If there’s one thing that Steven Soderbergh has made clear during his career it’s that nobody has an idea what he’ll do next. From mainstream films to the extremely experimental, Soderbergh is unpredictable to say the least. Like, would you ever expect Soderbergh to do another Ocean’s movie? Me neither, but according to Don Cheadle it’s on the table.
Speaking with EW about his part in Soderbergh’s latest flick, No Sudden Move, Cheadle revealed that he and the director have spoken about an Ocean’s 14…
“We were talking about it, and then Bernie [Mac] passed, and very quickly we were like, ‘No, we don’t want to do it,’” said Cheadle. “But I just did a movie with Stephen and he said, ‘I think there may be a way to do it again. I’m thinking about it.’ And it didn’t go much further than that. But I don’t know; I don’t know who all would be in it. I imagine the main group of us would be in. It would be interesting to see.”
Ocean’s 11 starred a Murderer’s Row of A-listers led by George Clooney, Matt Damon, and Brad Pitt. Released in 2001, it was a remake of the equally starry 1960 Rat Pick film, although the heist plot remained pretty much the same. A sequel, Ocean’s 12, was released in 2004, followed by Ocean’s 13 in 2007. In 2018 a female-led spinoff, Ocean’s 8, opened led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett.
So yeah, this needs to happen. You can’t put something out there like Ocean’s 14 and then not do it. Perhaps a storyline where the gang pulls a lucrative job to help out the family of Bernie Mac’s character, Frank Catteo? Just a thought.
