Michael B. Jordan is stepping into one of cinema’s slickest roles, and he’s running the whole operation. Amazon MGM Studios has released the official trailer for The Thomas Crown Affair, Jordan’s reimagining of the classic heist story.

He directs, produces and stars as Thomas Crown, the billionaire who treats stealing priceless art as a game. “Every step was part of a plan,” the studio teases. The film hits theaters March 5, 2027.

The trailer shows Crown slipping in and out of high-security buildings, taking on his rivals and moving between glamorous locations around the world.

At the center is his cat-and-mouse dynamic with Adria Arjona’s character, an investigator who has been hunting him. The more closely she follows him, the more the chase turns into a seduction, and it’s hard to tell who’s really playing whom. Kenneth Branagh appears as a formidable rival, and the film’s poster, which shows Jordan in a crisp white suit, carries the tagline “Revenge is a work of art.”

The studio describes the film as “a visually breathtaking, sensual and unexpectedly moving heist thriller, where the most dangerous man in the room is the one nobody’s watching.” Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira and Pilou Asbæk round out the cast.

The Thomas Crown Affair is Jordan’s second feature as a director, after Creed III. It’s also his first time behind the camera since winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in March for his dual role in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners.

Getting the movie made was a long road. Jordan first pitched his take on the story to MGM back in 2016, and Amazon brought him on to direct and produce in 2024. Cameras started rolling in England in July 2025, and the film was shot for IMAX. Bradford Young, who shot Selma and Arrival, is the cinematographer, and Jon Batiste composed the score.

Jordan’s version is the third major take on the story. Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway starred in the 1968 original, and Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo led the 1999 remake. Each version has updated the gentleman thief for its own era. This time, a Black man is wearing the suit and calling the shots on both sides of the camera.

The Thomas Crown Affair is rated PG-13 and opens only in theaters on March 5, 2027.

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