Michael B. Jordan appeared at CinemaCon to debut the first trailer for his film The Thomas Crown Affair.
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Jordan's character steals a priceless Van Gogh painting and romances an investigator played by Adria Arjona in the footage.
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"I've been daydreaming about making this movie for years," said Jordan, who also directed the project.
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TheCreedstar took the stage during Amazon MGM's presentation in Las Vegas on Wednesday night after the studio premiered the first trailer for his steamy new directorial project,The Thomas Crown Affair, which he's starring in alongside Adria Arjona.
The teaser for the romantic crime thriller revealed that Jordan's version of Thomas Crown, likePierce Brosnan's, is an experienced art thief. He has a Gustav Klimt painting hanging in his home, and is later seen stealing one of Van Gogh's sunflower paintings out of a museum.
"Tell me something: does this billionaire thing really work?" Arjona's character says to Thomas while seated at a dinner date.
"Usually," he responds.
The trailer has an equal balance of slick action and swoon-worthy romance, showing Thomas speeding on a racetrack, opening a massive vault, and fighting off a crew of adversaries in between charged scenes with Arjona's character in multiple colorful coastal locales.
Kenneth Branaghalso appears as a grumpy, high-status villain who has presumably wronged Jordan's character, as his moments are broken up with text on screen that says "Revenge is a work of art."
The final shot of the trailer shows Thomas running up a skyscraper while attached to a cable.
"I've been daydreaming about making this movie for years," Jordan said during the presentation, explaining that he saw the 1999Thomas Crownwhen he was 12 years old. "I wanna be in a movie like that one day," he recalled thinking at the time.
Jordan explained that he later saw the 1968 version of the film, which made him appreciate the central character's personal mission. "He didn't just steal, he was making a statement," he said of the titular thief.
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Jordan shared his priorities while directing the project. "I knew I wanted to bring that all together — the style, the sophistication, the rebellion — but also give him a real mission."
TheFruitvale Stationstar also said that he needed to find an actress who could "match [Thomas'] intelligence, his intensity, his charm," and then introduced Arjona to the stage.
"I'm the luckiest actress to be a part of this movie," theAndorstar said. "I truly am."
The Thomas Crown Affairmarks Jordan's second directorial effort after making his debut with 2023'sCreed III.
Taylor Russell was originally cast as the female lead, but sheexited the projectin July over creative differences.
Jordan recentlywon his first Oscar for Best Actorfor his work inSinners, beating out Timothée Chalamet, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ethan Hawke, and Wagner Moura to take home the gold. "God is good. God is good. Yeah, mamma, what's up?" he said to his mom on the Oscars stage before shouting out his costars, collaborators, and heroes.
The originalThomas Crown Affairstarred Steve McQueen as a gentleman thief who orchestrates the robbery of a Boston bank. Directed byIn the Heat of the Nightfilmmaker Norman Jewison, the film also starred Faye Dunaway as the investigator who falls in love with Thomas as she looks into the case.
Die Harddirector John McTiernan remade the film in 1999, starring Brosnan and Rene Russo. The film moved the action from Boston to New York and made the title character a wealthy art thief instead of a bank robber.
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Jordan'sThomas Crown Affairwill hit theaters on March 5, 2027.
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