Brad Pitt and George Clooney accepted LESS money on next movie to ensure theatrical release

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Brad Pitt and George Clooney accepted less money for their upcoming movie in order to ensure that it would be released theatrically.George, 60, is reuniting with Brad, 58, for their first major motion picture together since the 2008 Coen brothers film Burn After Reading.

They have also starred in all three new Ocean's movies, that last one of which came out in 2007.In a new interview with Deadline, George explained his point of view that 'there's a way' for movie theaters to 'co-exist' with streaming.

Wow:Brad Pitt (left) and George Clooney (right) accepted less money for their upcoming movie in order to ensure that it would be released theatrically'It was an exciting time because it got to be one of those weird bidding wars which happen every once in a while, and it ended up being pretty extreme, and Apple came in with a really big number for Brad and I, and we said we’d like to take less as long as we can guarantee that we can have a theatrical release, and they said great,' said Clooney.George has just had a streaming success with his latest directorial venture The Tender Bar, which dropped on Amazon Prime. 'I’d like to believe - and I still believe - that there’s a way that grownup films can still survive, and survive in movie theaters,' he argued.'But in general, in the world’s understanding the business end of this, that may very well mean that the negotiation is a short window in the theatrical world and then onto the streaming, so that a lot more people see it.' Hollywood heartthrobs: Brad and George are pictured turning up the heat in the 2001 movie Ocean's Eleven directed by Steven SoderberghHe compared the viewership that The Tender Bar has gotten on Amazon to the reception that was given to his previous.