The combo of George Clooney and Brad Pitt is usually big money, but maybe it’s only with the Ocean’s movies? Because it didn’t exactly play out that way with Wolfs, the crime comedy they starred in last year. Fortunately, Ocean’s 14 seems to be on the right track now, with a possible director in David Leitch.
THR confirms a Jeff Sneider report that David Leitch, best known for directing Pitt in Bullet Train and Ryan Gosling in The Fall Guy, is in talks to direct Ocean’s 14. This would be a continuation of the blockbuster heist franchise that began with Ocean’s 11 way back in 2001, and continued with sequels in 2004 and 2007. Ocean’s 8, an all-female spinoff led by Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, was released in 2018.
Clooney has co-written the screenplay with Grant Heslov, and it’s unclear who else from the all-star ensemble will return. Previous director Steven Soderbergh bowed out after the death of actor Bernie Mac, who was an integral piece of the cast.
The Ocean’s franchise is on the verge of making a major comeback. In addition to a new sequel, a prequel film with Gosling and Margot Robbie is in the works.
