Roberts and Clooney played exes in the first two “Ocean’s” films, but Roberts declined to return for “Ocean’s Thirteen.”

Julia Roberts teases big reunion with George Clooney and more in Ocean’s 14: ‘The gang is back’

Roberts and Clooney played exes in the first two "Ocean's" films, but Roberts declined to return for "Ocean's Thirteen."

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Nearly 25 years after the release of the blockbuster crime caper *Ocean's Eleven*, Julia Roberts and George Clooney are returning for more *Ocean's*.

"The gang is back," Roberts said, confirming *Ocean's 14* during a red carpet interview with Access Hollywood while making her way into the 2026 Golden Globes.

"I guess it's under wraps," Roberts told correspondents Mario Lopez and Kit Hoover. "We're working on it. It's a lot of people with a lot of schedules," she began before being interrupted by rap legend Snoop Dogg, who was handing out "survival kits" to each of the stars and nominees.

Joe Alwyn, Julia Roberts, Martin Short, and George Clooney at the 2026 Golden Globes.

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Moments before teasing as much as she is currently able to tease about the upcoming sixth installment in the *Ocean's *franchise, Roberts joked that she actually wasn't particularly excited to see Clooney at the ceremony.

"Saw him on Friday," Roberts explained with a bemused smile.

Both Roberts and Clooney were in attendance at the Golden Globes as nominees: Roberts for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama for her work in Luca Guadagnino's *After the Hunt* and Clooney for Best Performance by an Actor in a Musical or Comedy for his work in Noah Baumbach's *Jay Kelly*.

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Though Roberts and Clooney have both won Globes in the past many times over (Roberts has taken home three, while Clooney has four), they walked away empty-handed from Sunday night's ceremony.

Timothée Chalamet won in Clooney's category for *Marty Supreme*, while Jessie Buckley won in Roberts' for *Hamnet*.

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Roberts shared more about *Ocean's* with *Entertainment Tonight*, revealing that among the star-studded ensemble cast, Brad Pitt's schedule has proven the hardest to work around.

"I think Brad works the most. So his schedule is probably the trickiest," she said. Clarifying in case her words might be taken out of context, Roberts insisted, "He's not holding it up! He's just so popular."****

Julia Roberts and George Clooney in 'Ticket to Paradise'.

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Back in October, Clooney teased a "great script" for the next installment.

Clooney and Roberts appeared in the first *Ocean's *film as Danny and Tess Ocean, exes who reconcile at the end and appear in *Ocean's Twelve *as a couple again. But Roberts declined to return for *Ocean's Thirteen*, and neither appeared in the all-female reboot *Ocean's 8 *in 2018.

"We just got the budget approved at Warner Bros., and we're trying to set up," Clooney revealed last fall. "It's just scheduling, so it's just setting a start date for us. Probably start in about 9 or 10 months, shooting."**

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