has found a new use for his particular set of skills.

David Fincher’s The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth will receive an exclusive two-week global run in IMAX theatres beginning Nov. 25, before arriving on Netflix on Dec. 23.

Fincher directs from a new screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, marking a rare occasion in which one of the filmmaker’s signature characters has been handed to another director. Pitt also serves as a producer alongside Ceán Chaffin.

Set in 1977, eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, the film finds Booth working as a bartender and projectionist while earning additional money as a fixer for Hollywood’s rich, famous and occasionally disreputable.

“Murder, blackmail, theft, extortion. Just another summer in Hollywood,” Netflix teases in its synopsis.

Booth’s latest assignment begins when talent agent Karen Crosby, played by Elizabeth Debicki, contacts him on behalf of her client, television star Charlie Peters, played by Scott Caan. Unlike many actors, Peters has built a reputation for performing his own stunts.

The case brings Booth into contact with Peters’ wife Toni, played by Carla Gugino, and Roderick “Hot Rod” Harrison, a professional football champion turned actor played by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Matt Groove and JB Tadena appear as the Verdusco brothers, mysterious gangsters creating havoc across Los Angeles.

Peter Weller, Corey Fogelmanis and Karren Karagulian round out the announced cast.

Pitt first played Booth in Tarantino’s 2019 film Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Set during the final days of Hollywood’s golden age, the film followed fading television Western star Rick Dalton, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, and his longtime stunt double, driver and closest friend as they navigated a rapidly changing industry in 1969 Los Angeles.

Booth emerged as the film’s relaxed but morally ambiguous counterpoint to Dalton’s insecurity. His easygoing manner concealed a formidable capacity for violence, making him central to Tarantino’s revisionist finale.

In the film’s alternate version of history, members of the Manson Family encounter Booth and Dalton rather than murdering Sharon Tate and her friends. Booth, aided by his dog Brandy, violently dispatches the intruders, allowing Tate to survive and turning one of Hollywood’s darkest nights into a blood-soaked fairytale.

Pitt’s performance earned him the Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2020.

The new film appears to exchange that fairytale for a darker crime story. By 1977, the old studio system has receded further into history and Booth is no longer simply a stuntman standing in for someone else. Instead, he has become the person Hollywood calls when its problems need to disappear.

Fincher has again assembled several of his regular creative collaborators. Erik Messerschmidt serves as director of photography, Donald Graham Burt as production designer and Kirk Baxter as editor. The team also includes casting director Laray Mayfield, costume designer Trish Summerville, sound designer Ren Klyce and stunt coordinator Dave Macomber.

The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth opens in IMAX theatres globally on Nov. 25 and begins streaming on Netflix on Dec. 23.