Warner Bros. courting All Quiet on the Western Entrance director Edward Berger to direct George Clooney & Brad Pitt in Ocean’s 14.
The Ocean’s franchise is a hell of a variety of enjoyable, but it surely’s been 17 years since George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and the remainder of the implausible ensemble forged tackled their final caper. Time to carry it again, child. In that regard, Deadline has heard that Warner Bros. remains to be transferring ahead with Ocean’s 14, with each Clooney and Pitt set to return as Danny Ocean and Robert “Rusty” Ryan. They’re additionally now courting All Quiet on the Western Entrance director Edward Berger to helm the mission.
As Deadline’s report states, it’s nonetheless within the early phases, however Berger’s star is actually on the rise. All Quiet on the Western Entrance acquired quite a few awards, together with the Academy Award for Greatest Worldwide Function Movie.
George Clooney really teased one other Ocean’s mission final yr, saying, “We have a really good script for another Ocean’s now, so we may end up doing another one. It’s actually a great script.” The actor wouldn’t spill every other particulars, solely to say that “the idea is kind of Going in Style.” The movie Clooney refers to is a 1979 heist comedy starring George Burns, Artwork Carney, and Lee Strasberg as three mates who resolve to rob a financial institution. The movie was remade in 2017 by Zach Braff, with Morgan Freeman, Alan Arkin, and Michael Caine starring.
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Edward Berger’s newest movie, Conclave, just lately debuted on the Telluride Movie Competition and has been incomes rave evaluations. “Following the death of the Pope, the reluctant Cardinal Lomeli (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with overseeing the group of Cardinals from across the globe responsible for selecting a new leader for the Church,” reads the outline. “But as the political machinations inside the Vatican intensify, he realizes that the departed Pope had kept a secret from them that he must uncover before a new Pope is chosen.”
The movie was additionally screened on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition (which has now begun), and our personal Chris Bumbray was an enormous fan. “Fiennes delivers an incredible performance as the sharp-witted Lawrence, who has to become something of a detective amid his duties, with his performance bringing to mind Sean Connery in the classic In the Name of the Rose,” Bumbray wrote. “Fiennes expertly depicts Lawrence’s humanity and increasing disillusionment with some of his fellow men of God.” You possibly can take a look at the remainder of his evaluate proper right here.