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You know how the ocean comes in waves? Well apparently so too does Ocean's news. Yes, clumsy segue aside, not 24 hours since we shared George Clooney's comments that long-gesting heist sequel Ocean's 14 is set to shoot in 2026 with all the old guard returning for one last job, we've now had a promising update on Margot Robbie's planned Ocean's prequel joint. According to Deadline, Is This Thing On? director and four-time Best Actor Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper is in negotiations to star alongside Robbie in the rapidly heating up prequel.
Per Deadline's sources, the understanding is that Cooper and Robbie have actually been friends for a long time and actively looking for an opportunity to work with each other, and the attachment of Twisters filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung to direct the project has proven an opening too good to miss. According to Deadline, a meeting with Chung was enough to sell Cooper on the movie, whose plot remains strictly hush-hush but whose script we do know has been penned by A Family Affair scribe Carrie Solomon. The last we heard, Robbie's pitch for the prequel is a 60s set European heist caper, with the setting inspired by the original Frank Sinatra starring 1960 Ocean's movie.
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Given Bradley Cooper's extant past — and future — Warner Bros. ties (let's not forget, there is still a Steven Spielberg Bullitt movie on Cooper's horizon), and the fact that cameras are expected to roll at last on this Ocean's prequel next year, we wouldn't be surprised if we hear more about this buzzy project very soon. And until we do, don't worry about us — we're still trying to get our heads around the fact that Bradley Cooper's latest Oscar hopeful is a movie inspired by the life story of Scouse comedian John Bishop. Absolutely wild!