George Clooney is to Leave Warner Bros. |
Hollywood sex symbol George Clooney has ended his long-standing business partnership with Warner Bros. movie studios - he's moving his Smokehouse Pictures company to Sony.The Ocean's Eleven actor who found fame after starring in hit medical drama ER - a TV show produced by Warner Bros. - in 1994 has decided the time is right for the move. He went on to set up his production firm with pal Grant Heslov in 2006, but after three years on the Warner Bros. roster, the pair has decided to move on and has inked a new deal with Sony. But Clooney insists the decision is amicable and he has praised his "family" at the movie giant for all their hard work. He says, "Warner Bros. has been a great place to work, and I've felt like part of a family for almost 20 years. "So in moving on, I'm leaving a terrific company and a lot of dear friends. They're a class act." Since his Oscar nominated turn in Michael Clayton back in 2007 Clooney's career has been a little up and down finding success with Ocean's Thirteen and a box office failure with Leatherheads. Comment on this Article Leatherheads saw Clooney direct as well as star in, not surprising after the success of Good Night and Good Luck, but the film was a critical and commercial failure. But 2009 looks set to be a busy year of the the actor with roles in Fantastic Mr Fox, Men Who Stare At Goats and he is currently filming Up in the Air.
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