The Ocean’s Eleven prequel film that’s in improvement has formally discovered its director, in keeping with a brand new report.
Who’s directing the Ocean’s Eleven prequel?
Per Deadline, Lee Isaac Chung, the director of 2020’s Minari and 2024’s Twisters, is at present in talks to direct the Ocean’s prequel movie. Outdoors of Minari and Twisters, Chung additionally directed episodes of assorted Star Wars tasks for Disney, together with an episode of The Mandalorian and Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.
As of proper now, just about nothing is thought concerning the Ocean’s Eleven prequel. The movie’s plot and solid have been saved beneath wraps in the meanwhile. At one level, although, each Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling have been rumored to have been concerned within the challenge as stars, though no affirmation ever got here from that. Robbie’s manufacturing banner, LuckyChap, continues to be hooked up as a producer to the challenge.
The Ocean’s Eleven franchise dates again to 1960, when the unique movie starring the Rat Pack first launched. In 2001, a remake of the movie starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Andy Garcia, and extra launched, kickstarting a trilogy of movies. The three movies have been all directed by Steven Soderbergh, and written by Ted Griffin, George Nolfi, Brian Koppelman, and David Levien, respectively.
In 2018, an all-female spin-off film, Ocean’s 8, was launched. That movie starred Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, and Helena Bonham Carter. Just lately, stories of an Ocean’s 14 being in improvement have additionally surfaced.
(Supply: Deadline)
