George Clooney and Brad Pitt are returning to the Venice Film Festival Sunday for the world premiere of "Wolfs." In the crime-thriller directed by Jon Watts, the two Hollywood stars play lone wolf fixers mistakenly hired for the same job to cover up a crime.
The film, which is not in competition, will debut for festival-goers Sunday evening on the Lido. "Wolfs" will have a limited theatrical release, starting Sept. 20, before hitting Apple TV+ on Sept. 27.
Though both regulars at the picturesque festival on their own, with Clooney's premieres including "Gravity" and "Good Night and Good Luck," and "Ad Astra" and "The Assassination of Jesse James-" among Pitt's, only once have they walked the carpet together. No, it wasn't for an Ocean's film. It was in 2008, for the premiere of "Burn After Reading," the madcap Coen brothers' farce in which they share one memorable scene.
Apple TV+ acquired "Wolfs" in a competitive bidding war, beating out both traditional studios and rival streaming services. Deadline reported in 2021 that the understanding was that it would come with a robust theatrical release, something the stars may have also forfeited money to ensure, the trade publication said. Then, several weeks ago the streamer announced different plans: Theatrical would be limited. Streaming would be quick.
Watts, who catapulted from indies to the Tom Holland Spider-Man films, said in a director's statement that this film is him trying to get back to street level after 'seven years of swinging from skyscrapers and jumping through multiverse portals."
