Brad Pitt, George Clooney’s ‘Wolfs’ director cancels sequel because he ‘no longer trusted’ streaming service

Despite being a reported hit, Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s caller onscreen teamup, "Wolfs," volition not beryllium getting a sequel.

According to Deadline, "Wolfs" was the astir viewed diagnostic movie connected Apple TV+, and the outlet had antecedently confirmed a sequel was connected the horizon.

However, the film’s director, Jon Watts, pulled the plug aft a disagreement with the streaming service.

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney's transgression caper "Wolfs" volition not beryllium getting a sequel, according to the film's director. (Apple TV+)

"I showed Apple my last chopped of ‘Wolfs’ early this year," Watts told Deadline. "They were highly enthusiastic astir it and instantly commissioned maine to commencement penning a sequel. But their last-minute displacement from a promised wide theatrical merchandise to a streaming merchandise was a full astonishment and made without immoderate mentation oregon discussion. I wasn’t adjacent told astir it until little than a week earlier they announced it to the world."

The determination not to bash a afloat theatrical merchandise near Watts "completely shocked" and helium asked the streaming work to "please not see the quality that I was penning a sequel."

"They ignored my petition and announced it successful their property merchandise anyway, seemingly to make a affirmative rotation to their streaming pivot. And truthful I softly returned the wealth they gave maine for the sequel," helium continued. " I didn’t privation to speech astir it due to the fact that I was arrogant of the movie and didn’t privation to make immoderate unnecessary antagonistic press."

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"Wolfs" manager Jon Watts connected acceptable with Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Watts told Deadline helium canceled the film's sequel aft disagreements with Apple connected merchandise strategy. (Apple TV+)

Watts added, "I loved moving with Brad and George (and Amy [Ryan] and Austin [Abrams] and Poorna [Jagannathan] and Zlatko [Buric]) and would happily bash it again."

"But the information is that Apple didn’t cancel the ‘Wolfs’ sequel, I did, due to the fact that I nary longer trusted them arsenic a originative partner."

Representatives for Watts, Pitt, Clooney, and Apple TV+ did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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Watts said helium enjoyed moving with Clooney and Pitt, but "no longer trusted" Apple arsenic "a originative partner." (Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images)

"But the information is that Apple didn’t cancel the ‘Wolfs’ sequel, I did, due to the fact that I nary longer trusted them arsenic a originative partner."

"Wolfs" had a premiere successful September astatine the Venice Film Festival, wherever Clooney cleared up rumors astir his and Pitt’s paychecks for the movie and the merchandise plans during a property league for the film.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Clooney and Pitt gave portions of their salaries back aft a woody for a theatrical merchandise for "Wolfs" fell through, meaning it would get a constricted release.

"Yes, we wanted it to beryllium released [in theaters]. We’ve had immoderate bumps on the way, that happens. When I did [Clooney-directed biographical sports drama] ‘The Boys successful the Boat,’ we did it for MGM, and past it ended up being for Amazon, and we didn’t get a overseas merchandise astatine all, which was a surprise. There are elements of this that we are figuring out," helium said per the outlet.

"Wolfs" had a premiere astatine the Venice Film Festival this year, wherever Clooney confirmed helium and Pitt had returned portions of their salaries to effort to guarantee a wide theatrical merchandise earlier the movie went to streaming.  (Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)

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"You guys are each successful this, too," helium added. "We’re each successful this industry, and we’re trying to find our mode post-COVID and everything else, and truthful there’s immoderate bumps on the way. It is simply a bummer, of course, but connected the different hand, a batch of radical are going to spot the film, and we are getting a merchandise successful a fewer 100 theaters, truthful we’re getting a release. But yeah, it would’ve been bully if we [were] to person a wide release."

In 2023, Clooney besides told Deadline that helium and Pitt had returned immoderate of their salaries to guarantee a theatrical release, saying, "Brad and I made the woody to bash that movie wherever we gave wealth backmost to marque definite that we had a theatrical release. At the time, that wasn’t arsenic fashionable an sentiment arsenic it has go successful the past twelvemonth and a fractional now."

In Venice, Clooney besides addressed a study from The New York Times that the "Ocean’s 11" stars had been paid implicit $35 cardinal each to prima successful the film.

Clooney besides denied rumors helium and Pitt were paid implicit $35 cardinal to prima successful "Wolfs." (JB Lacroix/FilmMagic)

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"[It was] an absorbing article, and immoderate her root was for our salary, it is millions and millions and millions of dollars little than what was reported. And I americium lone saying that due to the fact that I deliberation it’s atrocious for our manufacture if that’s what radical deliberation is the standard-bearer for salaries," Clooney said, per People. "I deliberation that’s terrible, it’ll marque it intolerable to marque films."