I don't buy your notion that it was the cast and their chemistry that made the first film work. Why? Because we can test and very quickly disprove that theory with a look at the sequel. What carried the first movie to success was the fact that this amazing cast happened to be working with a great screenplay. The same can't be said about the second film, and instead of succeeding like it's predecessor, it comes off as nothing more than an exercise in stylistic masturbation.

-JP

Lucky 13. :up:

... maybe Quentin Tarantino will be the new addition. :lol:

agreed. 11 is my fav movie ever. loved it. 12 was ok, not as good as 11 but still better than most crap in theaters these days. im hoping 13 turns out to be decent.

Ocean's 13 - Summer 2007
 

Mar 27, 7:24 PM (ET)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - 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.





-- Eh, it'll probably make a shitload of money for them all... I'll wait 'til cable.

No Julia Roberts? I'm sooo there!

I think the real reason is purely budgetary.

BORING. Sorry, worthless post.

Damn straight! When I was watching Oceans 12 I thought I was going to cry. I just don't like these type of movies.

I enjoyed Ocean's 11. But, I couldn't even finish Ocean's 12.

Ocean's 12 felt like one big inside joke, that I wasn't a part of. Blah.

The inside joke was that they already had your $8.

I'd see it on video.

After watching Ocean's 12 a second time I've actually grown quite fond of it. This cast does have chemistry in spades.

Plus the music kicks.

So I'll watch it.

Loved the first. Hated the second. Here's hoping that without Zeta-Jones and WITH a plot it might have a chance.

noooooooo

Oceans 12 wasn't that good

Who's Ellen Barkin?

my thoughts as well.

Oceans Seventy-Five.....They rob God

I agree completely. I saw Ocean's 12 in the theaters and left unhappy. I then happened to catch it on HBO about 2 years later and was laughing my ass off. I'll probably go see Ocean's 13 as well.

Rental.

Glad to see they are returning to Vegas in this one. Maybe they'll bring back a better plot.

LOVED oceans 11 - my fav movie. oceans 12 was ok but im still psyched for another one.

Yes, there was a certain smugness about the whole thing that kind of turned me off.

After liking Ocean's 11 a lot, I couldn't even get half way through 12. Don't think I will bother with this one.

This is a perfect description of how I felt. They need to get back to the "caper" aspect that 11 had.