Mogul wants black Ocean's 11
2005-03-23 13:25
New York - Rap mogul Sean "P Diddy" Combs is planning to make an Ocean's 11-style heist movie - but with an all-black cast.
He wants top African-American actors such as Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Jamie Fox to take part.
The rapper told the New York Daily News: "I was watching Ocean's 11 and I just couldn't relate to it.
"You have all these black icons, Chris Rock or Chris Tucker in comedy, Denzel Washington and Jamie Foxx in acting, me and Jay-Z in music, what about us?
"It's about time to put the greatest black icons in a film together. We're not running around in 'do-rags and low riders anymore.
"I'm trying to hit the big screen, baby. I'm trying for my head to be six-feet tall."
Director Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's 11 remake of Frank Sinatra's famous Rat Pack movie became one of the biggest box office hits of 2001 with its all-star line up of George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
The cast reunited again last year for Ocean's 12. - Ananova.com