Rebel Wilson Up For Gender-Swapped Remake Of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Internet trolls may have viciously laid into the idea of gender-swapping Ghostbusters, but Hollywood seems to like the idea, with a Splash remake announced a couple of days ago with Channing Tatum in the Darryl Hannah role. That’s been joined by Rebel Wilson taking on one of the central roles in a do-over of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

THR reports that she’s play one of two con-women in the remake of the 1998 Steve Martin and Michael Caine comedy. The original saw the duo as con artists, one unsophisticated and one suave, who join forces on the French Riviera to take down a big target, before turning on one another with a bet that will see the loser having to leave town.

It’s not known who might join Wilson in the new version of the film. No director is set either, but it seems something Wilson is keen on, as she’s also set to produce.