If you currently ownMichael B. Jordanstock, buy more. Amazon MGM Studios clearly listened, as Jordan’s next directorial effort has a release date.
PerDeadline, the studio is set to release Jordan’s reimagining ofThe Thomas Crown Affairin theaters and IMAX on July 23, 2025. Jordan directs and stars alongside Taylor Russell in the heist film based on Norman Jewison’s 1968 movie of the same name.The Fall Guy’sDrew Pearce penned the screenplay after Wes Took and Justin Britt-Gibson authored a previous draft. Producers include Jordan, Patrick McCormick, Marc Toberoff, and Elizabeth Raposo. Alan Trustman, who wrote the 1968 film, will executive produce.
Jordan’s version is the third Thomas Crown Affair movie. Jewison’s film starred Steve McQueen as Thomas Crown, a millionaire mastermind, and Faye Dunaway as Vicki Anderson, an independent investigator. After Crown successfully executes a bank robbery, Anderson is tasked with investigating the crime. Anderson suspects Crown might be involved, setting off a cat-and-mouse game that culminates with a romantic affair.
In 1999, John McTiernan directed theremake, which starred Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown and Rene Russo as the investigator. This version had Crown steal a valuable painting from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Right now, Jordan is red-hot thanks toSinners. In Ryan Coogler’s vampire horror, Jordan plays Smoke and Stack, identical twins who return home to the Mississippi Delta to open a juke joint for the Black community. After a sinister presence is discovered on opening night, the twins and a few allies will fight to survive until dawn.
Sinnersdebuted to $48 million domestically in its opening weekend. That’s a terrific start for an original movie with a budget of nearly $100 million.Sinnershas been met with universal acclaim, including aperfect five-star review from Digital Trends.
The Thomas Crown Affairmarks Jordan’s second directorial effort. The 38-year-old directed and starred inCreed III,the third movie starring Jordan as Adonis Creed.
