Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Why Quentin Tarantino Passed on Directing the Upcoming Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Sequel

Quentin Tarantino revealed why he decided to let somebody else...direct the sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood due next year...

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Direct from Hollywood. It was a bit unexpected when it
was announced this spring that Brad Pitt would reprise his
role of charming stuntman Cliff Booth for a sequel to
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. But the
bigger surprise was that Quentin himself won't be directing this script.
He's written instead Fight Club and seven filmmaker David Fincher

(00:23):
will be behind the camera, and Tarantino just explained why
he passed on it. He tells the Church of Tarantino
podcast his desire to retire after his next movie, his
tenth played a big part, saying I love the script,
but I'd be walking the same ground I've already walked
this last film. I can't know what I'm doing again,
and he later expressed his excitement over David Fincher making

(00:45):
it instead, adding I think David and I are the
two best directors. So the idea that David Fincher actually
wants to adapt my work to me shows a level
of seriousness towards my work that I think needed to
be taken into account. Fincher's sequel to Once Upon a
Time in Hollywood is expected next year, that's direct from Hollywood,