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Michael B. Jordan has started filming The Thomas Crown Affair and we have the first set photos!

The 38-year-old actor looked suave as the billionaire thief while filming in public for the first time on Monday (August 4) in London, England.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the first two films based off the character were about a wealthy man who does heists for fun.

Michael is directing and starring in the adaptation of the 1968 movie which originally starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Alan Trustman, who wrote the original movie, is an executive producer on this upcoming adaptation. Pierce Brosnan also played the role in a 1999 film adaptation.

Andor star Adria Arjona replaced a different actress as the female lead.

The movie is set to be released in theaters March 5, 2027. Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart are also set to star.

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Adria Arjona is set to star in Amazon MGM Studios’ Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair” following Taylor Russell’s exit from the project.

She joins previously announced stars Jordan, Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart in the film, which is currently in production in London.

Released in 1968 and directed by Norman Jewison, “The Thomas Crown Affair” starred Steve McQueen as an art thief who falls in love with an insurance investigator, played by Faye Dunaway, who is hired to track him down. John McTiernan then directed a remake in 1999 starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo in the lead roles.

Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing the film via Outlier Society alongside Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment.

As previously reported, Drew Pearce wrote the script for the new film adaptation. A previous draft was written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson,...

Adria Arjona is set to star alongside Michael B. Jordan in The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios.

Jordan directs and stars in the feature reimagining that is currently in production in London and follows Norman Jewison‘s 1968 original of the same name starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart round out the cast for the new project that hits theaters March 5, 2027.

Taylor Russell was previously set to star opposite Jordan in the film. The Hollywood Reporter reported last week that the Bones and All actress exited the movie amid creative differences.

Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy) wrote the script for the new movie after Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson penned a previous draft. Producers include Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo for Outlier Society and Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment. Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff also produce. Alan Trustman,...

Taylor Russell‘s replacement in The Thomas Crown Affair has been revealed.

Andor star Adria Arjona has been chosen to star opposite Michael B. Jordan in the upcoming remake. She apparently exited due to “creative differences.”

According to Variety, after Taylor exited the movie, the “studio and producers received a flurry of incoming calls about the highly sought-after part” and they moved quite quick to cast the film.

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Michael is directing and starring in the adaptation of the 1968 movie which originally starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Alan Trustman, who wrote the original movie, is an executive producer on this upcoming adaptation.

The movie is set to be released in theaters March 5, 2027. Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart are also set to star.

Adria Arjona (Hit Man) has taken over the co-lead opposite Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM Studios’ Jordan-directed reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair, Deadline has confirmed.

Arjona takes over the role from Taylor Russell, who we told you first on Friday exited the project due to creative differences, with production underway in London. The actress is set for the role of an insurance investigator who comes to suspect that an adventurous banking executive is pulling off ambitious heists, and develops a spark with him. It’s a version of the role played by Faye Dunaway opposite Steve McQueen in the original 1968 film, and by Rene Russo opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1999 version.

Others in the cast of the new Thomas Crown Affair include Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbaek and Aiysha Hart.

Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing for Outlier Society alongside Charles Roven at Atlas Entertainment.

Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon, production on The Thomas Crown Affair keeps spinning, and it already has its new female lead. Andor's Adria Arjona has joined the heist thriller remake alongside Michael B. Jordan. She comes in to replace Taylor Russell, who departed the production over creative issues. The Amazon MGM Studios remake is set to break into theaters on March 5, 2027.

Variety reports that as soon as Russell left the project, an immediate search began for a new lead, and found one in Arjona. She fills the shoes of Faye Dunaway and Rene Russo, who played Crown's foe-turned-lover in the 1968 Steve McQueen and 1999 Pierce Brosnan versions of the film; they both center around a man who becomes a high-stakes thief to alleviate his boredom with his wealthy lifestyle. Arjona joins an already star-studded cast that includes Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express...

“Andor” and “Splitsville” star Adria Arjona is set to join Michael B. Jordan in “The Thomas Crown Affair,” Amazon MGM Studios’ reimagining of the classic romantic heist film.

