It’s been over 15 years since they were instructed toBurn Before Reading. And believe it or not, The Coen brothers’ film was the last timeGeorge Clooneyand Brad Pitt starred in a movie together. The two real-life friends are known for having a little fun with each other, whether it’s in the press or courtesy of their hilarious pranks. So, it comes as no surprise that Clooney slipped right back into the groove when he dished on reuniting with Pitt on-screen in an exclusive interview with Total Film magazine (perGamesRadar+):
He’s a sad, sad guy. He’s angry. He’s getting old. He’s turning 60 in a couple of weeks. It’s all downhill for him after that.
Obviously, Clooney holds Pitt in high esteem, but the actor couldn’t help but have some fun as he so often does in his interviews. Jon Watts (Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home) will direct Clooney and Pitt in the Apple Original Films’ project. And Clooney teases “a really good movie.”
“I love this guy, Jon Watts. What a director. It’s out there. We just did a screening of it, and the place kind of went bats—t for it. So, we’re excited about it. We think it’s a really fun, dark – very dark – nutty film… It feels like an R-rated Ocean’s film."
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Oceans Apart No More
In addition to George Clooney andBrad Pittstarring in Apple TV+’sWolfs— yes,WolfsnotWolvesapparently — Amy Ryan (The Office, Gone Baby Gone, Birdman) and Austin Abrams (Paper Towns, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Euphoria) will co-star in Jon Watts’ upcoming movie. While Clooney and Pitt last collaborated in The Coen brothers’Burn Before Reading, they’re best known for starring together as the leads in theOcean’sfilms.
41 years after Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and the rest of the vaunted Rat Pack starred in the originalOcean’s 11(1960), Clooney, Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Andy Garcia joined forces with a number of Hollywood Heavyweights in the 2001 remake,Ocean’s Eleven. The reimagining made $450.7 million worldwide and led to two sequels (Ocean’s Twelve, Ocean’s Thirteen) and a spin-off starring Sandra Bullock:Ocean’s 8.
Barbieco-stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling will team-up once more for the highly anticipatedOcean’s Elevenprequel, andClooney thinks Robbie and Gosling playing his parents— well, Danny Ocean’s mom and dad — “makes sense.” At the time of this writing,Wolfsis scheduled for a September 2024 theatrical release, while the script for theOcean’sprequel is still being penned.
