Oceans Eleven to get all-female remake
Sandra Bullock is the first cast-member to be named in David Ross's remake of the casino heist film
First it was Ghostbusters, now Steven Soderbergh's 2001 casino heist is getting the all-female treatment.
Indiewire report that Sandra Bullock will take the lead in the Oceans Eleven remake, which Hunger Games director Gary Ross directing.
George Clooney, who starred in the original film, is said to be thoroughly on board with the project, which has been in the works since 2014 at the hands of late Oceans producer Jerry Weintraub, Soderberg and Clooney.
Olivia Milch, who has written the screenplay for Queen & Country and Little Women, has been "been working on the screenplay for months."
Although none of the parties involved have confirmed the reboot, it would be another collaboration from Clooney and Bullock's, who became firm colleagues after shooting Gravity together. The Heat star has also taken on a role intended for Clooney before, in 2015 comedy Our Brand is Crisis.
It's not yet clear what form – prequel, sequel, remake or otherwise – the new version of the film will take, but there are rumours that Clooney may take on a cameo role.
