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Clooney Says Revenge Drives "Oceans Thirteen"
by Fred Topel | December 04, 2006
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"Ocean's Thirteen" promises to return the ensemble crime caper back to the glory of the original "Ocean's Eleven." "Ocean's Twelve" may have changed things up a little too much for some fans, so George Clooney promises a return to form, but still with a new twist.

"It's a very different version of that," charmed Clooney. "It's back to 'Eleven' in terms of spending more time with the guys, but it's about revenge which I think is such a good motivator after you've had these guys make a lot of money. What are you going to do, let's make some more money? So this one is about just getting somebody who hurt one of our guys and I always love films like that."



Clooney and Co. honestly plan to stop after the third film. Don't expect to see "Ocean's 25." "'Thirteen' happened because we felt like we could do it better than 'Twelve.' We didn't want to go out getting socked in the chin on one. [Soderbergh and I] were both like, 'We know how to do this.' And we found a really good reason to do it, which is revenge. Which is always better than just making money. That made sense to us and we went, 'That's a good reason to do it' and there doesn't seem to be any other reason to come back. Listen, 'Rocky 17?' Who knows? Maybe ten years from now I'll need a job again and I'll take it. But right now, we don't plan on it."

"Ocean's Thirteen" is expected in theaters June 8, 2007.

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brave.sir.rob
brave.sir.rob writes:
on Dec 04 2006 06:25 AM

At least they're aware that Twelve was a smelly turd, so maybe that will help.

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cgcbooks
cgcbooks writes:
on Dec 04 2006 06:34 AM

I vote for Brad Pitt being knocked off.

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villain78
villain78 writes:
on Dec 04 2006 08:57 AM

I'm one of five people in the world who enjoyed Ocean's 12 I know, but I love this series and I can't wait.

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Kid_Ikarus
Kid_Ikarus writes:
on Dec 04 2006 09:09 AM

I thought i read that Brad Pitt had stated very clearly that he wasn't going to do another "Oceans" film...

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LifeAfter
LifeAfter writes:
on Dec 04 2006 01:30 PM

In reply to this comment (#850301)
[b]I share that burden...[/b]
I liked it too, maybe because I didnt take it seriously at all. I liked it for being totally implausible and ridiculous. At the very least it was still really funny.


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Defmonkey
Defmonkey writes:
on Dec 04 2006 01:45 PM

[b]A rude awakening[/b]
I think they relized with Oceans 12 that it wasn't as easy to make a sequel to a remake that was made to be actually a good remake.

Hopefully the 3rd will be better and not just throwing some crap in.


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GreenBastard
GreenBastard writes:
on Dec 04 2006 02:41 PM

AhHHHHHHHHHH, I'm so tired....

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alsanali
alsanali writes:
on Dec 04 2006 05:34 PM

As much as 12 sucked, I'm kinda looking forward to this. It seems like a redemption project for Clooney and Soderbergh.

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Defmonkey
Defmonkey writes:
on Dec 04 2006 10:42 PM

[b]Clooney says Money Drives "Oceans Thirteen"[/b]
Fix'd


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osiris3657
osiris3657 writes:
on Dec 05 2006 12:55 PM

Loved the first one, hated the second one....hopefully this will redeem the crappy sequel

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