Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, filmmaker Todd Phillips is returning with the sequel. “Joker: Folie à Deux” will play in competition with 20 other titles, festival organizers.
The lineup for the 81st edition of the festival, unveiled early Tuesday, also includes new films starring Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig and Jude Law.
Pitt and Clooney will reunite in Jon Watts’ “Wolfs,” an adrenaline packed action-comedy about a few fixers that will screen out of competition.
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Wolfs Trailer & Teaser
Banter, comedy, action, Clooney and Pitt. We’re in.
Former co-stars and real-life friends George Clooney and Brad Pitt become reluctant partners when they are both hired as fixers for the same job in the new trailer for the upcoming movie, “Wolfs.”
The Apple Studios movie also stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams and Poorna Jagannathan.
Prior to the first full trailer, a teaser for the movie showed Clooney and Pitt sitting quietly in a car together.
The two are reuniting after working together in Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading,” in 2008. They also starred together in Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean’s Eleven” franchise.
In the trailer, Clooney’s character is called to dispose of a body.
“There’s nobody that can do what I do,” Clooney says.
Pitt arrives nexts to discover he was sent to deal with the same problem, then finds drugs complicating the matter even more.
“Wolfs” is directed by Jon Watts.
The movie is scheduled for release in September.
Read more. Check out the official Wolfs website and the Sony UK website.
Clooney Says He, Brad Pitt & Director Jon Watts Are Already Talking About A Sequel
A Plan B project, Pitt’s producing company, the film also stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, and Poorna Jagannathan. Larkin Seiple, the cinematographer behind “Swiss Army Man” and the Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” will shoot the film.
And apparently, the trio are already discussing a sequel.
“We’re already talking about a sequel for this film I did with Brad and Jon Watts,” Clooney told Deadline this week promoting his latest film, “The Boys In The Boat.” “It was a great shoot, and Jon is an extraordinarily talented guy who’s also really joyful. He loves what he does. We had a blast doing it, and we’ve seen it. It’s an off-the-charts great film, and it’s fun to work with Brad again. We had a really good time.”
“We met with David Zaslav, and he was like, ‘look, I think every movie we do will go to streaming, but we want it released first because there’s an actual benefit in having your movie out, be successful, be promoted,’” he explained. “And it actually changes how many people watch it in streaming.
“Brad and I made the deal to do that movie where we gave money back to make sure that we had a theatrical release,” he continued. “At the time, that wasn’t as popular an opinion as it has become in the last year and a half now. I think Netflix is considering buying theaters even, I’m not sure. But you look at ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Barbie,’ and establishing them as massive box office hits makes them massive hits on streaming as well.”
Sony Wins Global Theatrical Distribution Deal For Apple’s George Clooney & Brad Pitt Pic ‘Wolfs’
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment in a competitive situation has won the theatrical distribution deals for two mega Apple Original Films movies –the George Clooney and Brad Pitt feature “Wolfs”.
The news comes on the heels of Apple Original Films’ Ridley Scott-directed Napoleon rolling toward $200M worldwide via its distribution pact with Sony.
Both movies, developed and produced by Apple Original Films, will receive a global theatrical window before streaming worldwide on AppleTV+.