Arjona joins a star-studded ensemble cast featuring Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart, stepping into the co-lead role following Taylor Russell’s exit. After news broke on Friday, the studio and producers received a flurry of incoming calls about the highly sought-after part and moved quickly to secure a new star. The film, directed by Jordan, is currently in production in London and working toward a March 5, 2027 theatrical release date.

Drew Pearce wrote the script, with plot details being kept under wraps, following a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the 1968 original film starring Steve McQueen. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing the picture for Outlier Society, alongside Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment.

Exclusive: Taylor Russell has exited The Thomas Crown Affair, the Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of the classic Steve McQueen film. Sources said the exit was due to creative differences. The studio is recasting the role as production continues in London.

Russell was set opposite Jordan in the role of an insurance investigator who suspects that an adventurous banking executive is pulling off ambitious heists, and they develop sparks between them. That role was played by Faye Dunaway opposite McQueen in the 1968 original, and by Rene Russo opposite Pierce Brosnan in the 1999 version.

Russell will next be seen starring in the Korean thriller Hope by Na Hong-jin opposite Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Hoyeon. She can also be seen opposite David Johnson in the upcoming Frank Ocean film, and she’s in talks to star in a remake of Single White Female opposite Jenna Ortega for Sony and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures.

Taylor Russell has exited the Thomas Crown Affair over “creative differences”.The 31-year-old actress was previously cast as the female lead in Michael B. Jordan’s upcoming reimagining of the 1968 film but she has now left the project and the role will be recast, according to Deadline.The film is currently in production in London.Michael is directing, starring in and producing the movie via his production banner Outlier Society, alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Russell’s departure is surprising as she underwent a long casting process that included meetings, auditions and a screen test with Jordan in London at the beginning of the year, before landing the role.This will be the third Thomas Crown Affair movie, with the original 1968 movie pairing Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson, an investigator hired to discover the culprits of a multi-million dollar bank heist, and Steve McQueen as the orchestrator of the crime, Thomas Crown.

Taylor Russell is no longer going to be starring in The Thomas Crown Affair.

According to Deadline, the 31-year-old actress has left the movie due to creative differences.

Michael B. Jordan is directing and starring in the adaptation of the 1968 movie which originally starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Alan Trustman, who wrote the original movie, is an executive producer on this upcoming adaptation.

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Despite no longer starring in this romantic heist movie, Taylor has got a lot on her plate. She’s going to be starring in the upcoming Frank Ocean film, is reportedly in talks to be in an upcoming Single White Female remake alongside Jenna Ortega.

According to Deadline, production for The Thomas Crown Affair is still underway and the movie is set to be released in theaters March 5, 2027. Taylor‘s role is being recast as production on the movie continues to take place in London.

Sinnersstar Michael B. Jordan's upcoming remake of The Thomas Crown Affair loses a leading star mid-way through production.

Per Deadline, star Taylor Russell, has left the upcoming The Thomas Crown Affair remake, leaving the role to be recast as production continues on in London. Her exit was reportedly due to creative differences. Russell was signed on to play the role of an insurance investigator who suspects that a high-power executive is also an ambitious and brazen thief opposite Jordan himself, who is also directing the film. Although her character's name was never revealed, Russell would have been replaying the same role that was first portrayed by Faye Dunaway in 1968 and later Rene Russo in 1999.

News that Michael B. Jordan had been tapped for a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair first broke all the way back in 2016, although it wasn't until 2023 that Amazon MGM Studios announced their plans to...

Michael B. Jordan’s The Thomas Crown Affair is moving forward despite losing one of its stars, Taylor Russell.

Russell will reportedly no longer star in The Thomas Crown Affair due to creative differences, and the Bones and All actress’ role will be recast, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The film is currently in production in London.

The Thomas Crown Affair, which Jordan directs and stars in, is a remake of the 1968 film of the same name, starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy, Hotel Artemis) wrote the script following a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson.

Russell was originally set to star opposite Jordan. The Thomas Crown Affair cast also includes Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart. Producers include Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo for Outlier Society and Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment. Also producing are Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff.

