Netflix's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel adds to cast

A sequel to any Quentin Tarantino film, unless pre-planned like the Kill Bill movies, seems farcical and not realistic. But that might not be the case. Netflix's rumored Once Upon a Time in Hollywood sequel appears to have real teeth.

This is based on the announcement that the project has added two actors to the cast. They are Elizabeth Debicki of The Crown and The Night Manager fame, and Scott Caan, well-known for his roles in Hawaii Five-O and the Ocean's trilogy. The announcement was confirmed by Variety.

While Tarantino is not expected to direct, he is writing the script. But don't be alarmed. The director is still going to be high-quality because David Fincher (Fight Club, Gone Girl) is attached to do so.

Planned Netflix-produced sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood adds to cast

Brad Pitt is also set to reprise his role from the original as Cliff Booth. The safe assumption is that Pitt will also serve as an executive producer.

Tarantino's script might be the remnants of his scrapped feature, The Movie Critic. Pitt was expected to star in the film, possibly reprising his role as Booth, as a a movie critic whose work appeared in a porn magazine. The story is not far-fetched, as for decades Playboy magazine was home to many of the best film and book critics working.

How much of the script for The Movie Critic, which was supposed to be Tarantino's 10th and final film, remains is unknown, as is most of the information about the Netflix sequel. Will it even happen? Who knows, but if it does, there is a lot of talent involved.

We are still quite away from the project coming to fruition, though. The cast is still rumored to be put together, but there is no filming schedule. Fincher is linked to the work, but plans could easily change on that front.

The original Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was an alternative history of the Manson Family murders. Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) is an actor whose best days have passed him by, and Booth (Pitt) is his bodyguard. Rick lives next door to fictional Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate when things go awry.

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