Pop star Rihanna along with actresses Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter are in talks to join Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett in a female-driven spinoff of the "Ocean's Eleven" crime caper franchise, Hollywood trade publications reported on Wednesday.
Published : 12 Aug 2016, 10:53 AM
News of the movie comes a month after the release of the all-female remake of the beloved 1980s action comedy "Ghostbusters", this time starring Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, that prompted a hate-filled backlash on social media.
Production of on the Warner Bros movie, to be called "Ocean's Eight", is expected to start in October, with director Gary Ross, Hollywood websites Deadline and Variety reported.
Warner Bros declined to comment.
Ross told movie website SlashFilm in June that the movie would continue the "Ocean's Eleven" trilogy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt, as well as having a similar light-hearted tone.
"Ocean's Eleven", in which Clooney and accomplices rob three Las Vegas casinos, made some $450 million at the worldwide box office on its 2001 release. "Ocean's Twelve" and "Ocean's Thirteen" followed, bringing in another $670 million for Warner Bros.