Taylor Russell has exited her role in Amazon MGM Studios’ reimagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair,” where she was set to star opposite Michael B. Jordan.

Production on the movie, directed by Jordan, is underway in London. Russell is said to have exited the part due to creative differences, and the studio will be recasting her role as progress continues toward the film’s March 5, 2027 theatrical release date.

“The Thomas Crown Affair” also stars Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbæk and Aiysha Hart. Drew Pearce wrote the script, with plot details being kept under wraps, following a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film.

Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing the picture for Outlier Society, alongside Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment. Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff also serve as producers. Alan Trustman (writer of the original 1968 film...

Actor and filmmaker Michael B. Jordan is taking a crack at The Thomas Crown Affair. A new remake of the 1968 film is in the works, coming 26 years after the previous reimagining was released in 1999.

Per THR, Danai Gurira has joined the cast of Jordan's new take on The Thomas Crown Affair. This marks an MCU reunion, as Jordan previously appeared with Gurira in the Black Panther movies. Gurira's addition to the cast also follows the casting of Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh and Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone. Taylor Russell also stars.

Jordan will be in the starring role as a billionaire who has an affinity for art thievery. Russell's role will be as a private detective, and Gurira is reportedly set to play Jordan's confidante. Details haven't been revealed about the characters played by Branagh and Gladstone. Drew Pearce wrote the latest draft of the script after a previous version by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson.

Kenneth Branagh and Lily Gladstone have joined the cast of Michael B. Jordan’s remake of ‘The Thomas Crown Affair.’

Taylor Russell is already on board as a suave private detective. Character details for Gladstone and Branagh have yet to be disclosed.

Jordan is not only set to star but also direct and produce the reimaging for Amazon MGM. Charles Roven has also joined the project to produce the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner.

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The original movie starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and involved a man who organises bank robberies for sport but meets his match when he falls for (or maybe not) the insurance investigator hot on his tail. The 1999 remake starred Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

Drew Pearce wrote the script for the remake after a previous draft...

Lily Gladstone is set to star alongside Sir Kenneth Branagh in Amazon MGM's re-imagining of The Thomas Crown Affair.The 38-year-old actress and the 64-year-old actor are joining forces with Michael B. Jordan, who is starring in, directing and producing the project through his Outlier Society banner.However, details about Lily and Kenneth's characters are being kept under wraps for the time being. By contrast, it is known that Taylor Russell - who previously starred in the Netflix series Lost in Space - is set to portray a suave private detective in the film.The original Thomas Crown movie - which starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway - followed a woman who was hired to investigate the culprits of a multi-million dollar bank heist.Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo starred in a remake of the film in 1999.The upcoming movie is taking place in Europe, and the art of...

Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira and Kenneth Branagh have joined the cast of the Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair” for Amazon MGM Studios.

Additionally, Charles Roven has come aboard to produce the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner. He is producing alongside Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo via Outlier Society.

Production of the film commenced in London on Monday. The film also stars Taylor Russell.

Released in 1968 and directed by Norman Jewison, “The Thomas Crown Affair” starred McQueen as an art thief who falls in love with an insurance investigator, played by Faye Dunaway, hired to track him down. John McTiernan then directed a remake in 1999 starring Brosnan and Rene Russo in the lead roles.

As previously reported, Drew Pearce wrote the script for “The Thomas Crown Affair.” A previous draft was written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film. Plot...

Danai Gurira is reuniting with her Black Panther co-star Michael B. Jordan for the Jordan-fronted reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair.

Jordan is not only starring in the romantic heist thriller but directing as well as producing with his Outlier Society banner. The company’s Elizabeth Raposo is also producing, as is veteran producer Charles Roven of Atlas Entertainment.

Production begins Monday in London, and the project just added Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh and Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone to its call sheet. Taylor Russell is also in the cast.

The original Thomas Crown, made by United Artists in 1968, starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and involved a man who organizes bank robberies for sport but meets his match when he falls for (or maybe not) the insurance investigator hot on his tail. The 1999 remake starred Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

Sources say this time the action is taking place in Europe,...

