Warner Bros Firms ‘Ocean’s 8’ Lineup: Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Awkwafina & More
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Warner Bros Firms ‘Ocean’s 8’ Lineup: Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Awkwafina, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling Join Sandra Bullock & Cate Blanchett
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has firmed an October start date in New York for Ocean’s Eight, the female-driven caper spinoff directed by Gary Ross, and the studio is closing with its principal cast. Aside from the previously identified Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, deals are close with Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina. The latter is the hip hop moniker of Asian American rapper and actress Nora Lum, who most recently had a role in Neighbors 2.
The picture is still casting (the firmed roster so far falls one shy of the title) and there is every possibility for cameos from the stars of the original trilogy, which grossed a collective $1.12 billion worldwide. Ross discussed the possibility of Bullock, Blanchett, Carter and Kaling while he was out promoting his most recent film, the Matthew McConaughey-starrer Free State of Jones.
The film will be produced by Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh, and Ross wrote the script with Olivia Milch. Ross and Soderbergh are longtime informal collaborators, serving as second unit director on each others films, and as sounding board on scripts and projects.
They have been planning this film with Warner Bros president of Creative Development and Worldwide Production Greg Silverman long enough that the initial conversations included Jerry Weintraub, the venerable producer of the original Ocean’s Eleven trilogy whose star-studded cast included George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. Weintraub died last summer. Susan Ekins is executive producer and production senior veep Jesse Ehrman is overseeing the film with Silverman for Warner Bros.
For Rihanna, this becomes another high profile entry into movies for the singing star who most recently shot the summer 2017 Luc Besson-directed Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Silverman has been trying to find a vehicle for her since seeing Rihanna at a House of Blues appearance early in her career. The film first galvanized around Bullock, who starred in Gravity and has a long relationship with the studio, and then Blanchett.
Both of them have won Oscars and so has Hathaway, with Carter nominated twice. This is turning out to be quite the prestige ensemble as Warner Bros moves aggressively to continue the caper franchise hatched way back in 1960 with a film that starred Frank Sinatra in the title role of Danny Ocean.
He was surrounded by his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, along with Angie Dickinson. Clooney, who inherited that title role and helped architect the remake with his then-partner Soderbergh, and Weintraub, always said that when he watched the original with his buddies, it didn’t hold up as well as he remembered the film. But he and Soderbergh loved the ensemble caper concept, and who could have imagined the staying power this franchise would have?
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros has firmed an October start date in New York for Ocean’s Eight, the female-driven caper spinoff directed by Gary Ross, and the studio is closing with its principal cast. Aside from the previously identified Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett, deals are close with Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling and Awkwafina. The latter is the hip hop moniker of Asian American rapper and actress Nora Lum, who most recently had a role in Neighbors 2.
The picture is still casting (the firmed roster so far falls one shy of the title) and there is every possibility for cameos from the stars of the original trilogy, which grossed a collective $1.12 billion worldwide. Ross discussed the possibility of Bullock, Blanchett, Carter and Kaling while he was out promoting his most recent film, the Matthew McConaughey-starrer Free State of Jones.
The film will be produced by Ocean’s Eleven director Steven Soderbergh, and Ross wrote the script with Olivia Milch. Ross and Soderbergh are longtime informal collaborators, serving as second unit director on each others films, and as sounding board on scripts and projects.
They have been planning this film with Warner Bros president of Creative Development and Worldwide Production Greg Silverman long enough that the initial conversations included Jerry Weintraub, the venerable producer of the original Ocean’s Eleven trilogy whose star-studded cast included George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. Weintraub died last summer. Susan Ekins is executive producer and production senior veep Jesse Ehrman is overseeing the film with Silverman for Warner Bros.
For Rihanna, this becomes another high profile entry into movies for the singing star who most recently shot the summer 2017 Luc Besson-directed Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Silverman has been trying to find a vehicle for her since seeing Rihanna at a House of Blues appearance early in her career. The film first galvanized around Bullock, who starred in Gravity and has a long relationship with the studio, and then Blanchett.
Both of them have won Oscars and so has Hathaway, with Carter nominated twice. This is turning out to be quite the prestige ensemble as Warner Bros moves aggressively to continue the caper franchise hatched way back in 1960 with a film that starred Frank Sinatra in the title role of Danny Ocean.
He was surrounded by his Rat Pack pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, along with Angie Dickinson. Clooney, who inherited that title role and helped architect the remake with his then-partner Soderbergh, and Weintraub, always said that when he watched the original with his buddies, it didn’t hold up as well as he remembered the film. But he and Soderbergh loved the ensemble caper concept, and who could have imagined the staying power this franchise would have?
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We'll see
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Here's the movie: female puts ? in guy's face to distract him. Other female sneaks past him to steal the jewels.
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I love Helena but I wouldn't even watch this ? on TBS. I'll catch her in her man's next movie instead.
You mean to tell me there aren't hungry and talented black actresses that could smash a role in this?
The fact that they cast a so called singer who can't even sing let alone act says it all. The black girl in the crew is a token. Whitney Houston Rihanna is not. -
What's up with Hollywood's all female cast trend?
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Aquafinafloe in this movie?
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....this is real?
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rihanna and awkwafina tho? no clue who awkwa is but rihanna is kinda trash at acting
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DarthRozay wrote: »rihanna and awkwafina tho? no clue who awkwa is but rihanna is kinda trash at acting
i still want my money back from Battleship -
So I guess they didn't learn from the Ghostbuster's flop. The main audience of these types of movies are males between 18-35. You can't just replace or gender bend a cast and expect to get the same draw. Females don't go to the same movies. Females go to movies that are high in drama and romance plots.
As ? as a book that ? vampire series was, females flocked to that ? , old ? , young ? , married ? .
Gotta know your audience to make a movie. -
Well... Atleast zoe saldana ain't in this
Don't see why zoe kravitz can't get a run -
BangEm_Bart wrote: »Aquafinafloe in this movie?
Yo, I thought an IC Alumni made it! I was about to simp her inbox -
Smh asian chick from Guy Code/Girl Code
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Damn this ? sounds bad
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It sounds like one of those bad ideas for films that you find if you venture into the IMDb message boards for too long.
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Rat pack rolling over in their graves.
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The only time i am interested in seeing an all female cast is in porn..... they can FOH with this ? .
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Juttythe3rd wrote: »DarthRozay wrote: »rihanna and awkwafina tho? no clue who awkwa is but rihanna is kinda trash at acting
i still want my money back from Battleship
LMAO @ you going to the movies to see that. When it was on tv I wanted to cancel my cable it was that bad -
Joker_De_La_Muerta wrote: »What's up with Hollywood's all female cast trend?
Sjw and feminist catering thats all because u know how that new ghostbusters turned out to be a big box office hit lol -
ShencotheMC wrote: »Smh asian chick from Guy Code/Girl Code
a good 90% of those glasses are just a waste of lens material. -
So I guess they didn't learn from the Ghostbuster's flop. The main audience of these types of movies are males between 18-35. You can't just replace or gender bend a cast and expect to get the same draw. Females don't go to the same movies. Females go to movies that are high in drama and romance plots.
As ? as a book that ? vampire series was, females flocked to that ? , old ? , young ? , married ? .
Gotta know your audience to make a movie.
My post was going to be this. -
I'll pass. The first two Ocean's movies were dope af though
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SMH another all woman cast stink bomb written all over it...