Omar Sy in negotiations to join Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper in Ocean’s Eleven prequel

Will we see a Frenchman in the most anticipated blockbuster of 2027? According to Hollywood ReporterOmar Sy could quickly join the distribution of the new film in the franchise Ocean’s Elevensigned Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born, Is This Thing On ?). The 48-year-old actor is currently in negotiations with Warner Bros. studios. If his participation were to be confirmed, he would play for the seventh time in his career in a Hollywood film, after appearances in the sagas X-Men, Transformers or even Jurassic World.

The star ofUntouchables should share the bill alongside German-Luxembourgish actress Vicky Krieps, brilliant in The Phantom Thread by Paul Thomas Anderson, as well as the British George Mackay (1917). The two actors were officially announced in the casting, as revealed by the American press on Tuesday. Announced five years ago, the film is presented as a prequel to the 2002 episode, in which George Clooney lent his features to a certain Danny Ocean, a repeat burglar who put together a fine team to rob a Las Vegas casino.

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For this new film, the main role, that of Danny Ocean’s father, was given to Bradley Cooper. It was originally going to go to Ryan Gosling, but Warner Bros. did not want to bring him together on screen with Margot Robbie, because the two actors formed a couple who already made an impression in the film Barbie in 2024. The poster also includes Wagner Moura (L’Agent secret), Josh Gad (Beauty and the Beast), as well as Monica Barbaro (A complete stranger).

Return to 1962 at the Monaco Grand Prix

Some details of the plot have already leaked during the last CinemaCon in Las Vegas. Margot Robbie revealed that the scenario takes place against the backdrop of the Monaco Grand Prix in 1962 and that it will focus on Danny Ocean’s parents, the “two geniuses who taught him everything”. “You will see them at their peak”she said. Bradley Cooper explained that car racing “will serve as the backdrop to a heist that will take place on the yacht of a famous shipping magnate”citing the films of Alfred Hitchcock as his main inspirations. The release is, for the moment, announced in 2027.

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Warner is working, in parallel, on another film in the franchise Ocean’s Eleven : the continuation of the trilogy. It is currently in development and should bring together George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Don Cheadle on screen again. A great team of robbers who, more than twenty years after their first heists, will surely have some nice remains.