



• x043 September 18 – Wolfs – Los Angeles, CA.
Jon Watts is trading in spiders for animals of a different kind.
The director of the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man trilogy wrote and directed the action-comedy Wolfs (in select theaters Sep. 20; on Apple TV+ Sep. 27), about two fixers — played by George Clooney and Brad Pitt — who are brought in to help clean up a big crime involving Margaret (Amy Ryan), a New York D.A., late one night. The problem is, they don’t work with each other, nor did they expect the other to be there, but circumstances now dictate that these two lone wolves work together, like it or not, to get the job done.
The story plays out over the course of one night — one very cold winter night in NYC. “That was so stupid of me,” Watts tells Entertainment Weekly, laughing about the predicament he created. “I wrote the movie, I could have written it anywhere. I could have written it at any time of year. I chose New York at night.”
It’s Sunday on the Lido with George Clooney and Brad Pitt cruising into town for the world premiere of Apple Original Film’s Wolfs. The movie premieres out of competition at the Venice Film Festival this evening after screening for the press this morning.
In between their trademark banter at the packed press conference, the pair also addressed weightier matters such as the upcoming U.S. elections and the contemporary film industry chestnut of streaming versus theatrical.
In December last year, Sony won the global theatrical distribution deal for the crime thriller with comedic elements. Then in August, Apple pivoted on its plan for Wolfs to have a wide theatrical release before it lands on Apple TV+. It instead will receive a limited theatrical release September 20, and then debut globally on Apple TV+ on September 27.
At the same time, Apple also made a deal with Watts to write, direct and produce a sequel vehicle for Clooney and Pitt. It is unclear if Clooney and Pitt have also already signed on for the follow-up.