The prequel to the saga Ocean’s Eleven of Warner Bros.there seems to be found his villain.
It will be the Brazilian actor, Wagner Mourawho assumes as antagonistic. According to reports from THR, Moura is in negotiations to join the protagonists Margot Robbie (Barbie, Wuthering Heights) y Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born, Guardians of the Galaxy). Cooper will also be the director, taking the reins after the departure of Lee Isaac Chung (Twisters, Minari) of the project.
Moura, recognized for his great performance in the series Narcos from Netflix, has just garnered numerous accolades for his leading role in The secret agentfor which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 2026 Oscars.
Filming is expected to begin at the end of July in Paris, before moving to the south of France.
There had previously been talk about the interest in signing Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another) in an antagonistic role, but everything indicates that those negotiations did not materialize, and it would be the same role for which they are negotiating with Moura.
For the franchise Ocean’s Actors such as Andy García, Vince Cassel and Al Pacino have appeared in antagonistic roles.
The franchise has focused its plot on Danny Ocean (Geroge Clooney) and his friends, who carried out elaborate robberies in different parts of the world. Clooney and the rest of the protagonists of these stories will not return to the sequel.
With plot details yet to be known, it has been reported that the story will take place in Europe in the 60sspecifically during the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix, and will focus on the parents of Danny (Clooney) and Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock).
During CinemaCon 2026, Robbie teased the audience:
“Before Danny Ocean set foot in Las Vegas, two masterminds taught him everything he knows…his parents”.
It is understood that Robbie and Cooper play the parents.
The most recent script draft was written by Carrie Solomon (A Family Affair), based on the characters created by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell.
In addition to gaining international attention with his leading role in the series Narcos from Netflix, and the applause of critics and the audience with the aforementioned The secret agentwhich not only earned him an Oscar nomination in 2026, but also the award for best actor at Cannes 2025 and at the Golden Globes, Moura lent his voice to one of the main characters of the animated series of the universe Star Wars, Maul: Shadow Lordand has been part of the Apple TV original series, Shining Girls y Dope Thiefand film projects such as the biopic Sergio (2020), The Gray Man (2022), Civil War (2024), and more recently The Last Day (2026). In August of this year, the science fiction thriller will premiere The Last House from Netflix, starring alongside Greta Lee.
The film will be produced by LuckyChapRobbie's production company, with Tom Ackerley, Michelle Graham, Jay Roach, and Robbie producing, and executive producing Josey McNamara, Olivia Milch, and Gary Ross.
the saga Ocean’sit is made up of a trilogy, Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Ocean’s Twelve (2004), y Ocean’s Thirteen (2007), and the 2018 spinoff, Ocean’s Eightfocused on female characters starring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway. The saga is a remake of the original 1960 film of the same name, starring the “Rat Pack”: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr.
It has a combined box office of more than $1 billion in the global box office.
Source: https://cine3.com/wagner-moura-sera-villano-precuela-oceans-eleven/
