Monaco, hold on to your race cars.
Margot Robbie has confirmed the upcoming “Ocean’s 11” prequel will take place at the crown jewel of the Formula One circuit — the Monaco Grand Prix. It won’t center on Danny Ocean, the con-man who led a Las Vegas casino heist in “Ocean’s 11,” but instead on his crafty parents.
“Before Danny Ocean ever stepped foot in Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows — his parents,” Robbie teased during a sizzle reel of Warner Bros. 2027 slate at CinemaCon. “You’ll see them in their prime, and in our new movie, pulling off an epic heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.”
Robbie and Bradley Cooper are starring in the film, presumably as the mom and dad of Danny Ocean, the suave heist leader portrayed by George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 “Ocean’s Eleven.” Separate from Robbie’s prequel, Clooney is reviving the original “Oceans” trilogy with another sequel, starring Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle. They’ll be back in the heist game as a group as aging criminals.
Cooper is also being eyed to direct the prequel after two filmmakers — Lee Isaac Chung and Jay Roach — departed the project. Meanwhile, Robbie is producing through her company LuckyChap. Carrie Solomon is working on the screenplay. The yet-to-be titled “Ocean’s” adventure is expected to start filming this year and hopes to release in theaters at some point in 2027.
Warner Bros. previewed several 2027 releases, including “A Minecraft Movie 2,” Melissa McCarthy’s Christmas comedy “Margie Claus” and the Keanu Reeves-led sci-fi thriller “Shiver.” Before those films are ready to release on the big screen, the studio has the likes of Tom Cruise’s “Digger,” director Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part III,” DC’s “Supergirl” and Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s “Practical Magic 2.”
Warner Bros. is coming off a strong 2025, with seven consecutive releases to open above $40 million, including “Sinners,” “Weapons” and “A Minecraft Movie.” Those films generated a combined $4.4 billion at the global box office, the first time that Warner Bros. reached that benchmark since 2019.
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“That milestone reaffirms a simple but powerful truth,” the studio’s co-chair Mike De Luca said from the stage at CinemaCon. “When you fearlessly build an eclectic slate anchored by a diverse line of great films, audiences will wake up from their long COVID hibernation and show up.”
From Variety US