 The story of this film was taken from "Honor Among Thieves", a  screenplay treatment written by George Nolfi (qv) that was  originally intended to be a John Woo (I) (qv) vehicle. When it was  decided that _Oceans Eleven (2001)_ (qv) was going to have a  sequel, Warner Bros. asked Nolfi to rewrite the script, adjusting it  for the Oceans Eleven characters.