If it were my film, I would veto any and all cameos from the original crew from the Soderbergh trilogy, as it would only A) prove distracting and B) emphasize that this is a “lady version” of an already established male-centric franchise. That’s not Rihanna’s fault, and no one deserves blame for saying “yes” to a good opportunity.Īs for whatever shape this film takes, I only hope that the movie doesn’t get bogged down by a desire to “respect” or “pay homage to” the original. To be fair, if there were more opportunities overall for black actresses, I would care a lot less when a (very talented) musician gets a rare black female role in a cast not necessarily filled with black actors. I could carp about Rihanna getting another prime acting role that otherwise would have gone to a black performer who was primarily an actor. Lum in Neighbors 2), and the only question now is the release date and who else joins up (is Jodie Foster busy?). The rest of the cast is a solid list of known quantities and up-and-comers (you saw Ms. Anne Hathaway is a major name, and The Intern snagged $194 million on a $35m budget last year for Warner last year. Sandra Bullock is one of the biggest movie stars on the planet, and even her 2015 flop Our Brand is Crisis turned out to be tragically prescient. An all-female heist movie, specifically one with this cast, looks like a gold mine provided they don’t overspend. This is the kind of project that seems like a license to print money. Beyond that, and the question of whether producer and friend-of-the-director Steven Soderbergh will take a below-the-line job (as he did with Gary Ross’s The Hunger Games), there isn’t much else to report.

So sayeth Borys Kit, the plot will allegedly involve a heist at the Met Gala. The picture, written by Olivia Milch and Gary Ross, will shoot in October for an unspecified release date. Truth be told, projects like this are so rare that we end up 'fancasting' every single actress for whom we have an even remote amount of fandom because it is among the only games in town.

And we can hope that there will be other major roles for actresses beyond the core heist team.

When White Turns Blue by Sandra Ross