Mumbai: A stolen Van Gogh, five other famous artworks missing from around the world, and a £10 million reward. The new trailer for Michael B. Jordan’s remake of The Thomas Crown Affair takes viewers back to the world of million-dollar heists, but with a modern twist.
Amazon MGM Studios released the trailer on Thursday, 12 November. Jordan plays the billionaire art thief, a role previously played by Steve McQueen and Pierce Brosnan. Adria Arjona plays Bennet, a former FBI agent investigating art thefts. Faye Dunaway and Rene Russo played the women trying to catch Crown in the earlier films.
The cat-and-mouse game between Crown and the woman investigating him is back too. Bennet is trying to catch him, and the two are also attracted to each other.
The trailer opens with the two having dinner. Bennet takes one look at Crown’s art collection and decides she knows what kind of man he is.
“I think you’re fractured. Definitely have commitment issues. No serious relationships,” she tells him.
“I don’t like to be tied down,” he replies.
Kenneth Branagh plays a wealthy art collector who offers Bennet £10 million to find his stolen Van Gogh. Meanwhile, Crown is busy climbing buildings, driving expensive cars and getting into fights. Bennet thinks he’s planning something much bigger than stealing paintings. And it looks like revenge may have something to do with it.
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Why did Crown steal?
Jordan is also directing the film, his second after Creed III (2023).
The original Thomas Crown Affair came out in 1968. McQueen played a millionaire who plans a bank robbery, while Dunaway played the investigator trying to catch him. When the film was remade in 1999 with Brosnan and Russo, the bank robbery became an art theft.
Jordan has said he didn’t want to simply make the same film again. Speaking to Variety last year, he explained why he wanted to change Crown’s reasons for stealing.
“The first two films were about rich white guys stealing for fun. That doesn’t land today,” he said. “Ours is more personal. The stakes are higher. Still got the fashion, romance.”
The film also stars Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira and Pilou Asbæk. It is scheduled to be released in cinemas on 5 March 2027.
(Edited by Ratan Priya)