When it comes to Super Bowl spots for big upcoming movies, most of them are expected. Not only do studios frequently let the press know what’s on the way ahead of time, but there are often early teasers released online that gets fans stoked for what’s to come. That being said, sometimes we are treated to surprises, and tonight we got an amazing one in the form of a first look at director David Fincher’s The Adventures Of Cliff Booth a.k.a. the sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood that is heading to Netflix this year.
In the first few seconds of the spot, it’s not totally clear what audiences are looking at from the first shot, as we simply see Brad Pitt reclining with a pack of frozen peas subbing for an icepack on his knee and a blue scribble seemingly censoring a joint in his mouth, but the identity of the production becomes clear as we hear the voice of Elizabeth Debecki: “So you helped Rick subdue those hippie intruders?” Rick, of course, is none other than Rick Dalton, and “those hippie intruders” were none other than Charles Manson’s cronies sent to kill Sharon Tate and her friends. The one and only Cliff Booth explains that he knows better than to get in the way of a true story, and the preview is off to the races as a shotgun explosion of style.
