Sony Wins Worldwide Theatrical Distribution Deal For Apple’s George Clooney And Brad Pitt Pic ‘Wolfs’ And Scarlett Johansson And Channing Tatum’s ‘Project Artemis’

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment has competitively acquired theatrical distribution deals for two mega-films from Apple Original Films – the George Clooney and Brad Pitt feature Wolves and the title Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Project Artemis.

The news follows the Ridley Scott-directed film from Apple Original Films Napoleon is on track to earn $200 million worldwide thanks to its distribution deal with Sony.

Both films, developed and produced by Apple Original Films, will be shown in theaters worldwide and then streamed worldwide on AppleTV+. Napoleon opened on November 22 and has a 45-day theater training. However, no cinema release date has been set yet Wolves And Project Artemis, It wouldn’t be shocking if both 2024 spots end up in an exhibition market starved for projects.

The transaction also returns spider man Franchise filmmaker Jon Watts, the director of wolves, to Sony Culver City Studio, who saw his Spider-Man: No Way Home It became the seventh highest-grossing film of all time with $1.92 billion worldwide. Watts also wrote and produced Wolves It is about two lone fighters assigned the same task. The star-studded cast also includes Oscar nominee and SAG Award winner Amy Ryan. Clooney and Pitt are also producers. Clooney and Pitt are also producers. Clooney is producing with Grant Heslov through Smokehouse Pictures. Pitt is producing alongside Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner for Plan B Entertainment. Dianne McGunigle is also producing.

Project ArtemisThe film, directed by two-time Primetime Emmy nominee Greg Berlanti and written by Rose Gilroy, is set against the backdrop of the 1960s space race. Johansson and Tatum star alongside an ensemble that includes Jim Rash, Emmy winner Ray Romano, newcomer Anna Garcia, Donald Elise Watkins, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Nick Dillenburg, as well as Christian Zuber and Woody Harrelson. In addition to starring, Johansson also serves as a producer under her These Pictures banner. Jonathan Lia and Keenan Flynn are producing with Johansson for These Pictures. Produced by Sarah Schechter. Robert Dohrmann is executive producer and Apple Studios serves as the studio.

Project Artemis And Wolves Join a growing line-up of original Apple films from Apple Studios, including those from Martin Scorsese Flower Moon Killer, was recently named the best film of the year by the National Board of Review, one of the top ten films of the year by the American Film Institute, and the no. 1 best film of 2023 by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and The New Yorker Film Critics Circle. The film opened on October 20 and grossed over $155 million. The film was released on December 5 via PVOD and digital purchase.

Apple Original Films made Oscar history as the first streaming service to win the Oscar for Best Picture CODA. The original Apple movie The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse also received the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film. One of the most anticipated Apple Original Films is the star-studded spy thriller Argyll by Matthew Vaughn with Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena, Dua Lipa, Ariana DeBose and Samuel L. Jackson. This film will be released in theaters on February 2, 2024 by Universal. There is also The instigators an upcoming feature film starring Academy Award winners Matt Damon and Casey Affleck, directed by Doug Liman and produced by Damon & Ben Affleck, Jeff Robinov and John Graham and Kevin Walsh; lightning, from Oscar-winning filmmaker Sir Steve McQueen; and an untitled Formula 1 film starring Brad Pitt from director Joseph Kosinski and producer Jerry Bruckheimer and more.