Why did Cliff Booth cost $200 million? Answers

Many have raised their eyebrows at the budget for Netflix's upcoming feature film, The Adventures of Cliff Booth. Seeing the platform spend so much isn't unprecedented: it's already done so for blockbusters like Red Notice, The Gray Man, and The Electric State. All masterpieces… But in this case, the cost is surprising given the genre and subject matter. A report published by Puck News examined the film's accounts and suggests that a large portion of the budget will go to the three people behind the project: Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, and David Fincher. According to the media outlet, Pitt will receive $40 million to reprise his role, while Fincher and Tarantino will each pocket $20 million. That's $80 million gone before the first day of filming even begins. And this is before paying the rest of the cast, which includes Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Holt McCallany, Karren Karagulian, and Timothy Olyphant. Despite a teaser aired during the Super Bowl, the idea of a late summer release, in other words, in August, is still not official. This week, Drew Taylor, an insider at The Wrap, even cooled this possibility. For him, an autumn release now seems more credible. What if Netflix paid its screenwriters better? Netflix is also reportedly considering a major launch for Cliff Booth. For now, little is known about the plot, except that it will once again follow the enigmatic stuntman played by Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, eight years after the events of Tarantino's film. There remains this figure, which speaks volumes about Netflix's logic: $20 million for the Quentin Tarantino script. The platform clearly knows how to break the bank for a big name. It remains to be seen whether the script will live up to expectations. One could even argue that it's sometimes healthier to pay a high price for a good script, without worrying too much about the author's name. But that's another debate.