Wow! It’s been a while since we’ve seen these two legends together! Today we get a new Trailer for WOLFS, out September 20, 2024 via Sony Pictures Canada.

Synopsis:
Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the action comedy Wolfs. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired to cover up a high profile crime. But when a second fixer (Pitt) shows up and the two “lone wolves” are forced to work together, they find their night spiraling out of control in ways that neither one of them expected.

Written and Directed by:
Jon Watts

Produced by:
Grant Heslov
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Dede Gardner
Jeremy Kleiner
Jon Watts
Dianne McGunigle

Executive Producer:

Michael Beugg

Cast:
George Clooney
Brad Pitt
Amy Ryan
Austin Abrams
Poorna Jagannathan

By Mr. Will Wong

The Holidays are a time for inspiration and Academy Award winner George Clooney is back with just that, directing THE BOYS IN THE BOAT. Based on Daniel James Brown’s 2013 best-selling Book of the same title, this is the story of the 1936 University of Washington Rowing Team overcoming destitution during the Great Depression to compete for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. The Team today remains one of the most prestigious in the sport.

We recently got to participate in a global press junket with the Cast and Creators of THE BOYS IN THE BOAT. Joining us were:

George Clooney, Director

Callum Turner, Joe Rantz

Joel Edgerton, Coach Al Ulbrickson

Hadley Robinson, Joyce Simdars

Grant Heslov, Producer

George Clooney is asked about the challenges of making Rowing look intense and exciting.

Clooney: “It’s like Formula 1 in a way – you can’t see speed from far back and you have to be up close. We had to come up with the math to make Rowing look exciting and engergetic.”.

Producer Grant Heslov comments on the battle of securing rights to adapt the New York Times Best-Seller.

Heslov: “We chased the Book when it first came out, and I’m still mad about we didn’t get it.”.

Clooney explains what drew him to bringing THE BOYS IN THE BOAT to the big screen most.

Clooney: “It’s a Depression-era story. Washington was a new state then and a new part of the world. Rowing was on the map here compared to the legacy schools. These men were lumperbacks and got together like The Beatles, and together could be good enough to win the Olympics. They wound up being incredible men who made an incredible team.”.

“I like good stories. I think it’s fun when you can see how they’ve written the Book or the Play. It’s always interesting to find a way to make it a film, it’s very different way to tell a story.”.

English Actor Callum Turner recalls the grueling preparation process for his role as Joe Rantz.

Turner: “None of us knew how to row. It was February and the river is snowing, we’re wearing tight shorts, it’s freezing cold and we have no skills on the boat. We weren’t in a good place and you could see the pain in George’s face. We had to learn a new skill and be in unison – the hardest part about Rowing. If one person is off by a millimetre, the boat suffers.”

Clooney: “They trained every day for five months.”.

Turner: “We ate together, went out together, exercised together, but didn’t sleep together”, he jokes. “The Book so rich, the story so true. It is a beautiful underdog story.”. “It’s remkarable what he was able to achieve.”.

Hadley Robinson gained global recognition on HBO series WINNING TIME, but tackles a different sport here. She plays Joyce Simdars, Joe’s wife.

Robinson: “I’m doing a lot of clapping and a lot of cheering! I love it and I love a period piece. This is an interesting time in history. These people are destitute, struggling to make ends meet. They’re all working to put food on their plates. I love working in this time period. Finding the hope and light within people going through so much. They have such high hopes and need to have light because they’re in this situation.”.

Joel Edgerton plays Coach Al Ulbrickson, a role he looked forward to playing, having had multiple coaches in his life.

Edgerton: “I just loved when I first talked to George and read the Script. He was described as this coach who seemed to derive zero pleasure from his job. I often look at coaches and think, ‘Why are you even doing this?’. I started to realize behind those grimaces, there’s guys who care too much and it reminds me of the relationships between fathers and sons. They’re like dads to me. I had many coaches who were just like tough dads and I really wanted to please them. I was excited to play a coach and not go through what Callum went through.”.

Heslovrov comments on the boats seen in the Film.

Heslov: “We had to build all the boats. Those old boats are made out of wood and incredibly heavy. These boats were made out of fiberglass to look like wood. We had to make about 25 boats.”.

Turner: “The Rowers went into the boats and they were amazed. One of the most grueling experiences of my life. They gave us an Olympic gold medal-winning coach and therapists. The last two weeks were the races and we had to build towards that moment.”.

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada release THE BOYS IN THE BOAT in theatres Christmas Day.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Canada)

Watch the official trailer for #TheBoysInTheBoat, from director George Clooney, starring Joel Edgerton and Callum Turner. In theatres this Christmas.

Synopsis:

Based on the best-selling book about the inspirational true story of the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin.

(Photo/video credit: Warner Bros. Pictures Canada)

Universal Pictures Canada x Mr. Will are thrilled to give Readers a chance to win Advance Passes to see TICKET TO PARADISE.

