Rebel Wilson Set For ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’ Remake

They’re doing the gender swapping thing again.  After Ghostbusters, next is ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’, the 1988 cult classic starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine.  First in the cast for this remake is Rebel Wilson, playing a con woman in the same way that slick trolls Martin and Caine played con men.

The original, itself a remake of the Marlon Brando and David Niven-led 1964 film ‘Bedtime Story’, followed two scam artists as they set their sights on a wealthy heiress. The new version revolves around two female con artists, one from high society and the other much more down to earth, who attempt to swindle an unsuspecting young tech executive out of his fortune.

Roger Birnbaum will produce the movie.  Rebel Wilson is also attached to star in a remake of 1980’s comedy ‘Private Benjamin’.