Is it back to the director’s chair for Bradley Cooper? According to Deadline, Cooper will possibly write, direct, and star in the new Ocean’s Eleven prequel after director Lee Isaac Chung (Twisters, Minari) stepped away from the project.
If all goes to plan, the film will mark the fourth film in the director’s chair for Bradley Cooper. With a successful acting career earning him five Academy Award acting nominations, Cooper made his directorial debut in 2018 with the remake of A Star is Born, in which he starred alongside Lady Gaga. He has since directed Maestro and Is This Thing On?, which was released late last year.
The Oceans prequel will be produced by Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, with Robbie set to star in the film. Since being founded in 2014, LuckyChap has earned 25 Academy Award nominations and 18 BAFTA nominations. They most recently helped produce Emerald Fennell’s highly controversial Wuthering Heights, which starred Robbie in the leading role alongside Jacob Elordi.
Ocean’s Eleven follows a group of gangsters as they plan an elaborate heist to rob some of Las Vegas’ most famous casinos. The first film was released in 1960 and featured the Rat Pack. In 2001, Steven Soderbergh rebooted the hit comedy-crime film, which became a three-film franchise starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts. The trilogy was followed in 2018 by the all-female version, Ocean’s Eight, starring Sandra Bullock, Anne Hathaway, and Cate Blanchett.
The prequel will be based on characters by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell, who wrote the original film in 1960. It is still early days for the project, and most information regarding the plot remains undisclosed. Filming is aiming to begin at the end of this year.
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