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Sandra Bullock to Lead Female Oceans Eleven Reboot

According to a new report, Bullock will lead an all-female Ocean’s Eleven film, with Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) directing. Clooney, for his part, doesn’t seem to mind — he’s helping produce it. Read about the female Oceans Eleven movie after the jump.

ThePlaylist broke news of the female Oceans Eleven movie. They’ve got a generally good track record, and aren’t given to spreading baseless rumors, so we consider them to be pretty trustworthy. That said, no official announcement has been made from any of the involved parties as of yet.

According to their sources, Clooney, Steven Soderbergh, and Jerry Weintraub got the ball rolling on the female Ocean’s Eleven project last year. It hit a speed bump when Weintraub — who produced the Soderbergh-directed 2001 film — passed away, but now it’s back on track with Olivia Milch (Queen & Country, Little Women) is writing the screenplay.

No plot details have been revealed, and it’s not yet clear whether the new Ocean’s Eleven will be a remake, reboot, sequel, prequel, spinoff, reimagining, retelling, or whatever new method Hollywood has come up with to extend a dead franchise. The site’s sources say, however, that there’s a chance Clooney could cameo as Danny Ocean.

A female-led Ocean’s Eleven is very much keeping in line with current trends. The Ghostbusters franchise was in limbo until Paul Feig pitched his female-centric reboot, and recently we heard Road House was getting remade with Ronda Rousey as the new Patrick Swayze. We’ve also seen some smaller roles get gender-swapped lately, like when Tilda Swinton signed on to play the Ancient One in Marvel’s Doctor Strange.
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jayshiggs said:
"You got to have style and learn to be original . . ."
I guess it is progress for women to have all these remakes done with female leads but I wish they just came out with original ideas instead. This holds 0 interest for me
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This, this, and this. It's a shame that the definition of Progressive in Hollywood is simply switching a gender, ethnicity, or race. It illustrates just how lazy these writers and producers are, and it proves right what Michelle Rodriguez stated several months ago despite receiving heat for those comments. I hope both the Ghostbusters and this Ocean's 11 reboot bombs at the box office.
 
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