--- title: Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female 'Ocean's Eleven' Reboot description: 'Hunger Games' director Gary Ross is slated to take over behind the camera canonical: https://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-30T17:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T12:13:58.718Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female 'Ocean's Eleven' Reboot og:description: 'Hunger Games' director Gary Ross is slated to take over behind the camera og:url: https://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt229198435e0e8852/69885974196cf4727d036f4d/sandra-bullock.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Sandra Bullock og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female 'Ocean's Eleven' Reboot twitter:description: 'Hunger Games' director Gary Ross is slated to take over behind the camera twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt229198435e0e8852/69885974196cf4727d036f4d/sandra-bullock.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female _Ocean's Eleven_ Reboot by [Kevin P. Sullivan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Kevin P. Sullivan / Entertainment Weekly Oct 30, 2015 5:55 PM UTC  Sandra Bullock attends the World Premiere of "Minions" at Odeon Leicester Square in London on June 11, 2015. Sandra Bullock attends the World Premiere of "Minions" at Odeon Leicester Square in London on June 11, 2015.Karwai Tang—WireImage/Getty Images by [Kevin P. Sullivan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Kevin P. Sullivan / Entertainment Weekly Oct 30, 2015 5:55 PM UTC Sandra Bullock’s latest role in _Our Brand Is Crisis_ was originally written for George Clooney, and then rewritten for the Oscar-winning actress. Based on some recent news, it sounds like she’s eager to see that switch play itself out all over again. EW has confirmed that Bullock will lead an all-female reboot of _Ocean’s Eleven_, with _Hunger Games_ director Gary Ross set to take over for Steven Soderbergh behind the camera. According to the original report from [The Playlist](http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/exclusive-all-female-oceans-eleven-in-the-works-starring-sandra-bullock-with-gary-ross-directing-20151029), development on the revitalized ensemble caper started last year with producers George Clooney, Soderbergh, and the late Jerry Weintraub. Olivia Milch, who has recently become an in-demand writer on projects like the adaptation of Greg Rucka’s _Queen & Country_ comic, has written the screenplay. Ross and Soderbergh have been friends for years, and Soderbergh famously directed some second unit material on _The Hunger Games_. With news of the new _Ocean’s Eleven_ and Bullock’s role as the lead out in the open, the question will now turn to who will fill out the rest of the roster. Eager fans of the _Hunger Games_ will no doubt draw a line from Ross to Jennifer Lawrence, especially as the two have seemed keen to reconnect since the first film based Suzanne Collins’ books launched the actress to superstardom. (Last year, [Ross and Lawrence were attached to an adadptation of _East of Eden_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gary-ross-write-new-jennifer-682868).) While that would no doubt be a good fit, Lawrence’s increasingly cramped schedule makes an potential project a matter of timing: She recently entered into talks to [star in Darren Aronofsky’s new movie](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/13/jennifer-lawrence-departs-rosie-project-darren-aronofsky). As for the rest of the cast, the template for the ensemble really allows anyone — regardless of age or race — to join, which could make for a really diverse group of women. And since an announcement like this opens the flood gates for speculation and fan casting, we’ll put forward one of our own: Why hasn’t Lupita Nyong’o landed any major live-action roles since winning her Oscar? Let’s cast Lupita in the new _Ocean’s Eleven_. Let’s cast Lupita in everything. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/10/30/sandra-bullock-oceans-eleven) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/"},"headline":"Sandra Bullock to Lead an All-Female Ocean's Eleven Reboot","datePublished":"2015-10-30T17:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T12:13:58.718Z","description":"Hunger Games director Gary Ross is slated to take over behind the camera","url":"https://time.com/4094598/sandra-bullock-female-oceans-eleven/","keywords":["movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt229198435e0e8852/69885974196cf4727d036f4d/sandra-bullock.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kevin P. 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