Brad Pitt & George Clooney Took A Pay Cut To Get New Movie In Theaters
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.
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In an interview with Deadline, Clooney talked about the deal made with Apple to secure the film's theatrical release. The actor explained how a bidding war for the star-studded film took place early on, with Apple making a generous offer to the two stars. However, Clooney went on to say that both he and Pitt took lower paydays during negotiations, in exchange for a more robust theatrical release for the film. Read Clooney's quote below:
“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
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