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It may be hard to remember , but George Clooney and Brad Pitt cobalt - starred in a moving-picture show , “ Wolfs , ” that Apple released just two months ago .
On Friday , the film ’s writer and director , Jon Watts , sound out that asequel is no longer happening ; in a follow - up interviewwith Deadline , he explained that he “ no longer commit [ Apple ] as a creative pardner . ”
The company is reportedlyscaling back its motion-picture show strategy . “ Wolfs , ” for example , was say to get a bounteous theatrical passing , but instead , it played in a circumscribed routine of theatre of operations for just one week before launch on Apple TV+ .
Watts , who also created the new Star Wars show “ Skeleton Crew , ” tell Apple ’s fracture “ was a total surprisal and made without any explanation or discussion . ”
“ I was completely shocked and asked them to please not let in the news that I was writing a sequel , ” Watts say . “ They discount my petition and announce it in their pressing release anyway , seemingly to create a confident twirl to their swarm pivot . ”
As a result , Watts say he “ quiet come back the money they gave me for the sequel ” and canceled the labor .