Ocean's 12 is now Ocean's 13

George Clooney could be stepping back into the shoes of gentleman thief Danny Ocean before the year is out.

Producer Jerry Weintraub is currently trying to get a sequel to ensemble heist movies 'Ocean's Eleven' and 'Ocean's Twelve' off the ground, and hopes to have the creatively titled 'Ocean's Thirteen' in production sooner rather than later.

Weintraub has been working on a plot with Clooney and director Steven Soderbergh, while Brian Koppelman ('Rounders', 'Runaway Jury') and David Levein have been brought onboard to write the script.

There's no word yet on a plot, though expect a grand heist to take place in a glamorous setting, and keep your fingers crossed that the story improves on last year's preposterously smug and self-satisfied 'Twelve'.