EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios we hear has dated Michael B. Jordan‘s reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair for March 5, 2027. The movie will also be shown in Imax.
The news comes as Jordan is on a wild ride at the box office, with original period vampire movie Sinners getting a rare A CinemaScore and banking $77.5 million domestic. The Ryan Coogler-directed movie is bound for a second robust weekend.
As we first told you, Jordan stars and produces Thomas Crown Affair through his Outlier Society, alongside Taylor Russell. The previous movies focused on a rich playboy who steals art. In the 1968 Steve McQueen original that co-starred Faye Dunaway, he’s matching his wits against an insurance investigator, while in the 1999 Pierce Brosnan version, the protag meets his match in a detective played by Rene Russo. Plot details on Jordan’s version are under wraps.
As previously reported, Drew Pearce wrote the script for the new pic. A previous draft was written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson and was based on the original film.
Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff will also serve as producers. Toberoff’s company is also a production company on the film with Outlier Society. Outlier Society’s Elizabeth Raposo is also a producer on the pic. Alan Trustman, writer of the original 1968 film, is an executive producer.
With Mission: Impossible films winding down and Amazon MGM Studios in the early days of 007, The Thomas Crown Affair is being primed as another high-end thriller series. With that in mind, Russell could be creating her own version of the iconic Bond girl.
The 1999 Thomas Crown Affair from MGM minted $69.3 million domestic and $124.3M worldwide, unadjusted for inflation.
Currently on March 5, 2027, Disney and Warner Bros/DC Studios have untitled movies.
