Spider-Man Director Confirms Wolfs 2 Cancellation

George Clooney and Brad Pitt won’t return to team up for another action packed thriller.

Jon Watts, director of the the MCU‘s Spider-Man trilogy, has confirmed that a sequel to his latest film, Wolfs, will not be happening.

I showed Apple my final cut of Wolfs early this year. 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. 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… But the truth is that Apple didn’t cancel the Wolfs sequel, I did, because I no longer trusted them as a creative partner.

Despite the film accomplishing the notable feat of being the most view film on the Apple TV+ streaming platform, it failed to spark up a social storm on social media like how the typical big budget film such as Wicked, Gladiator II, and even Halloween’s belle of the monsterous ball Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, did this year. Frustrations aside, this roadblock is not the end of Watts’ directorial career as he is set to work on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, and work as a producer on Final Destination: Bloodlines and Disaster Wedding.

Source: Deadline