Michael B. Jordan to direct and star in ‘Thomas Crown Affair’ remake
nme.comMichael B. Jordan will helm a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios.The remake will be the second film Jordan has directed, following Creed III, and he will also star in it.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, he first attached himself to a potential remake project as far back as 2016. He will also produce via his Outlier Society along with Elizabeth Raposo.Amazon MGM reportedly intends to give the film an exclusive global run in movie theatres.The original version of The Thomas Crown Affair was released in 1968, directed by Norman Jewison and starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.
McQueen played a wealthy businessman with a side hustle robbing banks, who starts an affair with an insurance investigator (Dunaway) on his trail while he plans another heist.It was remade in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in the main roles.A few months ago, Jordan gave an update on the progress of I Am Legend 2 with Will Smith.
The film was first announced in March 2022, with Smith reprising his role as scientist Robert Neville.“It doesn’t have a release date or anything like that.
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