Monaco's Princely Government confirmed this week that a film production will take over parts of Monaco-Ville, the principality's historic old town also known as Le Rocher, on October 16, 17, 22 and 23. The government's statement did not name the production, but it is widely understood locally to be the long rumoured Ocean's Eleven prequel, directed by and starring Bradley Cooper alongside Margot Robbie.
Cooper and Robbie are playing the parents of Danny Ocean, the character George Clooney made famous in the original films, in scenes set in the 1960s decades before his own exploits. Production has been working around Monaco since the summer, having already filmed scenes in nearby Villefranche sur Mer and Nice, with period cars and hundreds of extras turning the Circuit de Monaco into the setting for a heist built around a vintage Grand Prix.