“If I were released, I would just want to simple life,” says Sandra Bullock with a straight face as a prison officer asks her what she would do if she were granted parole. But in the background is a montage of shots that make it clear she intends to do the opposite: plan a heist of a lifetime, this time with an all-women team of cons.
Directed by Gary Ross , Ocean’s 8 is a spin-off of Steven Soderbergh’s Oceans Trilogy. The heist comedy, starring Bullock as Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of master con artist Danny Ocean (played by George Clooney in the trilogy), will be released on June 8, 2018.
The movie also features Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna and Helena Bonham Carter. Together with Bullock, they form the “scheme team” that plots to rob a $150 million dollar necklace during the annual Met Gala in New York City.
The movie has been produced by Clooney and Soderbergh.
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