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Michael B. Jordan is set to remake a classic heist thriller

The actor is embarking on his second directorial effort

By Joe Allen Sep 11, 2024 1:34 PM

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Michael B. Jordan has his sights set on his next directing project. The Creed star is working with Amazon MGM Studios on a remake on The Thomas Crown Affair, according to reporting in Deadline. Jordan was already attached to star and produce the movie, but has now decided to take over as director as well.

As of right now, there are no other stars attached to the movie, and Jordan himself has been attached to a remake for almost a decade. Now, though, it looks like he’s more committed to actually making it, having wrapped production on a new film with Ryan Coogler, marking his fourth collaboration with the director.

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The Thomas Crown Affair has already been made into two separate movies, one which was released in the 1967 and the second which came out in 1999. The movie follows a gentleman art thief who falls in love with the investigator tasked with tracking down one of the paintings he stole.

This will be Jordan’s second directorial effort, following up on the success of Creed III. It’s unclear whether Jordan is planning to direct any future installments in that franchise, but for now, he’s turning his attention to The Thomas Crown Affair. Drew Pearce, the writer behind movies like Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and The Fall Guy wrote the script based on a draft from Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson.

As casting gets underway for the project, we should expect the focus to be on who the leading lady in this version will be. Faye Dunaway and Rene Russo had the role i the previous two installments, so there’s definitely a need for some real star wattage to sit alongside Jordan.

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Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton Narrowly Misses Making History in Hungarian Grand Prix Qualifying

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What I Learned From John Daly About Smoking Cigars

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I’ve been smoking cigars for two decades. I fell in love with the aroma when I walked into my first cigar lounge, Fair Oaks Cigars, in South Pasadena, California, when I was 21 years old. I remember my first stogie — Flor de las Antillas from My Father Cigars. During my early 20s and 30s, I smoked cigars religiously, at least five per week. I puffed alone in the living room, hours before getting ready to hit the town with friends. On my patio on a lazy Saturday afternoon. In the car during heavy traffic. On the rooftop lounge at the mid-high-rise building I lived in for a few years in downtown Los Angeles. Inside my loft — decked with concrete floors and walls, and exposed pipes — while watching pay-per-view boxing or a Dodgers game.

No matter the setting, smoking a cigar, to me, was the occasion. I never needed, nor do I need now, a reason to light up. It doesn’t matter if I smoke alone at a lounge or with friends on my patio; I love that, for an hour-plus, time slows down for me. Because smoking cigars can’t and shouldn’t be rushed. It’s not a cigarette. From the moment you light up to when you set down the final stub of a cigar, at least 45 minutes to an hour has passed, during which, if you’re like me, you made new friends, formed stronger bonds, and/or reflected on all that is great in your life.