Vicky Krieps, the German-Luxembourg actress who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film The Phantom Thread, and George MacKay, best known for starring in Sam Mendes’ 1917, have joined the growing cast for Warner Bros. Pictures’ untitled Ocean’s Eleven prequel.
Lauren Ridloff, who starred on The Walking Dead, and British actor Jack Holden have also been set for the comedic heist thriller. Omar Sy, the French star of Netflix’s Lupin, is in negotiations to also join the call sheet.
The international thespians join a cast that already includes Bradley Cooper, Margot Robbie, Wagner Moura, Monica Barbaro and Josh Gad.
Cooper is directing on top of starring and producing. Robbie is also starring and producing via her LuckyChap banner. The company’s Tom Ackerley is also producing. The feature is expected to begin shooting in late July in Paris before moving to the South of France.
Warners’ hit Ocean’s movies centered on mastermind Danny Ocean and his pals pulling off elaborate thefts around the world. George Clooney played the character in the films directed by Steven Soderbergh. This one, however, will not see Clooney and company returning.
The new yarn is a period piece, set at the 1963 Monaco Grand Prix. And Robbie and Cooper are understood to be playing the parents. (Moura is playing the piece’s new villain.)
It is not known who the latest hires are playing.
A June 25, 2027, release date has been set by Warners.
Krieps is known in Europe for her various German and French television and movie work but caught Hollywood’s attention when Anderson cast her in Thread opposite Daniel Day-Lewis. In 2022, she starred in the historical drama Corsage, portraying Empress Elisabeth of Austria. The movie was a darling on the European film festival circuit, and Krieps won the Un Certain Regard best performance prize at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.
Sy is known for his breakthrough performance in The Intouchables, while his recent film credits include John Woo’s The Killer, The Book of Clarence and Shadow Force. Up next for Sy is Lupin Part 4, coming in October, and he recently wrapped production as the lead on Mercenary: An Extraction Series for Netflix.
MacKay recently won a British Independent Film Award for his performance in Femme. He can next be seen in Sense and Sensibility and the period drama Cry to Heaven.
Ridloff earned a Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in Children of a Lesser God before going on to star in AMC’s The Walking Dead and Marvel Studios’ Eternals.
Holden, an Olivier Award winner, is known for stage work, which includes Cruise and KENREX: A True Crime Thriller, for which he won best actor. Among his screen credits are appearances in Amazon’s Ten Percent and The Levelling.
Krieps is repped by CAA, United Agents and Agence Adequat. Sy is repped by CAA, Agence Adequat and Ziffren Brittenham.
MacKay is repped by UTA and Donna French at Gordon and French, while Ridloff is repped by Gersh, Schachter Entertainment and Schreck Rose. Holden is repped by WME and United Agents.
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