Screenings take place as follows on Wednesday, October 19, 2022:

• Toronto: Scotiabank Theatre at 7:00 pm
• Montreal: Cineplex Forum at 7:00 pm 
• Vancouver: Scotiabank Theatre at 7:00 pm 

Synopsis:

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances. 

Directed by Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, writer of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films) from his script with Daniel Pipski, Ticket to Paradise is produced by Tim Bevan (Darkest Hour, The Danish Girl) and Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything, Les Misérables) for Working Title, by Sarah Harvey (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, co-producer In Bruges), by Deborah Balderstone (Palm Beach, Gone), by George Clooney and Oscar® winner Grant Heslov (Argo, The Midnight Sky ) for Smokehouse Pictures and by Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill (both co-executive producers, the Homecoming series) for Red Om Films. 

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TICKET TO PARADISE is in theatres October 21, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

Name a better pair! Julia Roberts and George Clooney team-up together in TICKET TO PARADISE.

Synopsis:

Academy Award® winners George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite on the big screen as exes who find themselves on a shared mission to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they once made. From Working Title, Smokehouse Pictures and Red Om Films, Ticket to Paradise is a romantic comedy about the sweet surprise of second chances. 

Directed by Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, writer of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel films) from his script with Daniel Pipski, Ticket to Paradise is produced by Tim Bevan (Darkest Hour, The Danish Girl) and Eric Fellner (The Theory of Everything,  Les Misérables) for Working Title, by Sarah Harvey (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, co-producer In Bruges), by Deborah Balderstone (Palm Beach, Gone), by George Clooney and Oscar® winner Grant Heslov (Argo, The Midnight Sky ) for Smokehouse Pictures and by Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan and Marisa Yeres Gill (both co-executive producers, the Homecoming series) for Red Om Films. 

Ticket to Paradise is filmed on location in Queensland, Australia, aided by incentives from the Australian federal government and from Screen Queensland’s Production Attraction Strategy.

See the Trailer:

Universal Pictures Canada release TICKET TO PARADISE October 21, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Universal Pictures Canada)

George Clooney directs THE TENDER BAR, starring Ben Affleck, Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe, coming next year to Amazon Prime Video. See the new Trailer for the Film which premiered at the London Film Festival.

Synopsis:

The Tender Bar tells the story of J.R. (Sheridan), a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie (Affleck), is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother (Rabe) struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father (Christopher Lloyd) — J.R. begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams — with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar. The Tender Bar is based on the best-selling memoir of the same name by J.R. Moehringer.

THE TENDER BAR is in theatres December 22, 2021 and on Amazon Prime Video on January 7, 2022.

(Photo/video credit: Amazon Prime Video)

We’ve seen the first look, now here’s the Trailer for George Clooney‘s THE MIDNIGHT SKY arriving on Netflix this Holiday. Check-out this Final Trailer.

Synopsis:

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine (George Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe. Clooney directs the adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed novel Good Morning, Midnight, co-starring David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone.

See the Trailer:

THE MIDNIGHT SKY arrives on Netflix Friday, December 23, 2020.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

George Clooney is back in the Director’s chair, while starring in THE MIDNIGHT SKY, coming this December to Netflix. Check-out these brand-new stills.

Synopsis: 

This post-apocalyptic tale follows Augustine (George Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, as he races to stop Sully (Felicity Jones) and her fellow astronauts from returning home to a mysterious global catastrophe. Clooney directs the adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s acclaimed novel Good Morning, Midnight, co-starring David Oyelowo, Kyle Chandler, Demián Bichir and Tiffany Boone.

See some brand-new stills:

THE MIDNIGHT SKY arrives on Netflix this December.

(Photo credit: Netflix)

We’ve missed us some Letterman!

In case you didn’t know, the late night TV legend has a new Series on Netflix called MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION. The second episode features none other than George Clooney and Letterman gets him to open-up about how he met whom would become his wife, Amal!  Other topics include his childhood and rise to fame.

See the Clip:

MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION streams Friday, February 9 at 12:01AM PT on Netflix.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

Elevation Pictures x Mr. Will want to take Readers to an Advance Screening of George Clooney‘s SUBURBICON, which premiered at TIFF ’17! Screenings take place as follows 10/26: Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton and Calgary.

Synopsis:
Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon) lives in the quiet family town of Suburbicon in 1959. The sleepy town is idyllic, until the Meyers family moves in. Despite the fact that the Meyers are hardworking, honest people with a well-brought up young son, because they’re black, the good people of Suburbicon become more and more outraged, putting up high fences to block out any view of the family and eventually protesting outside the Meyers‘ home.

This sets the scene for a brutal break-in to occur without anyone in the town noticing. Two violent men break into Gardner’s home and terrorize his young son, Nicky (Noah Jupe), Gardner‘s wheelchair-bound wife Rose (Julianne Moore) and Rose‘s twin sister, Margaret (Julianne Moore). The break-in not only ends in a death, but raises serious questions about the people of Suburbicon.

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Elevation Pictures release SUBURBICON Friday, October 27, 2017.

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