Clooney confirms Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts and Don Cheadle will return
George Clooney is reuniting the well-known heist crew from the hit franchise as plans transfer forward for a brand new sequel titled ‘Ocean’s 14’, with a number of of the unique stars returning to the display collectively.
The actor confirmed that Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Julia Roberts are all set to reprise their roles within the movie, which can observe the ageing crew as they try one other bold theft later in life.
Clooney stated the concept rests on the characters being older however nonetheless sharp sufficient to tug off a sophisticated plan, even when they will now not function with the identical power they as soon as had on display.
“There was one thing about the concept we’re too previous to do what we used to do, however we’re nonetheless sensible sufficient to know get away with one thing, that simply appeals to me,” Clooney defined in a current interview.
The upcoming movie might be directed by David Leitch relatively than Steven Soderbergh, who helmed the unique trilogy starting with ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ in 2001, which went on to develop into a worldwide box-office success.
Clooney can be connected to the screenplay, and the venture is presently in early improvement, with location scouting already underneath manner and manufacturing anticipated to start in October 2026, in response to the actor.
He revealed that the 1979 movie ‘Getting in Fashion’, a few group of aged males who determine to hold out a theft, served as a key artistic affect for the tone and storyline of the brand new sequel.
The unique modern-day franchise featured Clooney as Danny Ocean alongside Pitt, Damon, Cheadle and Roberts, with the ensemble later joined by stars together with Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac and Carl Reiner throughout three movies launched between 2001 and 2007.
Warner Bros revived the sequence in 2018 with the female-led spinoff ‘Ocean’s 8’, starring Sandra Bullock as Debbie Ocean, alongside Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina.
A deliberate prequel centred on youthful variations of Danny and Debbie Ocean can be stated to be in improvement, with Bradley Cooper and Margot Robbie linked to the venture, although the studio has not but confirmed additional particulars publicly.
Clooney stated the crew lately secured price range approval for ‘Ocean’s 14’ and at the moment are shifting in the direction of ultimate scheduling, noting that securing the diaries of a number of main stars stays one of many largest manufacturing challenges.
He admitted that he’s now extra selective about main studio roles however stated the attraction of revisiting the much-loved heist sequence, with an older and barely slower crew, was too robust to withstand at this stage of his profession.
Whereas plot specifics stay underneath wraps, the returning solid and the theme of ageing thieves adapting their strategies seem set to offer the franchise a reflective twist alongside the shiny glamour that made the originals world hits.
Followers will now be awaiting additional casting bulletins and manufacturing updates as Clooney and the veteran crew put together to take yet another swing at cinematic high-stakes larceny, twenty years after their first heist collectively.
