Brad Pitt and George Clooney's new action-comedy film Wolfs lands sequel ahead of its release in theaters
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Still several weeks away from making its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Brad Pitt and George Clooney's new film Wolfs has already been optioned for a sequel.
It was revealed by THR on Wednesday that Wolfs director/screenwriter Jon Watts has scored a new deal with Apple to helm a sequel to the upcoming action-comedy.
Deadline confirmed that Pitt and Clooney will reprise their roles for the follow-up project.
As part of the the big announcement, it was also revealed that Wolfs will premiere on Apple TV+ on September 27 following a limited one-week theatrical release through Sony.
Wolfs was originally meant to transition from a wide theatrical release before debuting on Apple TV+ but that's no longer the case.
Still several weeks away from making its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, Brad Pitt and George Clooney 's new film Wolfs has already been optioned for a sequel
It was revealed by THR on Wednesday that Wolfs director/screenwriter Jon Watts has scored a new deal with Apple to helm a sequel to the upcoming action-comedy
Wolf tells the story of two professional fixers who prefer to work alone find themselves forced to work together after being hired for the same job.
Along with starring at the top of the marquee, the two leading men are also serving as producers under Clooney's Smokehouse and Pitt's Plan B, along with Watts, and Dianne McGunigle, Grant Heslov, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner.
Michael Beugg will executive produce the film.
The cast also features Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, Richard Kind and Zlatko Burić, among others.
Watts is best known for directing the most recent Spider-Man trilogy for Sony, which included also co-writing Homecoming (2017), that saw the last installment, No Way Home (2021), shatter box office records on its way to $1.923 billion at the global box office while working with a $200 million budget.
Wolfs will mark the seventh time Pitt and Clooney have shared screen time together in a feature film during their illustrious careers in Hollywood.
They first starred in Ocean's Eleven (2001), leading to Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2002), Ocean’s Twelve (2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007), Burn After Reading (2008), If (2024), although its a voice role for an animated feature, and now Wolfs (2024).
While neither of the duo have won any major awards for the films they starred together, Burn After Reading did win Best Original Score For A Comedy Film at the International Film Music Critics Association Awards in 2009, which was among the 24 nominations it received soon after its release.
Deadline confirmed that Pitt and Clooney will reprise their roles for the follow-up project
Wolf tells the story of two professional fixers who prefer to work alone find themselves forced to work together after being hired for the same job
Along with starring at the top of the marquee, the two leading men are also serving as producers under Clooney's Smokehouse and Pitt's Plan B, along with Watts, and Dianne McGunigle, Grant Heslov, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner
Wolfs marks the seventh feature film that Clooney and Pitt have starred together during their illustrious careers, beginning with Ocean's Eleven (2001) 23 years ago
Wolfs is set to premiere out of competition at the 81st Venice International Film Festival that begins August 28 through until September 7.
Apple has decided to have its other Brad Pitt-led film in production, the Formula One sports action-drama F1, which is being directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, to stick with its plan to go with a wide theatrical release set for June 25, 2025 internationally, and June 27, 2025 in the U.S.
Pitt stars alongside Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem, Sarah Niles, Kim Bodnia, Shea Whigham, Joseph Balderrama, Samson Kayo, and Callie Cooke.
Pitt and Clooney also share the bragging rights of being named People's Sexiest Man Alive, with the prior first getting the accolade in 1995, two years before The American star got the nod in 1997.
