Warner Bros. TV Boss Channing Dungey Considers ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ TV Remake, Doesn’t Give Up Hope Of More ‘Ted Lasso’ – Banff
deadline.comOcean’s Eleven, Ted Lasso and the challenging state of the television business were all topics addressed by Channing Dungey, Chairman and CEO of Warner Bros.
Television Group, at the Banff World Media Festival today. In a Deadline-moderated panel at the Canadian event, Dungey teased that she has considered a remake of the classic heist film, which originally starred the Rat Pack including Frank Sinatra, and a more recent version starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts.
When asked what other Warner Bros. movie titles she has considered rebooting for television, she said, “I think about things like Ocean’s Eleven, for example.
That kind of a caper film, which is a great two-hour romp and what we might be able to do with that in sort of a limited series format, things like that might be kind of fun.” “But there are just so many titles that it’s really more about someone walking into the office with a perspective or a point of view, or this is why we should do this in this way.
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