Michael B Jordan Set To Direct And Star In The Thomas Crown Affair Remake

On display screen, we’ve already seen Michael B. Jordan conduct an artwork heist of kinds – that brilliantly memorable museum scene in Black Panther, through which his Killmonger liberates artefacts shamelessly nabbed by the British throughout colonial rule. Now, prepare for a special sort of Jordan-pilfers-precious-art outing – the person is on the brink of step into the sneakers of Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan, as the newest incarnation of super-smooth prison mastermind Thomas Crown. A brand new tackle The Thomas Crown Affair is formally on the way in which – with Jordan not solely set to take the title position (a notion that is been hanging round in Hollywood since 2016), but in addition to direct.

As reported by Deadline, Jordan is lining up his second function as director, following Creed III – and the brand new Thomas Crown appears set to be it. He’ll be producing through his Define Society manufacturing banner for Amazon MGM Studios – with the plan being to launch the movie in cinemas (doubtless adopted by a Prime Video streaming launch). The script has been penned by Drew Pearce, beforehand behind Iron Man 3, Resort Artemis (which he additionally directed), Quick spin-off Hobbs & Shaw – and, most lately, this summer time’s action-comedy-romance The Fall Man.

Past that, particulars are underneath wraps for now. The unique Thomas Crown Affair, starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, was launched again in 1968, with John McTiernan’s remake (led by Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo) arriving three a long time later in 1999. It’s unconfirmed but who’ll be taking the Dunaway/Russo position – the insurance coverage investigator who’ll be caught up in a romantic entanglement with Crown whereas making an attempt to trace him down. Because it’s early days on Thomas Crown, don’t count on to see this one for some time but – however within the meantime, we’ll see Jordan subsequent in Ryan Coogler’s as-yet-unnamed however hotly-anticipated authentic vampire film, set to reach in cinemas in March 2025.