"Ocean's Eleven" trilogy is surely an entertaining and mind-bungling film that surely made you wanted to do a heist. Now, a spin-off movie, "Ocean's Eight", is coming to theaters with Sandra Bullock as the lead of the pack. Now, an actor to portray the villain has surfaced in the set and reports indicate that an Emmy awardee actor was chosen.

According to IGN, Homeland star Damian Lewis is set to give life to the villain in the upcoming all-women thieves. Lewis is known to have portrayed Nicholas Brody in Showtime's Homeland as the troubled homecoming soldier. The information revealed that Lewis was seen in the set of the film and negated reports that he is going to only have a small cameo.

"Ocean's Eight" will feature Sandra Bullock as the head of the heist team and Lewis is set to be Bullock's ex-lover, who shall be robbed. "Ocean's Eight" was announced last year and is packing with spectacular cast such as Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blachett, Mindy Kaling, Helena Bonham Carter and Awkwafina.

Movie Web added more information on the plot indicating that the team of eight will assemble to pull off a heist in Met Ball and shall steal a valuable necklace from the gallery owner of the crime. This increased the thoughts that the gallery owner will be played by Lewis. Meanwhile, there are also talks that Danny Ocean, played by George Clooney, will have cameo and so is Linus Caldwell, played by Matt Damon.

"Ocean's Eleven" trilogy has been seen as a success with $1.1 billion in revenue worldwide. The "Ocean's Eight" is set to be released on June 8, 2018 and will be against some major movies such as "Transformer 6", "Incredibles 2", and "Jurassic World 2".

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