“I showed Apple my final cut of Wolfs early this year,” Watts told Deadline. “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. I loved working with Brad and George (and Amy and Austin and Poorna and Zlatko) and would happily do it again. But the truth is that Apple didn’t cancel the Wolfs sequel, I did, because I no longer trusted them as a creative partner.”
Nobody commented for the record, but sources close to Apple consider the movie a success, and remain open to a sequel.
That movie was inexplicably bad based on the two leads. Guessing Apple saw the writing on the wall.
No no guys, I totally broke up with her, that’s what happened.
Sure, Jan.
Is it so hard to believe that Apple ignored the creator of something and instead did whatever the hell they wanted?
He’s just pissy they didn’t release his movie in theaters. He’s welcome to look for another studio, but he will be lucky to find one that doesn’t go straight to streaming or even just bury his finished work for a tax write off these days.
He probbaly did, he signed on with them under the impression a theatrical release was part of it and theybdidnt deliver.
Take a second to zoom out and see that you are defending a corporation, the richest in the world, for how they treated a creative in a creative space.
Id be upset if I was him too.
