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Every Steven Soderbergh Movie, Ranked

Director Steven Soderbergh on the set of ‘Black Bag’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Claudette Barius/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.

Steven Soderbergh is one of the most prolific and celebrated filmmakers of his generation.

The director’s breakthrough movie, 1989’s ‘sex, lies, and videotape‘, gave birth to the independent film movement of the 1990’s. Soderbergh would go on to helm such acclaimed films as ‘Out of Sight‘, ‘Erin Brockovich‘, and ‘Traffic‘, which earned him an Oscar for Best Director, before going on to make the popular ‘Ocean’s Eleven‘ and ‘Magic Mike‘ franchises.

Soderbergh has two movies releasing in 2025, the experimental supernatural film ‘Presence‘, which opened in theaters on January 24th, and the spy thriller ‘Black Bag‘, which stars Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett, and is scheduled for release on March 14th.

In honor of the upcoming release of ‘Black Bag’, Moviefone is counting down every film Steven Soderbergh has ever directed, including TV movies, documentaries, anthology films, and his latest.

Let’s begin!

38. ‘Full Frontal‘ (2002)

(L to R) Blair Underwood and Julia Roberts in ‘Full Frontal’. Photo: Miramax Films.

A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend’s birthday party.
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37. ‘Bubble‘ (2006)

Set against the backdrop of a decaying Midwestern town, a murder becomes the focal point of three people who work in a doll factory.
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36. ‘Unsane‘ (2018)

A woman (Claire Foy) is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.
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35. ‘The Informant!‘ (2009)

Matt Damon in ‘The Informant!’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.

A rising star at agri-industry giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Mark Whitacre (Matt Damon) suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and handed a promotion.
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34. ‘And Everything Is Going Fine‘ (2010)

From the first time he performed ‘Swimming to Cambodia‘ – the one-man account of his experience of making the 1984 film ‘The Killing Fields‘ – Spalding Gray made the art of the monologue his own. Drawing unstintingly on the most intimate aspects of his own life, his shows were vibrant, hilarious and moving. His death came tragically early, in 2004; this compilation of interview and performance footage nails his idiosyncratic and irreplaceable brilliance.
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33. ‘Schizopolis‘ (1997)

A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.
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32. ‘Let Them All Talk‘ (2020)

A celebrated author (Meryl Streep) takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew (Lucas Hedges) comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds himself involved with a young literary agent (Gemma Chan).
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31. ‘The Underneath‘ (1995)

A recovering gambling addict (Peter Gallagher) attempts to reconcile with his family and friends but finds trouble and temptation when caught between feelings for his ex-wife (Alison Elliott) and her dangerous hoodlum boyfriend (William Fichtner).
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30. ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance‘ (2023)

(L to R) Salma Hayek Pinault as Maxandra Mendoza and Channing Tatum as Mike Lane in Warner Bros. Pictures musical comedy ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo: Claudette Barius. Copyright: © 2023 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite (Salma Hayek Pinault) who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
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29. ‘Solaris‘ (2002)

A troubled psychologist (George Clooney) is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
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28. ‘Gray’s Anatomy‘ (1997)

The film documents, in an often dramatic and humorous fashion, Spalding Gray’s investigations into alternative medicine for an eye condition (Macular pucker) he had developed.
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27. ‘King of the Hill‘ (1993)

Based on the Depression-era bildungsroman memoir of writer A. E. Hotchner, the film follows the story of a boy (Jesse Bradford) struggling to survive on his own in a hotel in St. Louis after his mother is committed to a sanatorium with tuberculosis. His father, a German immigrant and traveling salesman working for the Hamilton Watch Company, is off on long trips from which the boy cannot be certain he will return.
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26. ‘The Girlfriend Experience‘ (2009)

Chelsea (Sasha Grey) is an in-demand call girl whose $2,000 an hour price tag allows her to live in New York’s lap of luxury. Besides her beauty and sexual skill, Chelsea offers her clients companionship and conversation, or, as she dubs it, “the girlfriend experience.” With her successful business and a devoted, live-in boyfriend, Chelsea thinks she has it made… until a new client rocks her world.
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25. ‘Kimi‘ (2022)

Zoë Kravitz in ‘Kimi’. Photo: HBO Max.

