The anticipated sequel to the George Clooney and Brad Pitt motion comedy Wolfs has been cancelled.
The unique movie was launched on Apple TV+ in September after a quick theatrical run. Directed by Jon Watts (Marvel’s Spider-Man trilogy), it noticed Clooney and Pitt taking part in two skilled fixers who’re compelled to work collectively on a job, regardless of each preferring to work as lone wolves.
The movie had been broadly anticipated to be granted a sequel, with Clooney, Pitt and Watts all returning, however Selection have confirmed that the second movie will no longer be going forward.
Watts gave an interview to Collider this week wherein he promoted his new Disney+ Star Wars sequence Skeleton Crew. Requested about his upcoming tasks, he stated: “I don’t know what I’m directing subsequent, and I don’t assume there’s going to be a Wolfs sequel.”
This contradicts stories from the summer time that Apple had signed Watts on to direct, write and produce a second Wolfs movie, however that would seem to now not be occurring.
Wolfs premiered on the Venice Movie Pageant in September and likewise stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Richard Type and the voice of Frances McDormand, and presently sits on a Rotten Tomatoes ranking of 66%. The positioning’s consensus concludes that the 2 actors give the movie “zip, even when it cycles by cliches of the fixer style, making for a satisfying and slick throwback”.
In a three-star assessment of Wolfs, NME wrote: “Regardless of its superficially darkish materials, Wolfs isn’t meant to be troublesome or difficult, it’s simply an satisfying time hanging out with some chilled, reassuringly good-looking gents as they unravel their not-a-murder thriller.”
“Once they finally do and all of the strands are defined, it’s fairly exhausting to observe how issues all join up but it surely doesn’t actually matter. By that time viewers may have gladly accepted the state of issues – typically a comfy night time in watching a straightforward movie is one of the best treatment for coping with the world’s woes, as it’s on this case.”
Clooney and Pitt are set to reunite quickly, nonetheless, in Ocean’s 14, which is reportedly within the works with All Quiet On The Western Entrance director Edward Berger stated to be in talks to take over the franchise from Steven Soderbergh.
