Bradley Cooper Eyed to Direct and Star in ‘Ocean’s 11’ Prequel
Bradley Cooper, who has been in talks to star reverse Margot Robbie in the brand new “Ocean’s 11” prequel, is now additionally on the high of the checklist to write and direct the Warner Bros. film.
The information comes after “Twisters” director Lee Isaac Chung just lately exited the challenge, following Jay Roach, who was additionally as soon as connected. Cooper signing on to helm the film, produced by Robbie’s LuckyChap, would preserve it on monitor to shoot earlier than the top of the yr. The challenge could be Cooper’s fourth characteristic as a director, following “A Star Is Born,” “Maestro” and final yr’s “Is This Thing On?”
The story is predicted to happen earlier than the occasions of the 2001 on line casino heist comedy “Ocean’s Eleven” starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts. Carrie Solomon penned a draft of the screenplay for the prequel, which is claimed to be set in Nineteen Sixties Europe.
The authentic “Ocean’s 11” premiered in 1960, starring Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford and Dean Martin. The Steven Soderbergh-directed “Oceans” spawned two sequels (2004’s “Ocean’s Twelve” and 2007’s “Ocean’s Thirteen”), plus the 2018 “Ocean’s Eight” reboot with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna. Clooney additionally has a new “Ocean’s” movie in the works, with Roberts, Damon, Pitt and Don Cheadle returning, which focuses on the group as growing old criminals.
“There was something about the idea that we’re too old to do what we used to do, but we’re still smart enough to know how to get away with something, that just appeals to me,” Clooney instructed Variety final yr. “They’ve lost a step, and they need to find a way to work around their limitations.”
The “Ocean’s” prequel is one of some tasks that LuckyChap has in the works at Warner Bros., the place the manufacturing firm inked a first-look deal following the $1.4 billion-grossing and Oscar-nominated “Barbie.” Last month, the businesses debuted Emerald Fennell’s take on the literary classic “Wuthering Heights”; subsequent up is a reimagining of “Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman,” with Tim Burton.
Puck first reported particulars of Cooper’s new position. Warner Bros. had no remark.
