It all seemed uber-exciting at first. Brad Pitt would reprise his Oscar-winning role as stunt man Cliff Booth in a Netflix sequel to Quentin Tarantino’s 2019 mega-hit “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” Now comes the tricky news. Though Tarantino would stay on as screenwriter, he would not be returning to the director’s chair. Was he pushed out? Hardly. It was the Q-man’s own decision—with a nudge from Pitt—to let another director call the shots.

Brad Pitt's Back in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"
But where’s director Quentin Tarantino?