Australian actress Margot Robbie will star in a prequel to the comedy the big scamdeveloped by production company Warner Bros. The idea was that the new film was set in Europe in the 1960s.

Robbie is attached to star in the project, which has not yet been confirmed, but is in development from a script by newcomer Carrie Solomon. Shooting plans have been announced for the first half of 2023according to the specialized site The Hollywood Reporter.

Jay Roach will be the director of the franchise’s new film started in 2001 by the prestigious Steven Soderbergh. Roach will be reunited with Robbie after working together The Scandal (Bombshell)in 2019. For that role, the actress received her second Oscar nomination, after becoming a candidate for I’m Tonyain 2017.

Aside from the star, Robbie will also serve as one of the film’s producers through his company Lucky Chap, as will Roach. The director is also known for directing the film series of austin powers Y My girlfriend’s familywith its suffix my husband’s familywith Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro.

The trilogy

The series of films has a trilogy directed by Soderbergh in the early 2000s whose first installment, Ocean’s Eleven, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia and Julia Roberts. It is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name whose cast includes Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.

Three years later came the first sequel, with Twelve of the oceanwith the same cast, also joined by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle and Bernie Mac. Later, a new episode of the legend was released, Ocean’s thirteenthwith common stars and new figures: Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin.

In 2018, it will be the turn of Ocean 8, the same story based on the remake, but with an all-female cast consisting of Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Awkwafina, and Helena Bonham Carter. The producers were director and star of the previous three installments Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney.

a holy star

Margot Robbie, who will be 32 in July, has forged a career in Hollywood with her personality getting attention with every project she will join. From suicide squadwhere she played Harley Quinn, until becoming Sharon Tate (the actress killed in 1969 by the Mason clan) in once in hollywood by Tarantino.

Its popularity began with success The Wall Street wolfin 2013, with Leonardo Di Caprio, and continued with stories such as focus (2015) at Me, Tonya (2017), in which she played figure skater and Olympic champion Tonya Harding, for which she was nominated for an Oscar.

Later, Robbie was seen in other films such as Peter Rabbit, Terminal, Mary Queen of Scots, in which she played Queen Elizabeth I of England. For her various roles, Margot has received numerous nominations at the BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards and Satellite Awards, as well as an Oscar for Bombshell.

Next year it will hit the screen Barbie, in which Margot Robbie is seen as the main character. This is the first live-action film based on the fashion doll after a series of animated films and television series.

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