Clooney, Pitt, Damon a Go for 'Ocean's 13'


Now that George Clooney's an Academy Award winner, he and his crew are returning to their thieving ways.

Clooney, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon will star in "Ocean's 13," the third flick in their franchise about a gang of lovable crooks, distributor Warner Bros. announced Monday.

A supporting-actor Oscar winner for the oil-industry thriller "Syriana," Clooney will reprise his role as leader of the pack Danny Ocean, with the group pulling off a new heist in Las Vegas.

Clooney's producing partner Steven Soderbergh, who made the 2001 hit "Ocean's Eleven" and its 2004 sequel "Ocean's Twelve," will direct again.

Julia Roberts, Clooney's love interest in the first two movies, and "Ocean's Twelve" co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones will not be back for the third movie, according to Warner Bros.

"It was a script issue. We didn't have a place to really use talent like theirs, two big stars like that," said Jerry Weintraub, the franchise's producer. "They're very good friends of ours, and neither Soderbergh nor I would prevail on them to come back and do nothing just to do it."

Weintraub said if the filmmakers hit on a good idea to include the actresses, there was a chance Roberts and Zeta-Jones could return.

The studio expects the rest of the cast, including Don Cheadle, Andy Garcia, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould, will return. Joining the cast will be Ellen Barkin.

Production is scheduled to start in July, with "Ocean's 13" due in theaters in summer 2007.

no matter how bad this might end up being, I'll still probably end up seeing it.

im pissed that i still havent seen 12

don't be. it's a train wreck.

theres hope if roberts and jones wont be in it.


if they made another good old fashion thief, big time robbery type film it could be decent like the 1st one.


"fun", not great but "fun"...

I hope the plot is a bit more concrete and not a mere after thought like the first sequel seemed to have been.

I loved 11. This had better be better than the awful mess that was 12.

i loved 12 just because i took it completely tongue in cheek

11 was great, one of my favorites, and 12 isn't as bad as some make it out to be. It'll be interesting to see what they do here.

is this really necessary? and btw roberts and zeta jones agreed to join the cast.

it may not be good, but ill watch it and probably enjoy it, i love oceans 11 and like 12 pretty well, they are both fun movies

i haven't bothered to watch 12 because everyone says its so bad. maybe if i hear good things about 13 i'll rent 12 and then watch 13 later.

About as necessary as 12 was.

That's not saying much.

That was kind of the point.

yeah, but put yourself in their shoes? clooney, pitt, damon - they're great friends. i'm sure they have a blast making the movies, and they get real paid.

I enjoyed the first two but it seems that a 3rd one is a little over the top.

It probably won't be a good movie but any chance I get to look at Clooney's beautiful face I will take.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news06/060821c.php

This has some serious potential.