P Diddy wants his own 'Ocean's 11'

As part of a production deal with MTV, the rap impresario wants to make a serious move into movies.

Mar 23 2005

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs is hoping to make an all-black version of 'Ocean's 11'.

The rapper, producer and all-round music mogul recently signed a production deal with MTV, under which he hopes to make an urban heist picture in the style of Steven Soderbergh's 'Rat Pack' remake.

'I was watching "Ocean's 11",' Combs told the New York Daily News, 'and I just couldn't relate to it.'

He continued: 'You have all these black icons – Chris Rock or Chris Tucker in comedy, Denzel [Washington] and Jamie Foxx in acting, me and Jay-Z in music, what about us? It's about time to put the greatest black icons in a film together. We're not running around in 'do-rags and low riders anymore.'

And speaking of his plans for big screen domination, the shy and retiring Combs, who has already appeared in 'Monster's Ball' and 'Made', added: 'I'm trying to hit the big screen, baby. I'm trying for my head to be six feet tall.'

P Diddy a big-head? They'll be trying to tell us that the Pope is Catholic next.

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