Wolfs’ George Clooney Denies He & Brad Pitt Were Paid $35 Million Each

George Clooney The bank account isn't as lavish as fans might think. During a press conference at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, while speaking on behalf of his wife and co-star Brad Pitt New movie wolves, Clooney denied that he and Pitt were paid $35 million each to star in the Jon Watts comedy. In response to a question (according to Deadline):

“By the way, there's a really good report.
— Nicole Sperling for The New York Times — wrote an interesting article on this topic.
Whatever the source of our salary [laughs]It's millions and millions and millions of dollars less than what was reported.
And I only say that because I think it's bad for our industry if people think that this is the standard bearer for salaries.
I think this is terrible. It will make it impossible to make movies.

On August 25, the New York Times published an article by Nicole Sperling titled “Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a Series of Mistakes,” which included an interesting little detail about Clooney and Pitt getting paid a lot for their work on “Apple 10.” Wolves – at a cost of $35 million per film – a film that will only be in theaters for one week later in September before being available to stream on Apple TV+ just seven days later.

Wolves receive a 5-minute standing ovation

Is this a real case of who said, she said? Well, then either George Clooney and Brad Pitt didn't get paid $35 million each for starring in the movie wolves, Or perhaps Clooney is trying to downplay the hefty sum he and Pitt were paid to star in the action-packed comedy, which came after the Writers Guild of America (WGA), Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) went on strike last year.

However, despite this, Wolves Both Clooney and Pitt seem very proud of their film. And why not? Director Jon Watts' new film is currently screening at the Venice Film Festival, and it received a five-minute standing ovation from the audience at the screening. Clooney and Pitt hugged each other as the audience cheered, with the latter revealing how proud the two were. Ocean Eleven, Ocean Twelve and The thirteenth ocean The real-life stars and friends finally reunited on screen. Pitt told Deadline:

“We figured there had to be a good reason to get back into the movie together.
—something we feel we can build on based on what we've done before. But I also have to say, as I get older,
“Working with people I really enjoy spending time with has become really important to me.”

MovieWeb review of the movie Wolves “George Clooney and Brad Pitt are teaming up again for a crime thriller,” he reveals. During the film's press conference in Italy, Clooney also spoke about how Wolves The film will be in theaters for just one week before moving to streaming. The actor told the same source (below):

“Yes, we wanted it to be released.” [theatrically],
We've had some difficulties along the way, and that's normal. There are some elements that we're trying to figure out.
It's frustrating, of course it's frustrating.
On the other hand, a lot of people will go to see the movie, and we'll get a release in a few hundred theaters.
But, yes, it would have been better if the film had been released on a wider scale.”

Wolves A week of theatre participation begins at September 20, Before fans can stream Clooney and Pitt's new movie September 27 On Apple TV+. And be sure to watch the real-life friends and actors celebrate the action comedy’s five-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival as the duo dance in the video below: