Rihanna, Anne Hathaway expected to join female Ocean's EightWarner Bros PicturesPop 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. 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. Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen followed, bringing in another $670 million for Warner Bros.Actress Mindy Kaling, star of U.S. TV comedy series The Mindy Project, is also expected to join the Ocean's Eight cast, along with Asian American rapper Awkwafina. 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. Ghostbusters, a reboot of the beloved 1984 movie with Bill Murray, stars some of America's funniest women in the entertainment industry.

Source: Stuff August 10, 2016 22:57 UTC