From The Hollywood Reporter · Lexy Perez · · 1m 10s
Tarantino's Cliff Booth gets a novel
Quentin Tarantino is writing a book about the stuntman Brad Pitt played, and it lands this December.
In brief
Quentin Tarantino is writing a book about the stuntman Brad Pitt played, and it lands this December. Tarantino is continuing Cliff Booth's story in print, not on screen, with a Harper novel out this December. Originally reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Cliff Booth is back
Quentin Tarantino is returning to the stuntman from Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, the character Brad Pitt played on screen.
A novel, not a movie
Tarantino is writing the story as a book called The Adventures of Cliff Booth, so the next chapter arrives on the page.
Harper publishes in December
The novel comes out this December through Harper.
Hollywood, 1977
The book jumps forward a decade from the film, landing Booth in a Hollywood where the Swinging Sixties have already burned out.
“Hollywood, 1977. The Swinging Sixties are long gone”
War hero to projectionist
Harper's synopsis lists his working life: war hero, stuntman, bartender, cinema projectionist. Booth keeps on keeping on.
“War hero, stuntman, bartender, cinema projectionist”
The side work
He still takes on what the publisher calls clandestine services for his friends, which is where the adventures presumably start.
“with the occasional 'clandestine services' for his friends”
The bottom line
Tarantino is continuing Cliff Booth's story in print, not on screen, with a Harper novel out this December.
