Clooney and co-writer Grant Heslov originally imagined the film, written in response to condemnation Clooney himself received for criticizing the Iraq War, as a live-TV production. (That idea went out the window,

George Clooney teases the next Ocean's movie with Brad Pitt, saying that, in it, they are "all too old to do the jobs [they] used to be able to do."

This installment in the long-running franchise would return to the original group, but a prequel film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Danny Ocean's parents is also in the works. Time may have passed, but George Clooney is still up to his old shenanigans. Or at least back to playing career criminal Danny Ocean again.

In 2005, George Clooney wrote, directed and acted in the historical drama “Good Night and Good Luck.” Clooney’s film, which tells the tale of trailblazing journalist Edward R. Murrow and his battle with anti-Communist U.

George Clooney is one of the most famous actors in the world, having starred in a string of hit movies over the years. Now he's shared his four favorite films of all time