Sony, Lionsgate, Apple and Netflix went into a bidding war for the movie package before Apple sealed the deal. Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who are both producing the film via their production companies, are reportedly taking less to negotiate a theatrical release with Apple.
This is the fifth film real-life friends Brad Pitt and George Clooney star together on screen, after The Ocean's Trilogy and Burn After Reading (2008).