A tech worker (Zoë Kravitz) with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.
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24. ‘Eros‘ (2005)

A three-part anthology film about love and sexuality: a menage-a-trois between a couple and a young woman on the coast of Tuscany; an advertising executive under enormous pressure at work, who, during visits to his psychiatrist, is pulled to delve into the possible reasons why his stress seems to manifest itself in a recurring erotic dream; and a story of unrequited love about a beautiful, 1960s high-end call girl in an impossible affair with her young tailor.
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23. ‘The Good German‘ (2007)

An American journalist (George Clooney) arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover (Cate Blanchett).
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22. ‘Che: Part Two‘ (2009)

After the Cuban Revolution, Che (Benicio del Toro) is at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world.
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21. ‘The Laundromat‘ (2019)

When a widow (Meryl Streep) gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers (Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas) in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.
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20. ‘High Flying Bird‘ (2019)

André Holland in ‘High Flying Bird’. Photo: Netflix.

During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke (André Holland), presents his rookie client, Erick Scott (Melvin Gregg), with an intriguing and controversial business opportunity.
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19. ‘Side Effects‘ (2013)

A woman (Rooney Mara) turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband’s (Channing Tatum) upcoming release from prison.
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18. ‘Che: Part One‘ (2009)

The Argentine, begins as Che (Benicio del Toro) and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro (Demián Bichir)) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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17. ‘Behind the Candelabra‘ (2013)

Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace (Michael Douglas) and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson (Matt Damon), is recounted.
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16. ‘No Sudden Move‘ (2021)

A group of criminals are brought together under mysterious circumstances and have to work together to uncover what’s really going on when their simple job goes completely sideways.
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15. ‘Presence‘ (2025)

Lucy Liu in ‘Presence’. Photo: Neon.

A family becomes convinced they are not alone after moving into their new home in the suburbs.
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14. ‘Ocean’s Thirteen‘ (2007)

Danny Ocean’s (George Clooney) team of criminals are back and composing a plan more personal than ever. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) doublecrosses Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould), causing a heart attack, Danny Ocean vows that he and his team will do anything to bring down Willy Bank along with everything he’s got. Even if it means asking for help from an enemy.
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13. ‘Kafka‘ (1991)

Kafka (Jeremy Irons), an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.
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12. ‘Haywire‘ (2011)

A black ops soldier (Gina Carano) seeks payback after she is betrayed and left for dead.
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11. ‘Ocean’s Eleven‘ (2001)

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean (George Clooney) is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny’s hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess (Julia Roberts).
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10. ‘Logan Lucky‘ (2017)

(L to R) Channing Tatum, Riley Keough and Adam Driver in ‘Lucky Logan’. Photo: Bleecker Street.

Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde Logan (Adam Driver) set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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9. ‘Magic Mike‘ (2012)

Mike (Channing Tatum), an experienced stripper, takes a younger performer called The Kid (Alex Pettyfer) under his wing and schools him in the arts of partying, picking up women, and making easy money.
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8. ‘Contagion‘ (2011)

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus – that kills within days – rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
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7. ‘Ocean’s Twelve‘ (2004)

Danny Ocean (George Clooney) reunites with his old flame and the rest of his merry band of thieves in carrying out three huge heists in Rome, Paris and Amsterdam – but a Europol agent is hot on their heels.
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6. ‘sex, lies, and videotape‘ (1989)

Ann (Andie MacDowell), a frustrated wife, enters into counseling due to a troubled marriage. Unbeknownst to her, her husband John (Peter Gallagher) has begun an affair with her sister. When John’s best friend Graham (James Spader) arrives, his penchant for interviewing women about their sex lives forever changes John and Ann’s rocky marriage.
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5. ‘Black Bag‘ (2025)

Michael Fassbender stars as George Woodhouse in director Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’, a Focus Features release. Credit: Claudette Barius/Focus Features © 2025 All Rights Reserved.

