{"id":481518,"date":"2025-12-31T03:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481518\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T03:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T03:46:12","slug":"george-clooney-says-the-old-but-smart-oceans-eleven-gang-will-work-around-their-limitations-in-upcoming-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/481518\/","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney Says the &#8216;Old&#8217; but &#8216;Smart&#8217; \u201cOcean&#8217;s Eleven\u201d Gang Will &#8216;Work Around Their Limitations&#8217; in Upcoming Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">George Clooney recently dropped more hints about Ocean\u2019s 14, a sequel to the hit heist trilogy he starred in beginning in 2001<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The returning characters, teased Clooney, will be \u201ctoo old to do what we used to do,\u201d but \u201cstill smart enough to know how to get away with something\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Jay Kelly star will reportedly be joined by original Ocean\u2019s Eleven cast members Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/george-clooney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:George Clooney;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">George Clooney<\/a> is putting the old Ocean&#8217;s Eleven crew back together. But it sure has been a while.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ocean&#8217;s 14, a fourth film in the heist franchise that began in 2001, is reportedly a go with stars Clooney, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/julia-roberts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Julia Roberts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Julia Roberts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/brad-pitt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brad Pitt;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brad Pitt<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/matt-damon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Damon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Matt Damon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/don-cheadle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Don Cheadle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Don Cheadle<\/a> and more returning. The gang will be older but wiser, according to a new <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/film\/features\/george-clooney-oceans-reboot-jay-kelly-trump-1236618393\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety<\/a> interview with Clooney, 64.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere was something about the idea that we\u2019re too old to do what we used to do, but we\u2019re still smart enough to know how to get away with something, that just appeals to me,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/george-clooney-adam-sandler-jay-kelly-trailer-11729040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jay Kelly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jay Kelly<\/a> star told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The crew of his mastermind character Danny Ocean \u2014 including Pitt\u2019s right-hand man Rusty, Damon&#8217;s pickpocket Linus, Cheadle&#8217;s demolitions expert Basher and Roberts as Danny\u2019s love interest Tess \u2014 have \u201clost a step\u201d in the new movie, added Clooney. \u201cAnd they need to find a way to work around their limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Alberto Rodriguez\/Variety via Getty George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of Jay Kelly on Nov. 11\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fc7c4a8962f5dd9d1b97416013c1f42e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alberto Rodriguez\/Variety via Getty<\/p>\n<p> George Clooney at the Los Angeles premiere of Jay Kelly on Nov. 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The new Ocean\u2019s movie will also be inspired by Martin Brest&#8217;s 1979 movie Going in Style, starring George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg, about a crew of senior citizen criminals. (Zach Braff remade that film in 2017 with Martin Freeman, Alan Arkin and Michael Caine. Ocean&#8217;s Eleven was also a remake, as <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/steven-soderbergh\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steven Soderbergh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steven Soderbergh<\/a> re-envisioned the original 1960 Ocean\u2019s 11 starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Angie Dickinson.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe just got the budget approved at Warner Bros. and we\u2019re trying to set up,\u201d Clooney told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@enews\/video\/7556616022325808398\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:E! News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">E! News<\/a> in October, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/george-clooney-oceans-14-julia-roberts-brad-pitt-matt-damon-don-cheadle-cast-11826409\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:confirming;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">confirming<\/a> members of the original film\u2019s cast are on board. \u201cIt\u2019s just scheduling, so it\u2019s just setting a start date for us.\u201d Per Variety, the team behind Ocean\u2019s 14 hopes to start shooting the film next October.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Following the original trilogy, the 2018 spin-off <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/sandra-bullock-working-all-star-female-cast-oceans-8-long-time-coming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ocean\u2019s 8;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ocean\u2019s 8<\/a> starred <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/sandra-bullock\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sandra Bullock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sandra Bullock<\/a> as Danny\u2019s sister Debbie, plus Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Mindy Kaling and Anne Hathaway. An Ocean\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/margot-robbie-developing-an-original-oceans-eleven-film-with-bombshell-director-jay-roach\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:prequel film;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">prequel film<\/a> centered on Danny\u2019s parents, led by actress-producer <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/margot-robbie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Margot Robbie;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Margot Robbie<\/a>, is also in development.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Moviestore\/Shutterstock (Left-right:) George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt Ocean's 11\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/c48424745ca1b60f998eded43c6a26cd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Moviestore\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p> (Left-right:) George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt Ocean&#8217;s 11<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Clooney stars in Noah Baumbach\u2019s Jay Kelly, costarring <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/adam-sandler\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Adam Sandler;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Adam Sandler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/laura-dern\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Laura Dern;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Laura Dern<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/greta-gerwig\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Greta Gerwig;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Greta Gerwig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/billy-crudup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Billy Crudup;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Billy Crudup<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/riley-keough\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Riley Keough;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Riley Keough<\/a>, which is on Netflix now. Clooney, who, with wife <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/amal-clooney\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Amal Clooney;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Amal Clooney<\/a> and their kids <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/george-clooney-amal-clooney-welcome-twins-son-alexander-daughter-ella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alexander and Ella;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Alexander and Ella<\/a>, was recently <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/george-and-amal-clooney-and-their-children-all-obtain-french-citizenship-11876986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:granted citizenship in France;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">granted citizenship in France<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/10\/george-clooney-cast-netflixs-call-my-agent-the-movie-1236599426\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:will star;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">will star<\/a> in Netflix\u2019s upcoming French movie Dix Pour Cent (Call My Agent!).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/george-clooney-oceans-14-original-old-but-smart-crew-11877637\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW George Clooney recently dropped more hints about Ocean\u2019s 14, a sequel to the hit heist&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":481519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[29735,1043,185,218068,94022,171,13615,74367,6667,49069,218066,218067,218065,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-481518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-amal-clooney","9":"tag-brad-pitt","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-danny-ocean","12":"tag-don-cheadle","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-george-clooney","15":"tag-jay-kelly","16":"tag-julia-roberts","17":"tag-matt-damon","18":"tag-oceans-14","19":"tag-oceans-eleven-cast","20":"tag-ocean39s-eleven","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115812131476091886","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}