Rebel Wilson To Star In Female-Led Remake Of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Rebel Wilson is to lead a remake of the classic Hollywood comedy ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’, according to reports.

MGM is behind the project which will tell the story of two female grifters, one high class and one low rent, who aim to take a naïve tech billionaire to the cleaners.

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Most will recall the 1988 movie of the same name, which starred Steve Martin and Michael Caine as con men working on the French riviera, and was directed by Frank Oz.

That movie was itself a remake of the 1964 film ‘Bedtime Story’, which starred the legendary Marlon Brando and David Niven.

Jac Schaeffer, who has penned the Black List comedy ‘The Shower’, is on screenplay duties.

It’s just the latest remake project that Wilson is involved in.

She’s also set to star in a new version of the 1980 movie ‘Private Benjamin’, which saw Goldie Hawn being conned into joining the US army.

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