George Clooney and Brad Pitt triggered an intense bidding war that was ultimately won out by Apple Studios. But before the stars agreed to sign on, they volunteered to take a lower salary under one condition.Clooney opened up about the caveat in an interview with, telling the outlet that it was intriguing to watch how much interest was generated by the untitled film that will be written and directed by filmmaker Jon Watts.«Yeah.
Brad and I. It was an exciting time because it got to be one of those weird bidding wars which happen every once in a while,» Clooney told, «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 release, and they said great.»According to, as many as 10 studios were in the bidding war for the film which, according to the outlet, is a thriller that will follow two lone-wolf fixers assigned to the same job.Clooney, whose had a limited theatrical release before streaming to monumental success on Amazon Prime, said there's a world in which the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime and Apple can co-exist, largely in part because the streaming giants are filling a void in Hollywood.«It’s really interesting, and you know, it’s a fascinating thing because, you know, about 20 years ago or something, I started looking at different kinds of films that I wanted to do, and Steven Soderbergh and I really pushed Alan Horn to create Warner Independent,» Clooney said. «It ran for a while.
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