Pacino Swims into Clooney's Ocean
Filed under: Comedy, Casting, Warner Brothers, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Remakes and Sequels
Reporting the casting news on an Ocean's Eleven sequel is pretty much a full-time job, but we
can handle it. Not long after learing that Julia and Catherine were out and that Ellen Barkin was in (and also that George Clooney apparently has a soft spot for Ali G), we now hear
reliable reports that the surprisingly diminutive Al Pacino has been
cast as a casino owner in Ocean's Thirteen. (I saw him at a film festival once, and he's actually kinda
tiny!)Definitely returning for a third heist-fest are Clooney, Pitt, Damon, Mac, Cheadle, and Garcia. Toss Pacino and Barkin into the mix and you've got almost half the cast you'll need for a new Ocean adventure. Variety reports that the always-busy Steven Soderbergh plans to begin shooting Thirteen on July 21st, in and around such dazzling locations as Las Vegas and Los Angeles, but also that plot details are being kept under wraps. (Clooney's also switching screenwriters again; Ocean's Eleven was written by Ted (Matchstick Men) Griffin; Ocean's Twelve by George (The Sentinel) Nolfi; the third is presently being written by the successful duo of Koppelman & Livien, best known for Rounders -- although they also wrote Walking Tall, Knockaround Guys, and Runaway Jury.)
Expect the inevitably star-studded Ocean's Thirteen to steal into movie theaters in summer of 2007.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
4-25-2006 @ 9:19AM
Ajay Shroff said...
Now if this is not a star studded cast, i don't know what is.
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4-25-2006 @ 9:47AM
Todd Trowbridge said...
They adapted Runaway Jury from a novel of the same title by John Grisham.
Todd
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4-25-2006 @ 5:45PM
RC of strangeculture said...
That's great news...now there is hope...when Ellen Barkin was cast I was a little worried, but this is fantastic!!!
--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
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4-26-2006 @ 1:04AM
Venkat said...
Wow, this is great. Al Pacino as a smooth operating Casino Owner, this should be fun.
BTW what exactly does "...to steal into movie theaters..." mean?
Lastly, this is a great blog with great opinions, humour and reviews/news but please make the commenting process a little easier. That way we would all be more inclined to comment.
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4-27-2006 @ 8:31PM
rick_s said...
Ali G??? what a waste of movie space!!
Frank, Dean and Sammy would be turning over in their graves!!
Pacino?? now that was a great call!!! but Ali G?? and Ellen Barkin?? what?? Goldie Hawn wasnt available?? maybe they couldve rang up Sally Field too?? i hear she' unemployed!! they couldve put Winona Ryder in it? she already KNOWS how to steal!!
ok...to replace Julia and Catherine, they should have got....Demi Moore?? Charlize Theron?? (The Italian Job! remember?) Ashley Judd?? Teri Hatcher?? (easy George!) heck, they couldve hired the WHOLE Desperate Housewifes crew!! anyone but Ellen Barkin!! what was her last movie? SWITCH??
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4-27-2006 @ 8:41PM
ljoyspyder said...
I happen to have faith in Ellen Barkin, remember her with Lawrence Fishburne? And well, what can you say about Al Pacino? On his name alone, I will be looking forward to seeing this one!
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4-27-2006 @ 9:22PM
HAROLD Z. said...
---I LIKE YOUR WRITE-UP----- BUT THE ONE SENTENCE ABOUT --PACINO--BEING KINDA TINY------HE'S A LOT BIGGER IN STATURE THAN YOU COULD EVER HOPE TO BE----
WHAT IS YOUR PROFILE AND STATS ANYWAY ????
---in fact---the more i think of your --snide--remark-------i think people should print your write-up and use it for--toilet paper
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4-27-2006 @ 9:51PM
virginia kuzmik said...
IF OCEANS 13 IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING LIKE OCEANS 12 YOU CAN HANG IT UP 12 WAS NOTHING LIKE 11 IT MIGHT JUST MAKE IT WITH AL PACINO IN IT YOU WILL HAVE SOMEONE THAT CAN REALLY ACT GOODLUCK
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4-27-2006 @ 10:22PM
missy dilley said...
AL PACINO---- THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME !!
ONLY HE CAN SAVE A GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIE.
GEORGE CLOONEY.....THE MOST OVERRATED
ACTOR OF ALL TIME. SHOW 'EM
HOW TO DO IT, MR. PACINO !!!!!!!
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4-27-2006 @ 10:28PM
DAVE DILLEY said...
WANT TO REALLY MAKE THIS A GREAT MOVIE ???
KICK EVERYBODY ELSE OUT AND LET
AL PACINO PLAY ALL THIRTEEN PARTS !!!!!
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4-27-2006 @ 10:33PM
George DiCenzo said...
Why the "cute" sarcasim about the casting decisions?
Is this your way of showing your intelligence as media writers/participants? How very sad.
Or is this cloaked jealousy of an artistic form of which you could never, ever partake?
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4-27-2006 @ 10:46PM
Janice H said...
I say good riddance to Julia Roberts. She was never a fit for these movies. All she knows how to do is scream. Ellen Barkin will be great. But whats up with the "soft spot" for Ali G. That is wrong in so many ways.
And yay for Aaaaallll Pacheeeeno!
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4-27-2006 @ 10:51PM
r. gunther said...
No, the cute comments about the casting decisions
only back up the fact that most people have seen
Humphrey Bogart..........
and Mr. Clooney---YOU ARE NO HUMPHREY BOGART !!!!!
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4-27-2006 @ 10:55PM
S.G. Franks said...
I will not cloak my jealousy of Al Pacino's acting abilities......I will, however, throw a cloak over my head whilst trying to watch George Clooney act !!!
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4-27-2006 @ 10:58PM
Josephine Tillison said...
Al Pacino, is the greatest actor of all times. Movies, theater, anything he does, I'll be there on Broadway to see him or in the movies. All he has to do is appear in a movie, even as a cameo, and it will be great
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4-27-2006 @ 10:59PM
MR.ANGELO MALFITANO said...
MY COMMENT IS WHY NOT WELL ENOUGH ALONE, NONE OF THESE GUYS NOT EVEN PACINO CAN COME NEAR THE LIKES OF THE OCEAN ELEVEN GUYS OF SINATRA. CLOONEY IS NO ACTOR, GARCIA IS WONDERFUL AS IS PACINO,CHEADLE OK, PITT IS NO ACTOR EITHER, LOOKS ALONE DOSENT DO IT.
AS FOR BARKIN IF SHE STILL IN GREAT SAHPE SHE WILL ADD THE SEX TO THE WORKS.
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4-27-2006 @ 11:07PM
A. P. said...
I promise to do my best to save this film. - Al
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4-27-2006 @ 11:10PM
patricia hill said...
I AM SO THRILLED TO HAVE AL PACINO IN THIS MOVIE. HE IS THE GREATEST ACTOR OF THIS GENERATION. POOR GEORGE, I AM SORRY YOU ARE NOT THE CALIBER OF AN ACTOR AS MR PACINO.
GOOD LUCK ALL IN THE FILM.
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4-27-2006 @ 11:26PM
faye lunceford said...
if andy garcia was the only actor in the movie with al pacino it would be a hit. love both these guys a bunch.....
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4-27-2006 @ 11:36PM
Tina said...
Just a thought..Oceans 13 should have hire Jennifer & Angelina, put them both in bed with Al, and have Brad watch..what a HIT that would be.
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