Previous favorites by no means exit of favor, and Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy is a main instance of that apply at work. Whereas there’s loads of 2025 film schedule delights accessible on your viewing, it’s all the time good to slide again into one thing a bit extra acquainted, and dare I say quotable.
Since all three entries are actually accessible to stream by a Netflix subscription, we’re all going to have loads of time to return to the previous. Nevertheless, after having carried out so myself, I feel I’ve some concepts on how George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s dream pitch of Ocean’s 14 may occur. At this level, you’re both in or your out – so let’s begin the present, we could?
Steven Soderbergh And David Koepp Ought to Accomplice On Ocean’s 14
I do know that Ocean’s Fourteen has a potential director already spoken for, and I’m not upset with the selection at hand. Nevertheless, if we’re actually returning to Danny and the gang, I feel Steven Soderbergh ought to be stepping again into the director’s chair.
His type on show in Black Bag reveals the person’s nonetheless received it, and his author on that undertaking, David Koepp, ought to additionally be on board. Their teaming simply is sensible; and as Koepp’s Jurassic World Rebirth guidelines would reinforce, it’s necessary to maintain sharp with a legacy-quel akin to this.
Ocean’s 14 Ought to Be A Reversal Of The System
Three adventures have seen Danny Ocean working all kinds of confidence schemes and lengthy con heists within the identify of settling private vendettas alongside the way in which. However this time, let’s make issues fascinating and put the returning gang on the offensive by forcing them to determine the tips getting used towards them, and the right way to counter.
Whether or not it’s a staff run by earlier foes like Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) or François Toulour (Vincent Cassel), or some new evil we haven’t met but, turning the tables would go a protracted technique to retaining the Ocean’s sequence contemporary. Additionally, you may’t critically inform me that Toulour, also referred to as “The Night time Fox,” has merely let Danny and firm off the hook for bamboozling him on the finish of Ocean’s 13, are you able to?
We Want To (Barely) Retcon Ocean’s 8
Sandra Bullock’s Ocean’s 8 launched us to Danny’s sister Debbie, with the implication that our pricey hero was lifeless. So whereas I’m not advocating we ignore director Gary Ross’ feminine ahead spinoff, we have to clarify that dying away on this subsequent story, if solely so we are able to have Danny and Debby staff up for the street forward.
And for all the followers who’ve stood by that one-off undertaking all these years, there’s additionally the potential to draft a few of these staff members into the fray as properly. Who wouldn’t need to see Cate Blanchett’s attainable Ocean’s franchise return enable Lou Miller and Brad Pitt’s Rusty Ryan to snark at one another about which member of the family is the higher staff chief?
Danny Ocean’s Workforce Wants New Thieves To Set Up The Future
Sadly, a possible Ocean’s 14 would see the staff with out two of its most beloved gamers: Frank (Bernie Mac) and Saul (Carl Reiner). So if we’re going to come back again to the properly, there ought to be an choice to snag some contemporary expertise in to assist shore up the ranks. That suggestion is very necessary to the ultimate be aware I’ll make on this whole enterprise.
Even with out that in thoughts, there’s all the time been an eye fixed on including new and thrilling expertise to the Ocean’s world. That’s how colourful characters like Roman Nagel (Eddie Izzard) and even Andy Garcia’s earlier Ocean’s Eleven villain have been roped in, and it could actually assist introduce a brand new technology to those excessive stakes shenanigans. Plus, it is a good full circle second, much like how Danny helped induct Linus Caldwell (Matt Damon) into the lifetime of thievery.
Ocean’s 14 Wants To Keep As Experimental As Its Predecessors
I feel the rationale individuals aren’t too enthused with Ocean’s Twelve is the truth that it’s most likely essentially the most experimental one of many bunch. Properly, that and the very meta “Julia Roberts” con that Tess will get roped into. Whereas I can affirm that it’s the comparatively weakest entry of the three, it’s nonetheless higher than simply enjoying the hits in a lower and paste sequel.
Our subsequent hypothetical entry ought to preserve that spirit in thoughts, if solely as a result of Ocean’s 13 nonetheless wandered exterior of the field, and managed to be an entertaining follow-up. The truth that this undertaking is a legacy-quel opens the door for a brand new tone/type fairly freely, as this form of reflection on the previous hasn’t been the central focus of an Ocean’s journey simply but.
That Ryan Gosling/Margot Robbie Prequel Wants To Be Set Up
For years, an Ocean’s Eleven prequel has been in growth, with Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling slated to play Danny and Debbie’s mother and father. Whereas Robbie’s 2024 replace on the undertaking did not give us a lot information to go on, together with some reminiscences of the Ocean household heist holidays with their mother and pa could be a pleasant lure to tease the hotly anticipated undertaking.
Whether or not these adventures are a part of the prequel story or in the event that they’re merely inspiration for no matter does occur, it serves the identical goal. Getting this film again on the rails could be rather a lot simpler if there’s one other legacy crew entry to mild the fires.
Ocean’s Fourteen Ought to Be The Last Sendoff For The Authentic Crew
The final suggestion for Ocean’s Fourteen could be to let or not it’s the precise closing journey of Danny Ocean. Until George Clooney and Brad Pitt have someway satisfied their companions in cinematic crime to reup for an additional potential trilogy, I’ve a sense that this subsequent entry is meant to be the massive finale.
However with new, charismatic younger thieves on the head, a contemporary sequence of exploits may take root. Very like there’s a code amongst individuals who shook Frank Sinatra’s hand, the flexibility to say you ran with Danny Ocean’s crew on their massive victory lap could be a hell of a calling card to dine out on.
To maintain the sequence entering into such a fashion would in the end honor Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 traditional, because it’d provide the identical generational handshake that image supplied to the youth of the day. Then once more, there’s an opportunity that this undertaking could unexpectedly crumble, rendering all of this concern moot.
I actually hope that isn’t the case, as a result of after seeing the Ocean’s trilogy once more with contemporary eyes, I feel we actually want breezy, intelligent, not-so-serious crime capers to make a comeback. And for those who want three massive reminders why, you may stream this complete sequence by Netflix for inspiration.