Monica Barbaro to Join the ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Prequel

(Left) Monica Barbaro at the 97th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Credit/Provider: Richard Harbaugh / The Academy. Copyright: ©A.M.P.A.S. (Right) ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ poster. Photo: Warner Bros.

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Monica Barbaro and Josh Gad are joining the ‘Ocean’s prequel.
Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper are already aboard to star and produce.
Cooper also re-wrote and will direct the movie.

The cast for the much-anticipated (and long in development) prequel to 2001 heist pic ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ is coming together at some speed now, which is handy since the movie is gearing up to shoot soon.

Deadline reports that Monica Barbaro (‘A Complete Unknown’) has landed a lead role opposite Margot Robbie and Bradley Cooper (the latter of whom is also writing and directing).

Release Date: Jun 25, 2027

And via Variety, we also know that ‘Frozen’s Josh Gad will be part of the ensemble, joining ‘The Secret Agent’s Wagner Moura, who recently signed on.

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What’s the story of the ‘Ocean’s Prequel’?

The cast of 2001’s ‘Ocean’s Eleven’. Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.

The script remains largely a secret, though the 1960s setting is confirmed and it’ll focus on a pair of thieves who target expensive earrings during a mansion event followed by a plot to steal precious diamond in Monte Carlo.

Seeking payback after something goes wrong, they recruit a team to sabotage a Monaco Grand Prix victory and swipe the gem.

Oh, and per Robbie at this year’s CinemaCon: “Before Danny Ocean ever stepped foot in Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows …his parents.” So now you know who she and Cooper will play.

Barbaro and Gadd’s characters are, for now, an unknown quantity, while Moura is playing the antagonist.