EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Russell has exited The Thomas Crown Affair, the Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of the traditional Steve McQueen movie. Sources stated the exit was because of artistic variations. The studio is recasting the function as manufacturing continues in London.
Russell was set reverse Jordan within the function of an insurance coverage investigator who suspects that an adventurous banking government is pulling off bold heists, and so they develop sparks between them. That function was performed by Faye Dunaway reverse McQueen within the 1968 unique, and by Rene Russo reverse Pierce Brosnan within the 1999 model.
Russell will subsequent be seen starring within the Korean thriller Hope by Na Hong-jin reverse Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Hoyeon. She will also be seen reverse David Johnson within the upcoming Frank Ocean movie and he or she’s in talks to star in a remake of Single White Feminine reverse Jenna Ortega for Sony and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Photos. She made her stage debut lately within the Jamie Lloyd-directed revival of the Lucy Prebble play The Impact. She had a breakout flip reverse Timothee Chalamet within the Luca Guadagnino-directed Bones and All, successful the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Rising Actress at Venice. She’s additionally a director who made her debut co-directing The Coronary heart Nonetheless Hums, which gained Finest Documentary Quick on the Palm Springs Worldwide ShortFest. She’s repped by UTA and lawyer James Feldman.
Jordan stars in The Thomas Crown Affair alongside Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asbaek and Aiysha Hart. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing for Outlier Society alongside Charles Roven at Atlas Leisure. Drew Pearce wrote the script, with earlier drafts by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson. Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions’ Marc Toberoff are additionally producing and Alan Trustman, who wrote the Steve McQueen unique, is an government producer.
The movie will maintain its March 5, 2027 theatrical launch date.
