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Michael B. Jordan, Adria Arjona and Kenneth Branagh star in the new trailer for The Thomas Crown Affair
Jordan’s version of the movie comes more than 25 years after Pierce Brosnan’s adaptation in 1999; both are based on Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway’s 1968 hit
The Thomas Crown Affair is in theaters on March 5, 2027
Michael B. Jordan and Adria Arjona are turning up the heat in the trailer for their upcoming heist thriller.
On Thursday, Nov. 12, Amazon MGM Studios released a trailer for Jordan’s new remake of The Thomas Crown Affair, in which the Sinners Oscar winner, 39, plays the title character, a billionaire who also specializes in stealing beloved works of art around the world. In the new movie, Thomas Crown appears to target an antagonist played by Kenneth Branagh and his personal art collection. At the same time, Thomas grows romantically attached to Arjona’s character, a former FBI agent who, unbeknownst to Crown, is working with Branagh and has been offered $10 million to recover his stolen Vincent van Gogh work.
An official synopsis for the movie simply notes that Jordan “directs, produces, and stars in a visually breathtaking, sensual, and unexpectedly moving heist thriller, where the most dangerous man in the room is the one nobody’s watching.”
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Danai Gurira (Black Panther) and Pilou Asbæk also costar in the film.
Michael B. Jordan in The Thomas Crown Affair
Credit: Amazon MGM Studios
Jordan’s version of The Thomas Crown Affair is the third time the movie has been made for Hollywood audiences. The original 1968 movie starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, and in 1999, Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo starred in a remake of the film. Jordan’s mark on The Thomas Crown Affair as a director comes four years after he made his directorial debut in 2023 with Creed III, which made history as the biggest domestic opening for a sports film ever in North America.
“I’ve been daydreaming about making this movie for years,” Jordan said during an April appearance at CinemaCon to promote the upcoming movie according to Entertainment Weekly. At that presentation, he shared that he first saw the 1999 Thomas Crown Affair when he was 12 years old and thought to himself, “I wanna be in a movie like that one day.”
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Michael B. Jordan and Kenneth Branagh on the set of The Thomas Crown Affair
Credit: Eli Joshua Adé/Amazon MGM Studios
“He didn’t just steal, he was making a statement,” Jordan added at the time, noting that he has also seen the 1968 original. “I knew I wanted to bring that all together — the style, the sophistication, the rebellion — but also give him a real mission.”
The Thomas Crown Affair is in theaters March 5.
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