‘Black Bag’ is a gripping spy drama about legendary intelligence agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his beloved wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George faces the ultimate test – loyalty to his marriage or his country.
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4. ‘Erin Brockovich‘ (2000)

A twice-divorced mother (Julia Roberts) of three who sees an injustice, takes on the bad guy and wins — with a little help from her push-up bra. Erin goes to work for an attorney and comes across medical records describing illnesses clustered in one nearby town. She starts investigating and soon exposes a monumental cover-up.
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3. ‘Out of Sight‘ (1998)

Meet Jack Foley (George Clooney), a smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist. Karen Sisco (Jennifer Lopez) is a federal marshal who chooses all the right moves … and all the wrong guys. Now they’re willing to risk it all to find out if there’s more between them than just the law.
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2. ‘Traffic‘ (2000)

An exploration of the United States of America’s war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (Michael Douglas), the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter (Erika Christensen) is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman (Benicio del Toro) agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and in San Diego, a drug kingpin’s sheltered trophy wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) must learn her husband’s ruthless business after he is arrested, endangering her luxurious lifestyle.
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1. ‘The Limey‘ (1999)

(L to R) Luis Guzmán and Terence Stamp in ‘The Limey’. Photo: Artisan Entertainment.

The Limey follows Wilson (Terence Stamp), a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter’s death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine (Peter Fonda) and an army of L.A.’s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.
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March 23, 2025
Ryan Gosling Reportedly Boards New ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Movie

Ryan Gosling as Six in ‘The Gray Man’. Photo: Paul Abell/Netflix © 2022.

You might recall that, back in May, reports emerged that Margot Robbie was attached to star in a new ‘Ocean’s’ movie for Warner Bros. Discovery, which ‘Austin Powers’ director Jay Roach would make.

According to subscription newsletter Puck, there has been some forward movement on this, as Ryan Gosling may now co-star with Margot Robbie. And, if their sources are to be believed, it’ll serve as a prequel to the previous movies that turns the clock back to a heist in Europe in the 1960s.

And that feels fitting, since the original ‘Ocean’s film was made in 1960, starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and other members of the Rat Pack.

2001’s ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ saw director Steven Soderbergh remaking and updating the concept, bringing an ensemble anchored by George Clooney and Matt Damon to the screen, the characters looking to pull off a huge, tricky heist at a Las Vegas hotel.

That movie generated over $450 million worldwide in theatrical business alone, and Warners was quick to have Soderbergh reunite his cast (adding even more celebrity talent for good measure) for two follow-ups, ‘Ocean’s Twelve’ in 2004 and 2007’s ‘Ocean’s Thirteen’.

In 2018, Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett led a spin-off called ‘Ocean’s Eight,’ which saw a female crew pulling off a robbery at the glitzy Met Gala in New York. That movie was directed by Gary Ross.

(L to R) Awkwafina, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling, and Sarah Paulson in 2018’s ‘Ocean’s 8.’

Aside from the new movie’s potential prequel nature and previous reports pointing to a heist story set in Europe, all we really know at this one is that the screenplay comes from Carrie Solomon, a relative newcomer who has one script, ‘My Boyfriend’s Wedding’, in development.

This latest movie might also – in keeping with Warner Bros. Discovery’s drive to focus on big theatrical releases – boast a bigger budget than even Soderbergh’s films, to give it a true summer movie feel.

Of course, this isn’t official yet, and there has been no comment from the studio (not that we’d necessarily expect any news release while deals are still being hashed out). But assuming it truly goes into production with every involved, the new ‘Ocean’s’ movie would mark a reunion for Gosling and Robbie, who star together in next summer’s ‘Barbie.’

Gosling is coming off of Netflix’s giant action thriller ‘The Gray Man’ (which already has both a sequel and a spin-off commissioned by the streaming service). He’s preparing to shoot ‘The Fall Guy’, a movie version of the 1980s TV series, with ‘Bullet Train’s David Leitch directing.

Alongside ‘Barbie’, Robbie will be seen in ‘Amsterdam’ opposite Christian Bale and John David Washington for director David O. Russell, ‘Asteroid City’, the latest comedy from Wes Anderson, and old Hollywood story ‘Babylon’, playing Clara Bow for Damien Chazelle.