Michael B. Jordan's high-profile remake of The Thomas Crown Affair has just added some award-worthy talent. Deadline first reported earlier this morning that Belfast Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh would be coming aboard in an undisclosed, but potentially villainous, role for the romantic heist film. Following that, Killers of the Flower Moon Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone was added to the cast as well, followed by another report from The Hollywood Reporter this afternoon that Danai Gurira would be reuniting with her Black Panther co-star Jordan as his character's confidante. The trio will join the previously announced leads, Jordan and Taylor Russell, in the project, which will be the latest directorial effort from Jordan after making his debut on Creed III.

Per the reports, the additions of Branagh, Gladstone, and Gurira come ahead of filming beginning on Monday in London. They weren't the only newcomers to The Thomas Crown Affair either,...

Academy Award winner Kenneth Branagh and Academy Award nominee Lily Gladstone have joined Michael B. Jordan in Amazon MGM’s reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair.

Additionally, Charles Roven has come aboard to produce the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner. The veteran producer was recently brought on to the studio’s in-the-works sequel to its Road House remake.

Jordan’s fingerprints will be all over the heist feature as he is not only starring in it but directing it as well as producing it with his Outlier Society banner. The company’s Elizabeth Raposo is also producing.

Production begins this week in London.

The original Thomas Crown, made by United Artists in 1968, starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and involved a man who organizes bank robberies for sport but meets his match when he falls for (or maybe not) the insurance investigator hot on his tail. The 1999 remake starred Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

Exclusive: Oscar nominee Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) is another new addition to Amazon MGM Studios’ reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair, to be directed by and star Michael B. Jordan.

No word yet on the role to be played by Gladstone. Oscar winner Kenneth Branagh is another new addition to the cast, as we told you earlier this morning, when Oscar-winning producer Charles Roven announced his involvement with the project, as well. Jordan and Taylor Russell lead the cast of the film, which shoots this summer and is slated for an exclusive theatrical release on March 5, 2027.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, both the original 1968 film from United Artists and the 1999 remake from MGM were heist stories revolving around a wealthy, thrill-seeking man who orchestrates a high-stakes robbery simply for the challenge, only to find himself entangled in a complex cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant investigator.

Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios’ Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair has added a pair of Oscar winners to its team: Kenneth Branagh (Belfast), who joins in an undisclosed (we’re told villainous) role, and producer Charles Roven (Oppenheimer), who will produce the film via his Atlas Entertainment banner, alongside Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo via Outlier Society, and others.

As previously announced, Jordan and Taylor Russell lead the cast of the film, which shoots this summer and is slated for an exclusive theatrical release on March 5, 2027.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, both the original 1968 film from United Artists and the 1999 remake from MGM were heist stories revolving around a wealthy, thrill-seeking man who orchestrates a high-stakes robbery simply for the challenge, only to find himself entangled in a complex cat-and-mouse game with a brilliant investigator.

As previously reported, Drew Pearce wrote the script for The Thomas Crown Affair,...

Michael B. Jordan‘s ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ remake has been given a 2027 release date.The 38-year-old actor and director will helm and star in the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios project, which will be released theatrically and in IMAX on March 5, 2027, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Taylor Russell was previously confirmed to star alongside Michael, who will also produce via his production banner Outlier Society alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Russell underwent a long casting process that included meetings, auditions and a screen test with Jordan in London at beginning of the year, before landing the role.Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff will also produce, with Alan Trustman, writer of the original film, as executive producer.This will be the third ‘Thomas Crown Affair’ movie, with the original 1968 movie pairing Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson, an investigator hired to discover the culprits of a multi-million dollar bank heist, and Steve McQueen as the orchestrator of the crime,...

Michael B. Jordan’s new movie version of The Thomas Crown Affair will be hoping for a big score in early 2027.

Amazon MGM Studios is set to release the heist film theatrically and in IMAX on March 5, 2027. Jordan directs and stars alongside Taylor Russell in the feature that follows Norman Jewison’s 1968 original of the same name starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway.

Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy) wrote the script for the new movie after Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson penned a previous draft. Serving as producers are Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff, while Jordan produces for his banner Outlier Society alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Alan Trustman, writer of the original film, executive produces.

The original Thomas Crown Affair landed two Oscar nominations and tells the story of an insurance investigator working to track down the perpetrator of a bank heist. It was remade in 1999, with the updated version starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

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...

Michael B. Jordan popped up at CinemaCon to offer hints at his new version of The Thomas Crown Affair.

The star appeared in a video segment at Amazon MGM Studios’ presentation Wednesday, where he told the crowd that he wished he could attend the Las Vegas event but was busy working on the film in London. Jordan directs and stars opposite Taylor Russell in the heist feature.

“This isn’t just another remake,” Jordan said. He also added, “It’s a kind of movie that demands the big screen.”

Amazon MGM exec Kevin Wilson, who was on the stage, shared that the movie “promises to surprise audiences with a few modern twists.”

The Thomas Crown Affair originated with director Norman Jewison’s 1968 film starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway in the story of an insurance investigator working to track down the perpetrator of a bank heist. It landed two Oscar nominations.

Exclusive: Following a lengthy audition process, Michael B. Jordan looks to have zeroed in on the leading lady for his new The Thomas Crown Affair movie. Sources tell Deadline that Taylor Russell has landed the coveted role in the reimagining opposite Jordan, who is set to star and direct.

Jordan will also produce via his production banner Outlier Society alongside Elizabeth Raposo. The film will be released exclusively in theaters.

When Jordan set this as his next film last fall, the obvious next question was who would Jordan would steam up the screen with. The previous two Thomas Crown Affair films turned Faye Dunaway and Rene Russo into instant A-listers, so the role quickly became one of the more sought-after in town. On top of that, with Mission: Impossible films winding down and James Bond way off, Jordan has seen this as a potential replacement given the character’s similarities to 007. With that in mind,...

As his former character, James Bond, is still in the process of being redesigned and recast for modern audiences, Pierce Brosnan continues to delight audiences with new and exciting roles. His latest is the TV series MobLand, and although Bond is still his most important character, Brosnan also looks back on others that helped shoot him to stardom during his prime in the 1990s. One of these was playing Thomas Crown in The Thomas Crown Affair, the 1999 romantic heist movie that Amazon Studios is now in the process of remaking with Michael B. Jordanas the lead.

Brosnan has now addressed the remake while speaking to GQ about MobLand, in which he co-stars with Tom Hardy and Helen Mirren. During the interview, Brosnan was asked about the remake of The Thomas Crown Affair and whether he approves of Jordan's casting as the roguish billionaire who likes to steal valuable artwork. The...

If there’s one thing Michael B. Jordan doesn’t do, it’s slow down. While some might take a breather between major films, he’s charging full speed ahead, proving once again why he’s one of the hardest-working actors in Hollywood. With his undeniable talent, and work ethic, he’s more than ready to take on this next chapter, and here’s why he’s so excited about it.

Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

Jordan isn’t just a jack-of-all-trades, he’s a master of them all. And soon, he’ll be taking on his next big challenge as both the star and director of The Thomas Crown Affair remake. But before that, he’s got another major project to finish, one that’s set to hit screens in 2025.

Michael B. Jordan is ready to steal the spotlight in The Thomas Crown Affair remake!

Throughout the entire history of cinema, detective and police movies have remained a staple. No matter the era or even the country, audiences have always been interested in the world of crime, its causes, and those individuals and institutions who obsessively work to solve mysteries and maintain order.

Over the years, detective fiction has taken on many breeds. Most famously in Hollywood as noir in the 1940s, which continues to have an influence today, but also with the grounded, more realist approaches of the 1970s, the sensationalization of the 1990s, and the more introspective view of recent decades. It seems like it will always be a genre that will fascinate audiences and continue to attract the best filmmakers to push it to new places.

