This followedFly Me To The Moon sinability to measure up in its extended box office run.
It underscores the continuing dilemma between streaming bows and risky theatrical release deals with big P&A spends.
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Watts has given Deadline an exclusive explanation of his view of what happened.
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Here goes:
I showed Apple my final cut ofWolfsearly this year, Watts told Deadline.
They were extremely enthusiastic about it and immediately commissioned me to start writing a sequel.
I wasnt even told about it until less than a week before they announced it to the world.
(L-R) Brad Pitt and George Clooney on the Venice Film Festival red carpet for the world premiere of ‘Wolfs’Eric Charbonneau/Apple TV+ via Getty Images
I was completely shocked and asked them to kindly not include the news that I was writing a sequel.
And so I quietly returned the money they gave me for the sequel.
