Life imitated artwork Sunday when a daring group of thieves made like George Clooney and the Ocean’s Eleven crew and heisted tens of millions of {dollars} in jewels from Paris’ Louvre museum.
Depend Danny Ocean himself amongst those that have been impressed with the jewel theft the world can’t cease speaking about. Requested in regards to the elaborate heist and its resemblance to one thing from considered one of his films, Ocean’s franchise star Clooney had the proper response (through Selection/X):
It was cool. I imply, it is horrible. However for those who’re an expert thief like I’m, I used to be very pleased with these guys.
Clooney questioned aloud if authorities will ever catch the thieves, who stay at giant as of this publication. “They appear to have completed a fairly good job of getting away with it,” he admitted.
“It’s loopy,” Clooney stated of the daring daylight theft, including “It’s fairly humorous as a result of it actually was like [an Ocean’s movie].”
It’s been seven years for the reason that final entry within the Ocean’s franchise, however issues are lastly rolling on a brand new sequel reuniting Clooney with sequence stalwarts Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, and Matt Damon, as Clooney himself confirmed earlier in October (through E!):
We simply obtained the funds accredited at Warner Brothers. It is simply scheduling, so it is simply getting a begin date for us. We’ll in all probability begin [shooting] in about 9 or ten months.
Clooney beforehand teased an Ocean’s 14 story that can see the unique crew scuffling with age-related challenges. David Leitch has signed on to direct the brand new franchise entry, after Steven Soderbergh directed the primary three films within the sequence, and Gary Ross helmed the 2018 all-female reboot Ocean’s 8.
Clooney’s Danny Ocean appeared to have died after his grave was seen in Ocean’s 8, however he’s clearly nonetheless alive, and can presumably be again to his outdated, thieving methods within the new sequel.
An untitled Ocean’s prequel film can be in growth, with Margot Robbie portraying the mom of Clooney’s Danny Ocean, and Bradley Cooper reported to be circling the function of Ocean’s father after Ryan Gosling dropped out.
A remake of the Nineteen Sixties Rat Pack haunt film, the primary of Clooney and Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven movies revived the moribund heist film style when it grossed $450 million worldwide again in 2001. Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s 13 each topped the $300 million mark themselves, whereas Ocean’s 8 simply missed the mark, grossing $297 million.
As he prepares to play Danny Ocean another time, Clooney is ready to launch the ensemble coming-of-age film Jay Kelly, directed by Noah Baumbach, and co-starring Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, and plenty of extra.
Jay Kelly premiered on the Venice Movie Competition, the place it was nominated for the Golden Lion, and can hit Netflix on December 5 after a restricted launch in theaters.
There’s as but no phrase in regards to the standing of the attainable Ocean’s/Magic Mike crossover that was teased by Clooney and Soderbergh on the 2023 Toronto Movie Competition. It’s attainable they weren’t critical once they proposed the unlikely mash-up movie.