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The prequel will reportedly be a period piece set in the 1960s, where Robbie and a male co-star (once thought to be her Barbie leading man, Ryan Gosling) will play the parents of Danny Ocean, George Clooney’s master thief and ringleader from Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s Eleven trilogy. The 1960s setting won’t just reveal the story of Danny’s parents, but will also be a direct head-nod to the style of the original Ocean’s Eleven movie (1960), which starred Frank Sinatra and his “Rat Pack” buddies Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. While the prequel is taking shape, a direct sequel to the trilogy, title Ocean’s Fourteen is also in the works. David Leitch is set to direct, while members of the original cast are set to return.
Bradley Cooper Has Become An Acclaimed Filmmaker (More So Than An Actor)
If you are not a cinephile, you may only know Bradley Cooper from his acting roles in popular franchises like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and The Avengers films (where he voices the now-iconic character of Rocket Raccoon), or more recently, playing Superman’s (bad) daddy, Jor-El, in James Gunn’s DCU reboot. However, when he’s not playing in the sandboxes of comic book cinematic universes, Cooper has carved out a lane for himself as an acclaimed filmmaker.
It started in 2018 when Cooper released his remake of A Star Is Born, which he co-wrote, directed, and starred in opposite pop megastar Lady Gaga. The film earned $436.3 million worldwide on a budget of just $36 million, wowed critics and audiences alike, and became a major awards-season darling. It earned eight Academy Award nominations and five Golden Globe nominations, winning one of each for Cooper and Gaga’s romantic duet “Shallow”. To that point, A Star Is Born also became a Grammy darling thanks to its hit soundtrack, earning seven nominations and winning in four of those categories.