This article was updated on December 4, 2024, by Christopher Raley: Police and detective films make up some of the best cinema. The detective or police officer often...

In 1971, Clint Eastwood became the standard-bearer for the new wave of action-thriller movies thanks to his role as "Dirty Harry" Callahan. Telling the story of a tough San Francisco detective who takes on a serial killer, the movie's success spawned four sequels and showed the actor was more than just a Western hero. In the decades since, the archetype laid down by Harry has become the norm in the genre, with its influence echoing across film and television.

Having been so influential in the genre, Dirty Harry has plenty of competition, including movies made years before that paved the way for Eastwood's success. Fans of the no-nonsense '70s detective are always on the lookout for similar films -- and luckily there's no shortage of options. From gritty private detective movies to fast-paced police films, cinema has an array of hardboiled crime-fighting stories perfect for the typical Clint Eastwood fan.

Hollywood's Golden Age of Cinema can, for the most part, be categorized as the time before the New Hollywood Era of the 1970s began. In that stretch of time, cinema evolved in multiple ways. One genre in particular has evolved into more of a style rather than a genre, a type of crime film that existed more in the Golden Age of Hollywood. That's the gangster genre.

From the 1930s to the 1960s, there were various iterations of the gangster film. There are conventional gangster films like The Public Enemy, Scarface (1932), and Little Caesar that defined a genre. Then there are films like On the Waterfront or Touch of Evil that utilize specific stylistic elements of the gangster film to create a new kind of crime classic. With such a wide range of gangster films, there are definitely some more iconic than others.

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The classic heist film The Thomas Crown Affair is getting another remake, but this time Michael B. Jordan will be at the helm. The first film was released in 1968 and concerns a bored multi-millionaire who crafts the perfect crime to satisfy his need for excitement. While executing the heist, he runs across the investigator hired to catch the culprits, and they begin a torrid love affair full of twists and shocking turns. The original film scored two Oscar nominations and inspired a 1999 remake starring Pierce Brosnan in the title role.

Like many of the best heist films, The Thomas Crown Affair is an archetypal story that is perfect for refreshing every generation. Just as...

‘Creed’ star, Michael B. Jordan has signed up to star and direct a new reimagining of ‘Thomas Crown Affair’ for Amazon MGM Studios.

Michael B. Jordan is not only set to star in the upcoming film but also produce it through his Outlier Society banner, in collaboration with Elizabeth Raposo. Outlier Society has successfully secured a first-look film deal and an overall TV deal with Amazon MGM, positioning themselves for significant involvement in the film and television industry.

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Drew Pearce wrote the script. A previous draft was written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film. Plot details are currently under lock and key.

The original 1968 movie, ‘The Thomas Crown Affair,’ featured the talented duo of Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, with acclaimed director Norman Jewison at the helm. In the 1999 adaptation, Pierce Brosnan...

Creed’s Michael B Jordan will direct and star in a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, and here are the details.

Since his star making performance in Ryan Coogler’s 2013 drama Fruitvale Station, Michael B. Jordan has taken on an eclectic range of films. He’s gone from starring opposite Chadwick Boseman in Marvel’s Black Panther to headlining Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky sequel Creed trilogy, making his directorial debut with 2023’s Creed 3. A fourth Creed film is reportedly in development.

According to Deadline, Jordan has closed a deal with Amazon MGM Studios and Outlier Society to direct and star in a remake of classic thriller The Thomas Crown Affair – this would be the third take on the material, with the first emerging in 1968.

Drew Pearce has written the remake’s script, rewriting a previous draft by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which is based on the original film.

The Thomas Crown Affair is getting another remake from director Michael B. Jordan. The original movie, which starred Steve McQueen as a bored millionaire who orchestrates a heist and kicks off a romantic cat-and-mouse game with insurance investigator Catherine Banning, was helmed by three-time Oscar nominee Norman Jewison and premiered in 1968. The Steve McQueen movie was later remade in 1999 with Die Hard director John McTiernan at the helm and James Bond star Pierce Brosnan in the title role.

