Brad Pitt and George Clooney’s new action comedy is the perfect follow-up to their $164 million Coen Bros. movie from 16 years ago

Warning! This article contains major spoilers for Wolf (2024!)Brad Pitt and George Clooney are back together on screen for the first time since 2008 Burn after readingwith Wolf Keep the acting duo’s great chemistry and genre success. With the duo now making seven films together, George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s movie collaborations began with Ocean’s Eleven In 2001, a hit heist comedy that spawned a trilogy directed by Steven Soderbergh and a 2018 spinoff. The actors have since continued to find great niche success with crime comedies, and Wolf‘ Warm response from critics and audiences adds another hit to their list.

Clooney and Pitt lead the cast of Wolf As two unnamed “fixers” separately called in to clean up the same crime, took the two professional criminals on many twists and turns as the truth behind their work and clients were uncovered. While they start Wolf As opponents squabble over their strategies and skills as a fixer, Clooney and Pitt end the movie as partners and “buddies,” providing a different dynamic than their past collaborations. Although the genre and many tropes remain similar, it is The differences that help make Wolf Such a compelling follow-up to their last film, Burn after reading.

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Wolf brings Clooney and Pitt together as a duo again after burning after reading

Similar to Steven Soderbergh Ocean’s Trilogy and the Coen brothers’ 2008 movie Burn after reading, Wolf Pairs Clooney and Pitt to lead another hilarious crime comedy. The ocean s movies saw the duo embark on dangerous heists together, Burn after reading Saw them in different groups affected by misunderstandings with a CIA. Analyst’s Memoirs, and Wolf Situates them as competing fixers whose last job is revealed as an elaborate quest to “clean” them. Ocean’s Eleven, Burn after readingAnd Wolf All provide critically successful crime comedy hits for Clooney and PittProving how compelling their chemistry remains after 23 years.

When Clooney and Pitt reunited for the Coen Brothers movie in 2008, the duo was able to continue their genre collaboration streak, but unfortunately, had few opportunities to showcase their chemistry on screen. With an ensemble cast that weaves together several storylines, George Clooney’s US it. Marshal Harry Pfarrer and Brad Pitt’s personal trainer Chad Feldheimer are part of two separate yet interlinked subplots. Clooney and Pitt ultimately share just one scene in Burn after reading – and it ends just as quickly as it begins. Clooney’s character finds Pitt hiding in a closet, and by reflex, fatally shoots the personal trainer.

The wait for Clooney and Pitt to reunite yet Ocean’s Thirteen Was quickly answered with Burn after readingBut it Didn’t fulfill the wish for another duo dynamic similar to Danny Ocean and Rusty Ryan. While Burn after reading Was critically praised, earned nearly $164 million at the box office, and utilized Pitt and Clooney in compelling and fitting ways, it still left the desire for another. Ocean’s Eleven-style collaboration between the two. luckily, Wolf The actors finally give another crime comedy duo showcase 16 years after Burn after reading Clooney simply killed Pitt in a short yet memorable scene.

Wolff also reunites Clooney and Pitt with another burning after reading cast member

Clooney and Pitt reunite with Frances McDormand

In addition to marking the long-awaited reunion between George Clooney and Brad Pitt, Wolf Also brings the stars back together with Burn after readings Frances McDormand. Although she never shows her face in the 2024 action movie, Frances McDormand appeared in Wolf‘ cast as the voice of Pamela Dowd-HenryThe owner and founder of the hotel where the crime was committed. Pamela is revealed as the client who hired Brad Pitt’s fixer, with the character watching the others’ actions through security cameras hidden in the hotel rooms.

Although McDormand can’t show her face on screen, She is still included in scenes with Clooney and Pitt when she calls the two fixers to explain how they will cover up the crime. Still, these moments remind of the chemistry in the three actors Burn after readingAs Pitt and McDormand were paired up for the majority of the 2008 film while Clooney and McDormand’s characters had an affair before the misunderstanding with the “Government documents.” McDormand was an important factor in Burn after reading‘s success, so it’s even more special to have her there for Clooney and Pitt’s follow-up reunion.

Wolff reverses the shocking fate of Clooney and Pitt’s burn after reading letters

Pitt & Clooney are not responsible for the deaths of others in Wolff

The fixers are opponents in the beginning of Wolf Could have ended very badly for their characters, potentially repeating the context of Pitt and Clooney’s scene in Burn after reading. However, rather than Pitt’s fixer killing Clooney’s character or vice versa in WolfFinally, the duo become partners and decide to team up in a shootout against the criminals sent to kill them in the diner. In fact, they end up saving each other’s lives a few times throughout the movie, Redeem their last on-screen scene together in which Clooney killed Pitt Burt after reading.