Michael B. Jordan to Star in Remake of THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR

Movie Michael B. Jordan The Thomas Crown Affair about 8 years agoby Ben Pearson

I'm sure Michael B. Jordan is thanking the acting gods for Creed right about now. That well-received film has washed away the bad taste Fantastic Four left in audiences' mouths, and Jordan himself is once again a star on the rise. He hasn't decided what his first post-Creed movie is going to be yet, but THR reports that he's just lined up a new project that's in the early stages: a remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

The original film came out in 1968 and starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, and Hollywood already remade it once in 1999 with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. I could tell you about the plots of these movies, but it's much more fun to watch the trailers for both films and see how marketing changed across that thirty year span:

Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Thomas Crown, a successful, wealthy businessman pulls up in his Rolls and collects it. Vickie Anderson, an independent insurance investigator is called in to recover the huge haul.

Self-made billionaire Thomas Crown is bored of being able to buy everything he desires. Being irresistible to women, he also does not feel any challenge in that area. But there are a few things even he can't get, therefore Thomas Crown has a seldom hobby: He steals priceless masterpieces of Art.

Jordan is set to star, but no writer or director has joined the project yet. This will be a reunion between the actor and Creed distributor MGM, which I understand has him lined up for a sequel with or without original director Ryan Coogler. Since Coogler has moved on to direct Black Panther for Marvel and MGM has set a November 2017 release date for Creed II, the studio will need to bring in another director to make that date. Depending on the shooting schedule, Jordan might be able to fit another movie in before it gets underway, but since The Thomas Crown Affair doesn't have a writer or director attached yet, it's incredibly unlikely it'll be this one.