If you and your pack were excited about the prospects of a Wolfs sequel, be ready to let out a sad “Awoooooo.†Director and writer Jon Watts told Collider on November 22 that a sequel film isn’t in the cards anymore. He initially shared, “I don’t know what I’m directing next, and I don’t think there’s going to be a Wolfs sequel.†But as the news marinated, confusing those who were excited to see Brad Pitt and George Clooney back together, Watt clarified that it wasn’t Apple TV+ who canceled the sequel; it was him. He explained his change of heart in a statement to Deadline, “They were extremely enthusiastic about it and immediately commissioned me to start writing a sequel. But their last minute shift from a promised wide theatrical release to a streaming release was a total surprise and made without any explanation or discussion. I wasn’t even told about it until less than a week before they announced it to the world. I was completely shocked and asked them to please not include the news that I was writing a sequel. They ignored my request and announced it in their press release anyway, seemingly to create a positive spin to their streaming pivot. And so I quietly returned the money they gave me for the sequel.†Vulture has reached out to Watts’s team and Apple TV+ for comment.
Watts then shared why he didn’t bring up his self-cancelation before, especially after the news dropped that a sequel was happening: “I didn’t want to talk about it because I was proud of the film and didn’t want to generate any unnecessary negative press. I loved working with Brad and George (and Amy and Austin and Poorna and Zlatko) and would happily do it again. But the truth is that Apple didn’t cancel the Wolfs sequel, I did, because I no longer trusted them as a creative partner.†That’s a twist if I’ve ever heard one.