Per Deadline, Michael B. Jordan is now attached to direct the new remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, in which he is also set to star. The project is being developed with Amazon MGM Studios and has a script penned by Drew Pearce, who took over after a prior draft by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson. Jordan is also producing with Elizabeth Raposo for Outlier Society. Other producers on the movie, which...

Michael B. Jordan is following in the footsteps of Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan, as he will star in and direct a remake of “The Thomas Crown Affair” for Amazon MGM.

The new project reunites Jordan with MGM after the release of his directorial debut “Creed III,” which was a box office success last year with $276 million grossed worldwide. Jordan will produce alongside Elizabeth Raposo through his production company Outlier Society, which has a first-look deal with Amazon MGM.

Released in 1968 and directed by Norman Jewison, “The Thomas Crown Affair” starred McQueen as an art thief who falls in love with an insurance investigator, played by Faye Dunaway, hired to track him down. John McTiernan then directed a remake in 1999 starring Brosnan and Rene Russo in the lead roles.

Drew Pearce will write the script for the new “Affair” from a previous draft by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson. Patrick McCormick...

Michael B. Jordan has selected his sophomore directorial effort, opting to helm a reimagining of “The Thomas Crown Affair.” Jordan had already been reported to be starring in the Amazon MGM Studios production back in 2016.

“Thomas Crown Affair” will get a worldwide theatrical release. Jordan is producing via his Outlier Society banner alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Plot details are under wraps, but Jordan will direct from a script by Drew Pearce. A previous draft was written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original 1968 film starring Steve McQueen.

Patrick McCormick and Marc Toberoff will also serve as producers on “Thomas Crown Affair.” Alan Trustman, writer of the 1968 film, is an executive producer. This new movie is the third version of the classic romantic heist story, after the 1999 remake starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo.

Outlier Society has both a first-look film deal and overall television deal with...

Michael B. Jordan is lining up his sophomore feature as a director after helming the hit Creed III. Jordan will direct and star in The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The feature reteams Jordan with his Creed III studio after the film earned $276.1 million globally. The star has long eyed Thomas Crown, first attaching himself as an actor in 2016. In addition to acting and directing, he will also produce via his Outlier Society along with Elizabeth Raposo. His banner has a first-look film deal and an overall TV deal with the studio.

Amazon MGM intends to give the film an exclusive, global run in movie theaters.

The series dates back to Norman Jewison’s 1968 original, starring Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway. McQueen played a wealthy businessman who happened to be a bank robber on the side, and when an insurance investigator (Dunaway) got on his trail,...

Exclusive: After breaking box office records for a directing debut with Creed III, Michael B. Jordan looks to have lined up his next high-profile helming gig. Sources tell Deadline that Jordan has signed to direct Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM Studios, which will release the film exclusively in theaters worldwide.

As previously reported, Jordan is also set to star in the film as well as produce via his Outlier Society banner alongside Elizabeth Raposo. Outlier Society has a first-look film deal and overall TV deal at Amazon MGM.

This marks the third Thomas Crown Affair pic, with the most recent bowing in 1999, when Pierce Brosnan played the rich playboy who enjoys stealing art for a hobby but meets his match in an insurance investigator (Rene Russo), who quickly fall for each other. The original 1968 movie paired Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and was directed by Norman Jewison.

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The car chase was one of many innovations of the New Hollywood era, where on-location authenticity supplanted studio backlot fakery. Yes, there were car chases in movies before Peter Yates' "Bullitt," but they tended to be laden with process shots featuring actors at the wheel while the image projected behind them veered out of control. Even an A-plus production like Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" settled for soundstage-bound sequences that manufactured the sensation of high-speed vehicular mayhem.

Perhaps they were thrilling to people at the time because they had nothing quite so thrilling as a comparison. In any event, once Yates unleashed his 11-minute, practically shot pursuit through the perilously hilly streets of San Francisco in 1968's "Bullitt," there was no going back. If you weren't filming real cars barrelling at unsafe speeds through city streets or country roads, you were wasting everyone's time.

And it is only right...

