High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ocean's Twelve is a 2004 comedy heist film that takes place after the events of Ocean's Eleven (2001), which was a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Like its predecessor, the film used a celebrity ensemble cast. The film was released in the United States on December 10, 2004. The sequel, Ocean's Thirteen, was released on June 8, 2007 in the United States. Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) rounds up the eleven members of Danny Ocean's (George Clooney) gang, and threatens them in order to force them to pay back the $160 million that they stole from his Vegas casino from their previous heist, along with $38 million in interest, within two weeks. Collectively, the group is short by nearly half, and are forced to stage another heist to collect the funds. The group opts for a European target as they are too well recognized in the United States. For their first target, recommended by an informant named Matsui (Robbie Coltrane) the team goesafter the world's oldest stock certificate issued by the Dutch East India Company in 1602.