Roach, meanwhile, made his name with comedy movies such as the ‘Austin Powers’ and ‘Meet the Parents’ trilogies, but has branched out to comedy dramas with his TV work, which includes ‘Recount’ and ‘Game Change’ for HBO. His most recent job was directing and producing all the episodes of comedy ‘High Desert’ for Apple TV+, which stars Patricia Arquette and Matt Dillon.

Ryan Gosling as Ken in Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Barbie,’ a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo Credit: Jaap Buitendijk. Copyright: © 2022 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.

August 19, 2022
12 Essential Steven Soderbergh Movies

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August 15, 2017
13 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘Ocean’s 11’

Back in 1960, when Peter Lawford pitched him the Vegas heist script for the original “Ocean’s 11,” Frank Sinatra reportedly joked, “Forget the movie, let’s pull the job.”

Indeed, the original Rat Pack romp was so slight that news regarding its remake was met with a collective shrug. But the 2001 “Ocean’s 11,” released 15 years ago this week (on December 7, 2001), proved way more lucrative than the actual heist would have. It spawned the biggest hit of director Steven Soderbergh‘s career, a three-film franchise, and a new Rat Pack of sorts that crowned George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon as Hollywood’s new aristocracy. Here are the secrets of how this unlikely caper came together.
1. Did anyone in 2001 even remember the original “Ocean’s 11,” a crime comedy notable more for its marquee casting than for what happened on screen? Remake producer Clooney didn’t think so.

“The truth is, most people never saw the original ‘Ocean’s 11,’” he said. “They just think they have because those guys were the coolest. Nobody touches Frank and Sammy and Dean, and we won’t ever be that cool. But we do have a really great story.”

2. Still, Clooney and Soderbergh wanted to assemble a similar all-star cast, and after the double-whammy year Soderbergh had in 2000 (releasing both “Erin Brockovich” and “Traffic” and winning a Best Director Oscar for the latter), he had the clout to get most of the names he wanted. Nonetheless, Johnny Depp and Mark Wahlberg eluded him for the role that ultimately went to Matt Damon.
3. Instead of original choices Alan Arkin and Danny Glover, the director got Carl Reiner and Bernie Mac. For the gearhead brothers, he considered Owen and Luke Wilson (too busy making “The Royal Tenenbaums” with Glover). He also considered non-thespians Joel and Ethan Coen before going with Scott Caan and Casey Affleck.

4. Part of the challenge was to get all those A-listers to cut their usual salaries in order to fit so many of them into the cast. Clooney cut his own pay first. Recruiting recent “Brockovich” Oscar winner Julia Roberts, who at the time earned $20 million per movie, Clooney sent her a script with a note reading, “I hear you’re getting 20 a picture now.” Attached was a $20 bill.
5. Roberts signed on, despite her apprehensions about being the only woman among a cast of mischievous fratboys led by Clooney. “I felt like the tomboy sister with all these motley brothers,” she said. “It does make you paranoid when you walk into your room every night thinking, ‘What has been booby-trapped?’”

6. One actor who came cheap: Soderbergh himself, who had a cameo as one of the dimwitted safecrackers whom Basher Tarr (Don Cheadle) chews out.
7. By the way, if you hate Cheadle’s cockney accent as Basher, the actor sympathizes with you and agrees that his voice work is “truly terrible” in the “Ocean’s” trilogy. “I really worked on that accent,” he recalled. “I went to London and I spoke to people. I thought I got to know it, but it turns out I couldn’t get it.” Before making “Ocean’s Twelve,” he said, “I wanted to change it, but my agent said no. So I’m stuck with this thing and everyone laughs at me.”

8. Brad Pitt’s character is shown eating in nearly every scene, a character tic that led to a noticeable continuity error. During a sequence where he’s gobbling shrimp cocktail out of a goblet, as the camera cuts away from him and returns, the goblet turns into a plate, then back into a goblet. Apparently, the scene required so many takes that Pitt had to scarf down 40 shrimp before Soderbergh was satisfied.
9. When Clooney and Pitt’s characters mull over the manpower they’ll need to pull off the complex robbery, the latter says, “Off the top of my head, I’d say you’re looking at a Boesky, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.” What did all those references mean?

