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Margot Robbie is attached to star and produce the Warner Bros. feature. By LuckyChap.
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Director Lee Isaac Chung has exited Warner Bros. Planned prequel feature Ocean XI ownership.
Chung has been developing the film with the studio and Margot Robbie, who is attached to star Bradley Cooper and producing through her LuckyChap banner. A Warner Bros. representative confirms: that Chung left amicably amid “creative differences”.
A joint statement from Warner Bros. said: And LuckyChap: “Lee Isaac is a unique filmmaking talent, and his vision and partnership have been invaluable to Warner Bros. and LuckyChap along this journey. Our experience with him has only deepened our excitement to collaborate on future projects together.”
Hollywood Reporter It has been exclusively reported that a prequel is planned for 2022, with Jay Roach attached to direct at that time before later exiting. Plot details have not yet been shared for the project, which has a script from Cary Solomon.
Warner Bros. The franchise was launched in 2001 with Steven Soderbergh Ocean XI which remade the studio’s 1960 heist film Ocean 11Starring Frank Sinatra and other Rat Pack members. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Matt Damon were among the stars of Soderbergh’s film trilogy that concluded in 2007. Ocean XIII.
In 2018, Warner Bros. released The eighth oceana spinoff from director Gary Ross of Soderbergh’s trilogy that starred Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, and Anne Hathaway.
Chung supervised the 2020 film Minariwhich received Academy Award nominations for its direction and screenplay, and a 2024 sequel led by Glen Powell Hurricanes. Robbie stars opposite Jacob Elordi in director Emerald Fennell’s latest literary film Wuthering Heights Warner Bros.
Delivery time He was the first to report Chung’s departure.
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