George Clooney and Brad Pitt have taken pay cuts in order to get their next film into theaters, as a part of their deal with Apple. Clooney's most recent film The Tender Bar was released on Amazon on January 7 and has received some award buzz for Ben Affleck's performance, having already netted him nods from the Golden Globes and the Screen Actor's Guild. Pitt is currently working on Blonde, the adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' opus novel about the life of Marilyn Monroe.
Little is known about the film the two are set to collaborate on, with no title or budget currently announced. However, the premise of the thriller-drama is set to be based on two lone wolf fixers assigned to the same job. Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts is set to helm the film in a return to his thriller roots, with his indie hit Cop Car paving the way for his career at Marvel. No casting or production start dates have yet been announced.
“It was an exciting time because it got to be one of those weird bidding wars which happen every once in a while, and it ended up being pretty extreme, and Apple came in with a really big number for Brad and I, and we said we’d like to take less as long as we can guarantee that we can have a theatrical release, and they said great. So, I do think that there’s a way that we can all co-exist."
Clooney's comments came in the context of his wider discussion about the difficulty of securing theatrical releases for films lately, given the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on movie theaters. The Hollywood veteran rightly points out that only major blockbusters, such as Watts' recent mega-hit Spider-Man: No Way Home, are guaranteed success at the box office these days.
It's true that studios are becoming more risk-averse for films getting theatrical releases, with big-budget superhero and action movies being the few to find success in the post-pandemic world . Though streaming has helped with smaller films finding audiences, the current climate has made it impossible for things to go both ways, where low-budget, small-scale films could find success in theaters and through streaming.
This is class!!! Classic theatre release with classic actors with classic style!!! Respect!
Ok but I’m still not gonna watch it in theaters
The Big Screen is becoming an endangered species.
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