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- Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie are reportedly being eyed for the lead roles in an upcoming Ocean’s Eleven prequel
- George Clooney, who starred in three Ocean’s movies, additionally not too long ago confirmed that manufacturing on an Ocean’s Fourteen would start within the close to future
- Sandra Bullock starred within the 2018 sequel Ocean’s Eight
Ocean’s Eleven is getting a prequel.
Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie are in talks to star within the upcoming movie that tells what occurred earlier than Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and his crew pulled off the last word on line casino heist in 2001, Selection and Deadline reported on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Each retailers word that the deal will not be but finalized for Cooper, 50, and Robbie, 35.
Nevertheless, it was reported that Lee Isaac Chung, whose directorial work contains Twisters, will take over for Jay Roach, who was beforehand introduced because the prequel’s director.
The Maestro actor and Barbie actress have been shut for years, and have needed to work collectively, sources advised Deadline.
Previous to Thursday’s studies, Robbie was rumored to be becoming a member of the prequel with Ryan Gosling as Danny Ocean’s mother and father within the movie.
On the December 2023 Los Angeles premiere of The Boys within the Boat, Clooney, now 64, reacted to that information.
“Yeah! Margot Robbie is my mom? I’ve at all times thought that,” he advised reporters on the time. Clooney added, “Ryan Gosling is my father. Now when you concentrate on it, it is smart. Actually.”
Clooney’s model of Ocean’s Eleven is predicated on the 1960 movie of the identical title, which starred Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean alongside Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Dean Martin and Joey Bishop.
Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and the late Bernie Mac starred within the Steven Soderbergh-directed 2001 movie.
Since then, the franchise has grown to incorporate 2004’s Ocean’s Twelve, which noticed Clooney, Roberts, and Damon return, including Catherine Zeta-Jones and Vincent Cassel.
Ocean’s 13 got here in 2007, seeing Al Pacino be part of the forged. Don Cheadle additionally signed on for Twelve and 13. Sandra Bullock led the 2018 spinoff Ocean’s Eight.
In a latest interview with E! Information, Clooney confirmed that Ocean’s Fourteen will start manufacturing within the close to future with Roberts, Pitt and Cheadle. “We simply received the price range authorised at Warner Bros. and we’re attempting to arrange,” Clooney advised the outlet.
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“It’s simply scheduling, so it’s simply setting a begin date for us,” he continued. Ocean’s Fourteen will “in all probability begin in about 9 or 10 months, capturing,” the Batman & Robin star stated.
He later mentioned his relationship along with his costars, telling E! Information, “Yeah, Brad, Matt and Don and Julia. I had dinner final night time with Julia. They’re all nonetheless actually pricey mates. And so the possibility to work collectively can be enjoyable.”
