Oscar nominee Wagner Moura (“The Secret Agent,” “Civil War”) is in negotiations to hitch Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper within the new “Ocean’s” prequel for Warner Bros.
Cooper is directing the movie, dated for launch on June 25, 2027, and can be producing the mission alongside LuckyChap, the corporate led by Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, Milan Popelka and Robbie. Cooper wrote the screenplay, plot particulars of that are “locked in the vault.”
Nevertheless, at CinemaCon, Robbie confirmed that the prequel will happen on the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix and can comply with the artful mother and father of con-man Danny Ocean, the ringleader of the Las Vegas on line casino heist in “Ocean’s 11.”
“Before Danny Ocean ever stepped foot in Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows — his parents,” Robbie teased throughout a sizzle reel of Warner Bros. 2027 slate. “You’ll see them in their prime, and in our new movie, pulling off an epic heist at the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix.”
The unique “Ocean’s 11” premiered in 1960, starring Rat Pack members Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, Peter Lawford and Dean Martin. The Steven Soderbergh-directed “Oceans Eleven,” starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, spawned two sequels (2004’s “Ocean’s Twelve” and 2007’s “Ocean’s Thirteen”), plus the 2018 “Ocean’s Eight” reboot with Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway and Rihanna. The movies have earned greater than $1.4 billion on the world field workplace.
Govt producers embody Josey McNamara, Bronte Payne, Bobby Wilhelm, Jay Roach, Michelle Graham, Lee Isaac Chung, Ashley Jay Sandberg, Gary Ross and Olivia Milch. The untitled prequel movie relies on characters created by George Clayton Johnson & Jack Golden Russell. Carrie Solomon dealt with earlier drafts of the screenplay.
Earlier this yr, Moura made historical past as the primary Brazilian to be nominated for the very best actor Oscar and the primary to win the Golden Globe award for finest actor in a drama, each prizes in recognition of his starring position in Kleber Mendonça Filho’s “The Secret Agent.” Moura was additionally awarded the very best actor prize on the Cannes Movie Pageant and by the New York Critics Circle for the towering efficiency. The actor can be identified for his standout work in movies like Alex Garland’s “Civil War” and for his impactful portrayal of cartel boss Pablo Escobar on Netflix’s “Narcos.”
Moura will subsequent star reverse Greta Lee within the Netflix sci-fiction thriller “The Last House,” directed by Louis Leterrier, in addition to Rachel Rose’s directorial debut, “The Last Day,” with Alicia Vikander, which premiered at Tribeca. Different upcoming initiatives embody “Last Night at the Lobster,” which he’ll direct and star alongside Elisabeth Moss and Brian Tyree Henry; Panos Cosmatos’ vampire thriller “Flesh of the Gods,” reverse Kristen Stewart; and “Art,” with Ralph Fiennes and Colin Farrell. Moura is repped by WME, Imprint and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
