Including the original 1960 film, there are five Ocean's Elevenmovies spanning almost five decades. Most people are familiar with Steven Soderbergh's 2001 remake of the original Ocean's Eleven movie. This reboot starred George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Julia Roberts, and more in what turned into a star-studded affair. It became a beloved blockbuster and spawned two sequels directed by Soderbergh and an all-female spinoff directed by Gary Ross. Other than the 2018 spinoff, Ocean's Eleven revolves around a charming and skilled thief, Danny Ocean, and his loyal crew. 3j4u1g

It wouldn't be an Ocean's movie without a twist, and the ending of Ocean's 8 certainly delivers some shocks. In the reboot of the franchise, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) assembles an all-star team of seven women to steal a $150 million diamond necklace from the Met Gala. Of course, like all the other films in the Ocean's franchise, the Ocean's 8 heist includes some surprises. Ocean's 8 sets up what appears to be a rather simple heist story centered on the eclectic characters for most of the film, but what's really going on underneath digs deeper.

Ocean's 8's $297 million success makes it hard not to wonder what happened to Ocean's 9 — here is the answer. Most successful movies and television shows in Hollywood take the franchise route, opening the floodgates of diverse narrative avenues. When Ocean's 14 did not materialize for several behind-the-scenes reasons, Ocean's 8 took the stage with its star-studded female cast. Like its parent movie series, Ocean's 8 presented a meticulously crafted heist thriller that included well-timed twists and enthralling character beats. However, despite having all the right ingredients and a $297 million box office to prove its potential, Ocean's 8 never received a sequel.

Although it rebooted the franchise, Ocean's 8 is set in the same universe as Steven Soderbergh's 2000s Ocean's movies, and missed a golden opportunity for a George Clooney cameo. The 2018 requel of the beloved heist series essentially has all the same beats and overarching narrative as 2001's Ocean's Eleven, but stars an all-female crew of con artists. Ocean's 8 does feature a couple of cameos from the previous Ocean's crew, such as Qin Shaobo and Elliott Gould, who play the Amazing Yen and Reuben Tishkoff, respectively. Matt Damon and Carl Reiner also reprise their roles for the reboot, but their scenes were left on the cutting room floor (via THR).

The Steven Soderbergh-directed Ocean's franchise is known for its epic heist plots, and the best idea for Ocean's 14 actually happened during the promotion for Ocean's 12. While Ocean's 11 is considered the best in the series, the following two movies were still hugely entertaining, and Ocean's 13 still turned a massive profit for Warner Bros. Any other successful sequel would immediately get another sequel greenlit, but Ocean's 14 never happened. The series is the crown jewel of slick heist movies with all-star casts, and no other franchise has been able to fill that Ocean's shaped hole in the cinema landscape, but Warner Bros. has definitely tried.

As fans have been waiting for news of the Ocean's 8 sequel Ocean's 9, Sandra Bullock shared her thoughts on what was needed to make it happen. The film is part of the Ocean's 11 heist movie franchise, which began with the 1960 film about a group of criminals leading an epic heist in Las Vegas. That film was remade in 2001 by Steven Soderbergh with George Clooney as leader Danny Ocean and an ensemble that included Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, and Julia Roberts. That film wents on to be a huge success, spawning the sequels Ocean's Twelve in 2004 and Ocean's Thirteen in 2007.

Heist films, like Michael Bay's recent Ambulance, typically carry very high stakes. Usually, to go along with the cash and the penalties for taking it, there are particularly high stressors for participants and their families, like in director Steve McQueen's Widows. But that was far from the first heist film to have stakes on multiple ends for a character, e.g. for Al Pacino's Sonny Wortzik in Sidney Lumet's Dog Day Afternoon.

Shazam: Fury of the Gods has been getting some exciting announcements that have gotten fans of the first movie hyped, but it still has some tough competition, as it will be released five days after Avatar 2. It's a bold move from Warner Bros. since Avatar: The Way of Water is a sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time.

Margot Robbie and Jennifer Lawrence almost led Ocean's Eight's cast. Thanks to the financial success of Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy, Warner Bros. spent years looking for the right way to continue the franchise. Soderbergh and stars like George Clooney and Brad Pitt made it clear they had little interest in returning for Ocean's 14, leaving the studio without a clear path forward. Plans for a spinoff movie featuring an entirely female heist team eventually moved forward, as Ocean's 8 entered development in 2015.

Margot Robbie's Ocean's movie will be what the 2001 Ocean's Elevenspin-off Ocean's 8should have been in one important way. The 2001 Ocean's Eleven, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Matt Damon, recreated the 1960 Rat Pack Ocean's Eleven film for the modern era and kickstarted a franchise with Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen. Later, 2018's Ocean's 8 was made as a female-centric continuation of the series. Aside from the mediocre Ocean's Twelve, the Ocean's movies were received by critics and audiences generally favorably.