Ellen Barkin Is To Star In 'Ocean's Thirteen'

[Monday, March 27th, 2006]
Ellen BarkinEllen Barkin is to star as the new leading lady in the Warner Bros. sequel Ocean's Thirteen, according to Variety.

Filming will take place primarily on five soundstages on the WB lot in Burbank, where a fully operational casino will be built.

The first "Ocean's" film was shot at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, the sequel in Europe, but it became too arduous to shoot a movie around the gambling traffic in a real casino, producer Jerry Weintraub said.

Soderbergh has already committed to direct returning cast members George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner and Elliott Gould.

With Barkin in, that means previous first femmes Julia Roberts and Catherine Zeta-Jones are sitting this one out.

A July 21 start date is planned.

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