Bradley Cooper is in talks to write and direct a prequel to Ocean's Eleven, sources confirmed with PEOPLE
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Cooper was previously reported to be costarring in the movie with Margot Robbie, who has been developing the project since 2022
George Clooney and much of Ocean's Eleven's original cast also aim to shoot a sequel this year
Bradley Coopermay now be writing and directing theOcean's Elevenprequel he andMargot Robbiewere previously reported to becostarring in.
On Friday, March 13, sources confirmed with PEOPLE that Cooper, 51, is in talks to write and direct a prequel toGeorge ClooneyandBrad Pitt's heist franchise for Warner Bros. after filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung (Minari,Twisters) stepped away from the project. Cooper's discussions regarding writing and directing the movie would keep the prequel on track to shoot in 2026, as sources confirmed with PEOPLE.
Efforts to develop a prequel to the originalOcean'strilogy date back to 2022, when Robbie's publicist told PEOPLE that she and director Jay Roach weredeveloping "an originalOcean'sfilm set in the '60s."In 2023, producer Josey McNamara, who is a co-founder of Robbie's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, claimed thatRyan Goslingwouldcostar in the movieafter he and Robbie found smash success withBarbieearlier that year.
Multiple outlets first reported that Cooper was in talks to costar in the movie with Robbie in October 2025. At that time,Twistersdirector Chung, 47, was reported to be taking over the project from filmmaker Roach, 68, who most recently released last year's dramedyThe RoseswithOlivia ColmanandBenedict Cumberbatch.
The evolving development of Robbie'sOcean'sprequel comes five months after Clooney, who portrays series lead Danny Ocean in the franchise's first three films, claimed in October that he and much of the originalOcean's castaim to shoot the sequelOcean's Fourteenby the end of 2026.
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"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 toldVarietyof the project in December.
Ocean's Elevenitself is based on the 1960 film of the same title, which starred Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean alongside Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Dean Martin and Joey Bishop. Clooney, Pitt,Julia Roberts,Brad Pitt,Matt DamonandDon Cheadlestarred in the series' three movies made between 2001 and 2007, whileSandra Bullock,Cate Blanchett,Anne Hathaway,Mindy Kaling,Rihanna,Awkwafina,Sarah PaulsonandHelena Bonham Carterstarred in a 2018 all-female spinoff titledOcean's 8, which saw Bullock, 61, portray Danny Ocean's sister Debbie.
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The movie would mark Cooper's fourth as a director afterA Star Is Born, the Leonard Bernstein biopicMaestroand last year'sIs This Thing On?Cooper wrote and acted in each of those three movies. Outside of his own work as a director, he most recently appeared on the big screen in a cameo role for last year'sSupermanand in one episode of HBO's comedyThe Righteous Gemstones.
Robbie, meanwhile, most recently appeared in February's adaptation ofWuthering Heights.
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