As the movie progresses, it appears that “Boesky,” as in Wall Street fraudster Ivan Boesky, is a reference to Reiner’s con man Saul. “Jim Brown” (as in the “Dirty Dozen” star) seems to mean the aggressive distraction provided by blacklisted blackjack dealer Bernie Mac. “Miss Daisy” is apparently the getaway vehicle. The “two Jethros” are the yokel mechanics played by Caan and Affleck. “Leon Spinks” refers to the boxing match upset. And “Ella Fitzgerald” has to do with the videotaped heist passed off as the real thing, a reference to the legendary jazz singer’s popular audio cassette commercials in the 1970s, in which a recording of belting a high note proves vivid enough to shatter a glass, prompting the slogan, “Is it live, or is it Memorex?

10. A key plot element is the “pinch,” a device stolen from a physics lab that creates an electromagnetic pulse strong enough to black out Las Vegas for nearly a minute. “In fact, a pinch really does exist,” production designer Phil Messina noted. “It’s essentially a particle accelerator and is used to send out an electromagnetic pulse.”

Messina’s team tried to make the movie’s pitch authentic. “We contacted scientists on the Internet and found people who worked with these particle accelerators. We went into chat rooms and basically posed design questions. Then our property master visited a lab in Northern California that had a pinch and he brought back photographs and diagrams.” Unlike in the movie, however, a pinch is too big to fit in a van, it uses too much electricity to be powered by a string of car batteries, and its electromagnetic pulse is too weak to shut down power outside of a radius of a few feet. In fact, the only electromagnetic event that would create a pulse strong enough to shut down a city’s power grid is a nuclear explosion.

11. “Ocean’s 11” was one of the first films that needed a re-edit because of the then-recent 9/11 attacks. In the initial edit, developers demolish the New York, New York casino (with its hotel built to resemble the towers of the Manhattan skyline) in a huge CGI explosion. Now, however, blowing up New York skyscrapers wasn’t going to play well, so the demolished hotel became the fictional Xanadu.
12. The movie was shot at the actual Bellagio casino, so during their downtime, the stars played the tables. Damon claims he saw Clooney lose 25 straight hands of blackjack. Worse, the “Rounders” star says he had to cover the leading man’s losses when the dealer wouldn’t take an IOU.

13. Clooney’s penny-pinching with A-listers’ salaries kept the budget down to a reported $85 million. “Ocean’s” earned back $183 million in domestic ticket sales and a worldwide total box office of $451 million.

December 5, 2016
Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Flick: Report

While we generally feel a bit of malaise any time Hollywood announces a new reboot, we have to say that this one sounds pretty awesome: Sandra Bullock is reportedly set to play the lead in a new, all-female “Ocean’s Eleven” flick.

The Playlist reports that this film is inspired by the George Clooney-starring trilogy from the early 2000s (a reboot itself of the original 1960 Rat Pack version), and Bullock will step into Clooney’s ringleader role, this time heading up a team of women. No concrete plot has been revealed just yet, though according to The Playlist, a draft from screenwriter Olivia Milch (“Queen & Country,” “Little Women”) has already been delivered.

“It’s unclear how directly connected (or not) this remake/reboot/sequel/spinoff will be to the [Steven] Soderbergh pictures,” The Playlist reports, “but everyone is keen on this new ‘Ocean’s’ project, and sources tell us Clooney may even cameo as Danny Ocean.”

The project — which has apparently been in the works since fall 2014, per The Playlist — came about in part thanks to Bullock’s recent collaboration with Clooney on “Our Brand Is Crisis,” which was originally to have starred the actor (he serves as a producer on the flick). Instead, Bullock — who’s remained close with Clooney since they worked together in “Gravity” — took his place, gender-swapping the role, and that seems to be (partially) the inspiration for this new film.

Director Gary Ross (“The Hunger Games,” “Seabiscuit,” “Pleasantville”) is also reportedly attached to the movie. Sounds like a pretty winning creative team. Our fingers are crossed that this one pans out. Stay tuned.

[via: The Playlist]

Photo credit: Getty Images

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