They say three’s a trend, and this latest bit of casting news comes hot on the heels of two other major gender-flipped movie moments: the release of the Ghostbusters remake, and the announcement that Channing Tatum will play the mermaid in a reboot of Splash.

However, despite the reported fashion-world setting and the all-female cast, the director of Ocean's Eight has been at pains to stress that the new movie won’t represent a major departure from its male-dominated predecessors.

In an interview, Gary Ross said that his film will remain loyal to the Ocean's trilogy directed by Steven Soderbergh, describing it as “very much an extension and a continuation” of Soderbergh’s films. (Posibly, Ross witnessed the horrific misogynistic and racist abuse directed at the actresses in Ghostbusters, and wanted to minimise the chance of that happening to his own cast.)

“I’m in no way trying to reinvent the tone, and I’m thrilled and honoured to be extending it,” Ross told SlashFilm in June. “It’s really fun to work with.”

Filming for Ocean’s Eight begins in October. We. Cannot. Wait.

The cast of the all-female Ocean’s Eleven remake is beyond phenomenal