Monaco, get your race car tight.
Margot Robbie has confirmed that the upcoming ‘Ocean’s 11’ first part will be held at the crown jewel of the F1 circuit, the Monaco Grand Prix. Instead of focusing on Danny Ocean, the conman who led the Las Vegas casino heist in Ocean’s Eleven, the story will center on his cunning parents.
“Before Danny Ocean set foot in Las Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knew: his parents,” Robbie teased in a hot reel of Warner Bros.’ 2027 film at CinemaCon. “In our new film, we see them in their prime as they pull off an epic heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.”
Robbie and Bradley Cooper appear in the film as the mother and father of Danny Ocean, the mild-mannered heist leader played by George Clooney in Steven Soderbergh’s 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven. Apart from the Robbie prequel, Clooney is reviving the original “Ocean’s” trilogy with another sequel starring Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Don Cheadle. They end up returning to the heist game as a group as old criminals.
Cooper is also directing the first part after two other filmmakers, Lee Isaac Chung and Jay Roach, left the project. Meanwhile, Robbie is producing through his company LuckyChap. Carrie Solomon is writing the script. The yet-to-be-titled “Ocean’s” adventure is expected to begin filming this year, with hopes of hitting theaters sometime in 2027.
Warner Bros. previewed several 2027 releases, including “Minecraft Movie 2,” Melissa McCarthy’s Christmas comedy “Margie Claus,” and sci-fi thriller “Shiver,” starring Keanu Reeves. Before these films hit the big screen, the studio has films such as Tom Cruise’s Digger, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part III, DC’s Supergirl, and Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock’s Practical Magic 2.
Warner Bros. is poised to have a strong 2025 with seven consecutive films opening over $40 million, including “Sinners,” “Weapons” and “A Minecraft Movie.” The films collectively earned $4.4 billion at the global box office, marking the first time Warner Bros. has reached this benchmark since 2019.
“This milestone reaffirms a simple but powerful truth,” studio co-chairman Mike De Luca said from the CinemaCon stage. “If we are fearless and build an eclectic script around a variety of great films, audiences will emerge from their long COVID-19 hibernation and show up.”
