Sequel to George Clooney and Brad Pitt movie ‘Wolfs’ cancelled
The anticipated sequel to the George Clooney and Brad Pitt action comedy Wolfs has been cancelled.
The original film was released on Apple TV+ in September after a brief theatrical run. Directed by Jon Watts (Marvel’s Spider-Man trilogy), it saw Clooney and Pitt playing two professional fixers who are forced to work together on a job, despite both preferring to work as lone wolves.
The film had been widely expected to be granted a sequel, with Clooney, Pitt and Watts all returning, but Variety have confirmed that the second film will now not be going ahead.
Watts gave an interview to Collider this week in which he promoted his new Disney+ Star Wars series Skeleton Crew. Asked about his upcoming projects, he said: “I don’t know what I’m directing next, and I don’t think there’s going to be a Wolfs sequel.”
This contradicts reports from the summer that Apple had signed Watts on to direct, write and produce a second Wolfs film, but that would appear to no longer be happening.
Wolfs premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September and also stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Richard Kind and the voice of Frances McDormand, and currently sits on a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 66%. The site’s consensus concludes that the two actors give the film “zip, even when it cycles through cliches of the fixer genre, making for a pleasing and slick throwback”.
In a three-star review of Wolfs, NME wrote: “Despite its superficially dark material, Wolfs isn’t meant to be difficult or challenging, it’s just an enjoyable time hanging out with some chilled, reassuringly handsome gents as they get to the bottom of their not-a-murder mystery.”
“When they eventually do and all the strands are explained, it’s quite hard to follow how things all connect up but it doesn’t really matter. By that point viewers will have gladly accepted the state of things – sometimes a cosy night in watching an easy film is the best remedy for dealing with the world’s woes, as it is in this case.”
Clooney and Pitt are set to reunite soon, however, in Ocean’s 14, which is reportedly in the works with All Quiet On The Western Front director Edward Berger said to be in talks to take over the franchise from Steven Soderbergh.
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Max Pilley
NME
