Wolfs Director Jon Watts to Miss Venice Premiere After Catching Covid

George Clooney had some unlucky information to share on the first press convention for Apple’s hotly anticipated motion comedy Wolfs on the Venice Movie Pageant. 

The Hollywood actor, seated beside co-star Brad Pitt, revealed that the movie’s director Jon Watts could be lacking the film’s world premiere in Italy Sunday night time as a result of he caught Covid. 

“He traveled all the best way right here, after which caught COVID,” Clooney stated with a resigned look on his face and a shake of his head.

Watt additionally was absent from the press convention, leaving Pitt and Clooney to talk on behalf of the film. 

Pitt and Clooney co-star within the motion comedy as skilled fixers who’re employed to cowl up for a similar high-profile crime, forcing the 2 “lone wolves” to work collectively — and earlier than lengthy they discover their night time spiraling uncontrolled in ways in which neither of them might have anticipated.

Watts is finest identified for steering the newest Spider-Man trilogy for Sony, with the final movie, No Approach House, shattering field workplace data on its method to $1.9 billion on the world field workplace.

Wolfs, which is produced by Clooney’s Smokehouse and Pitt’s Plan B, additionally stars Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, Richard Variety and Zlatko Burić. Watts and McGunigle produced, alongside Clooney, Grant Heslov, Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner. Michael Beugg government produces.

Simply days earlier than the 2 film stars landed in Venice, information broke that Watts has a deal in place with Apple to jot down and direct a Wolfs sequel. It’s unclear if Clooney and Pitt have additionally already signed on for the follow-up.