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 Steve 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 Pierce 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 details are being kept under wraps.
Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff will also serve as producers. Alan Trustman (writer of the original 1968 film starring) is an executive producer.
The film will be released exclusively in theaters on March 5, 2027.
Gladstone made history as the first Native American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for “Killers of the Flower Moon” and most recently starred in Hulu’s “Under The Bridge.” Gurira is best known for starring in Marvel’s “Black Panther” and recently co-created “The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live.” Branagh most recently starred in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and will next be seen in “Mayday” opposite Ryan Reynolds.
Gladstone is repped by Authentic, IAG, and McKuin Frankel Whitehead LLP. Gurira is repped by UTA, Suskin/Karshan Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer et al. Branagh is repped by WME, Berwick & Kovacik, and Gochman Law Group.
