New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- Bradley Cooper is reportedly in negotiations to star alongside Margot Robbie in a brand-new 'Ocean's Eleven' prequel, which promises to reimagine the celebrated heist franchise through a 1960s European lens.

The upcoming film will be directed by 'Twisters' filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung, with a screenplay penned by Carrie Solomon.

Set decades before Steven Soderbergh's 2001 'Ocean's Eleven' remake, the new instalment will explore an earlier chapter in the saga of elaborate cons and stylish criminals.

The original 1960 film, headlined by Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, inspired Soderbergh's modern trilogy - Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007) - followed later by the female-led spin-...