Brad Pitt's Blockbuster Summer: F1 Smashes Records, Cliff Booth Returns, and More
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Brad Pitt's Blockbuster Summer: F1 Smashes Records, Cliff Booth Returns, and More
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Brad Pitt is having a colossal summer pivoting from tabloid speculation to box office dominance and back again. This week he is everywhere. The biggest headline is Pitt’s lead role in F1, now officially Apple’s highest-grossing original film ever, passing the 500 million dollar mark globally. Variety and CNBC both highlight the movie’s thunderous debut and Pitt’s authentic tie-ins with Formula One stars like Lewis Hamilton. On social, X users and Instagram influencers can’t stop posting about Pitt’s surprise success, dubbing it his most lucrative turn since World War Z and chronicling fan buzz as F1 secures repeat runs in IMAX for maximum impact. Not just a commercial win, it is further evidence of Apple’s streaming ambitions and cements Pitt as one of the few over-sixty actors who still pull blockbuster numbers in a world obsessed with superhero sequels.
But Pitt isn’t just coasting on the victory lap. This week, every gossip feed has exploded over the first set photos for The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Booth, which sees Pitt back in character from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, in a move that has diehards ecstatic and critics squinting. He’s nearly unrecognizable in a shaggy blonde wig, yellow Hawaiian shirt, and toothpick, prompting widespread reaction on X—some fans adore the return, others joke he looks more like David Spade than Cliff Booth and beg for better hair. E! News and Parade both verify the film is not a full sequel but a character spinoff, penned by Quentin Tarantino but directed by David Fincher, with Netflix set for the release. Pitt has been candid in interviews with Deadline, calling it an episode, not a sequel, and promising it will be “really good fun.” There’s no word yet on whether Leonardo DiCaprio will return as Rick Dalton, fueling further speculation.
In a scene-stealing public appearance, Pitt and Tom Cruise turned heads walking the F1 premiere red carpet in London, reigniting rumors of a would-be Ford v Ferrari collaboration, as reported by various entertainment outlets. Pitt also recently recounted, in Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, his turbulent early years before landing Se7en, sharing an unvarnished glimpse of Hollywood’s pressure cooker life.
On social media, snarky memes react to his new Cliff Booth look, including viral side-by-sides with comics. While the F1 earnings and paparazzi shots roar above the chatter, Brad Pitt’s relentless reinvention keeps him securely in global headlines. He has managed not just to survive the internet’s age obsession but to turn it into a spectacle that is as much business as biography.
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