"Ocean's 14" in Early Development with George Clooney and Brad Pitt Set to Return

A momentum is building on the Smokehouse-produced next installment of the Warner Bros caper film franchise that started with "Ocean’s Eleven".

Sources revealed that George Clooney and Brad Pitt are coming back and they are negotiating with Edward Berger to take over directing duties.

Berger is emerging as an elite filmmaker. He followed "All Quiet on the Western Front" — which won four Oscars including Best International Feature — with "Conclave", the Focus Features drama about the intrigue behind the election of a new pope that has drawn raves after its Telluride debut, establishing the film as a Best Picture Oscar candidate with Berger and Ralph Fiennes also at the center of the awards race. 

The film gets its next shot with a Toronto Film Festival premiere. Fiennes stars alongside Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Isabella Rossellini, and a strong supporting cast. 

Warner Bros and Smokehouse have been working diligently on "Ocean’s 14", which would be the first without director Steven Soderbergh. 

While promoting "Boys on the Boat", Clooney said they had a strong script that was in the spirit of Going in Style. 

Insiders have said it’s early progress and Berger doesn’t have an offer and is juggling several of them.

Clooney and Pitt just had their Venice premiere for the Jon Watts-directed Apple film "Wolfs".