Hollywood glamour strikes the crime genre, with a bank robbery tale that concentrates on high living and high fashion. Superstars Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway play a coy game of thief and investigator. This expensive show is not really in fashion anymore, but in 1968 it was high-class filmmaking, with Norman Jewison solidifying his position as a smart maker of solid mainstream entertainment.

The Thomas Crown Affair

Blu-ray

Kino Lorber

1968 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 102 min. / Street Date February 13, 2018 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston, Biff McGuire, Astrid Heeren, Gordon Pinsent, Yaphet Kotto, Bruce Glover.

Cinematography: Haskell Wexler

Film Editor: Hal Ashby, Byron Brandt, Ralph E. Winters

Montage and title design: Pablo Ferro

Original Music: Michel Legrand

Written by Alan R. Trustman

Produced and Directed by Norman Jewison

Ah, 1968 was a good movie year. I remember my father returning from a car hunt (before he bought...

By Lee Pfeiffer

The year 1967 marked the high point of Sidney Poitier's screen career. He starred in three highly acclaimed box office hits: "To Sir, With Love", "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" and "In the Heat of the Night".  The fact that Poitier did not score a Best Actor Oscar nomination that year had less to do with societal prejudices (he had already won an Oscar) than the fact that he was competing with himself and split the voter's choices for his best performance. "In the Heat of the Night" did win the Best Picture Oscar and immortalized Poitier's performance as Virgil Tibbs, a Philadelphia detective who finds himself assigned to assist a redneck sheriff (Rod Steiger, who did win the Oscar that year for his performance in this film) in a town in the deep south that has experienced a grisly unsolved murder. When Steiger's character, resentful for...

For 100 points, what is the thread connecting the world’s oldest sports car race and Hollywood’s brightest star in the ‘60s and ‘70s? Other than possessing a near-mythical stature in their respective fields, Le Mans (1971) is Steve McQueen’s passion project, one that aims to become the definitive cinematic portrayal of racing and elevate the actor’s clout. Neither happened – the film cursed all those involved and altered the “King of Cool” forever. Documakers Gabriel Clarke and John McKenna have chosen that as the subject, and their final product absolutely deserves a spin.

If, for some reason definitely of the odd kind, the content of The Man & Le Mans isn’t captivating enough, know that Clarke and McKenna are interspersing previously unseen footage and sound bites with interviews with surviving crew members. McQueen’s son Chad, the female lead Louise Edlind, writer/confidant Alan Trustman, driver/racer David Piper,...

We love crime movies. We may go on and on about Scorsese’s ability to incorporate Italian neo-realism techniques into Mean Streets (1973), the place of John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle (1950) in the canon of postwar noir, The Godfather (1972) as a socio-cultural commentary on the distortion of the ideals of the American dream blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda…but that ain’t it.

We love crime movies because we love watching a guy who doesn’t have to behave, who doesn’t have to – nor care to – put a choker on his id and can let his darkest, most visceral impulses run wild. Some smart-mouth gopher tells hood Tommy DeVito (Joe Pesci), “Go fuck yourself,” in Scorsese’s Goodfellas (1990), and does Tommy roll with it? Does he spit back, “Fuck me? Nah, fuck you!” Does he go home and tell his mother?

Nope.

He pulls a .45 cannon out from...

Peter Yates, who died this past weekend at age 81, was one of several British directors invited to make movies in The States in the 1960s, all of whom had a particular and rare filmmaker’s gift for capturing a sense – the feel — of a setting often better than native-born filmmakers could. Yates’ obits talked about the car chase in Bullitt (1968), the Oscar nods for Breaking Away (1979) and The Dresser (1983), but they missed how this gift he shared with his UK colleagues was such a critical part of what made his best work so special.

Think of the hundreds – the thousands – of American-helmed movies set against the country’s great metropolises where the city sits inertly behind the action, as undistinguished and indistinguishable as a generic theatre backdrop. Then compare them to the almost hallucinogenically surreal Los Angeles of John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967), Manhattan’s desperate, grubby demimonde in John Schlesinger...