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Brad Pitt and George Clooney are having anOceans 11-esque reunion with their upcoming filmWolfs. Directed by Jon Watts, the film sees Pitt and Clooney play rival ‘fixers’ who are hired to cover up the same crime. The action-packed trailer teases their frenemy relationship as well as a quirky and fun black comedy.
While fans were ecstatic to see the duo on screen again, they were also quick to notice the connections between the film’s title and concept and Quentin Tarantino’sPulp Fiction. The film features a prominent role from Harvey Keitel who plays a fixer, much like Pitt and Clooney. Keitel’s name inPulp Fictionwas Mr. Wolfe.
Brad Pitt And George Clooney Reunite After Sixteen Years ForWolfs
Brad Pitt andGeorge Clooneyhave worked on several films together. Apart from theOcean’strilogy, in which they played Daniel Ocean and Rusty Ryan, the actors also featured in the Coen Brothers filmBurn After Reading. After sixteen years, the duo will be returning again for the upcoming black comedyWolfs.
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Announced in 2021, the film was set to be written and directed bySpider-Man: No Way Home’s Jon Watts, with Pitt and Clooney co-producing through their production houses. The film was reportedly part of an intense bidding war, with the actors speculated to have received at least a $20 million payday each (viaTHR).
Deadlinereported that the film was picked up by Apple TV as part of their long list of star-driven package deals. Though a figure was not revealed, the website reported that the actors were negotiating an eight-figure sum to ensure that the film would get a theatrical release. The film is all set to release on September 20.
The trailer ofWolfswhich was released earlier this year revealed that Brad Pitt and George Clooney would be playing lone-wolf fixers who are tasked with covering up the same crime. The two are seen to have a frenemy relationship with some complicated history and a reluctance to work with each other.
Fans Find A Quentin Tarantino Connection InWolfs
While fans celebrated the return of the iconic duoBrad Pittand George Clooney inWolfs, they were also quick to notice one key detail that might connectQuentin Tarantino’sclassic filmPulp Fiction.The plot of Jon Watts’ black comedy involves Pitt and Clooney playing two fixers who have to cover up a crime, which is also a key plot element inPulp Fiction.
In the segment ‘The Bonnie Situation’, characters Vincent Vega and Jules Winnfield accidentally shoot their accomplice and require a fixer. Their boss Marcellus Wallace sends Mr. Wolfe, played by Harvey Keitel to take care of the body and clean the two up. The nature of Mr. Wolfe’s work and the resemblance of his name to the title have led fans to connect the two dots.
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Fans were also disappointed at a missed opportunity for Keitel to have a cameo in the film. Both Pitt and Clooney have worked with Tarantino before and the crossing of movie universes would have added a nice detail for the black comedy.
In the movie Pulp Fiction, Harvey Keitel played a character named Wolf. He did the same job that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are doing in this movie. In pulp fiction, the wolf, helped the two main characters, dispose of a dead body, quickly and easily, when they asked the wolf what his job was, he said that he solves problems that regular people can’t think around to solve themselves
Harvey Keitel cameo as Mr Wolf or major missed opportunity.
-@coltermac
No Harvey Keitel cameo? Lame…
-@druxpack8531
Reservoir Wolfs?
-@filipposerra4208
The title being a reference to the Wolf from Pulp Fiction is great
-@hibye-cz7tl
While there is no confirmation regarding Harvey Keitel’s cameo in the film, it is still not impossible for the makers to get it done.
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
