George Clooney, Brad Pitt’s movie lands at Apple, Jon Watts to direct

By PTI

LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker Jon Watts’ upcoming film, fronted by Hollywood stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt, has landed at Apple Studios.

Watts, the director behind actor Tom Holland’s three “Spider-Man” motion pictures in addition to indie hits like “Cop Car” and “Clown”, will write, direct and produce the thriller movie.

The venture hit the market final week with main Hollywood studios like Sony, Lionsgate, Annapurna, MGM, Universal, Warner Bros, Apple, Netflix and Amazon vying for it.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Clooney and Pitt will star as two lone wolf fixers assigned to the identical job.

The two actors beforehand shared display screen area for movies resembling Steven Soderbergh’s “Ocean” trilogy and “Burn After Reading”, which was directed by Ethan and Joel Coen.

The untitled film can be produced by Clooney and Pitt by way of their respective manufacturing labels, Smokehouse Pictures and Plan B Entertainment.

Clooney most not too long ago directed Ben Affleck and Tye Sheridan-starrer “The Tender Bar” for Amazon.

The movie is about to open on December 17 within the US.

Pitt, who received an Oscar for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”, will subsequent star in “Bullet Train” and filmmaker Damian Chazelle’s “Babylon”.