{"id":7629,"date":"2025-07-19T08:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7629\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T08:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T08:33:14","slug":"taylor-russell-exits-michael-b-jordans-the-thomas-crown-affair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/7629\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Russell Exits Michael B. Jordan’s ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tTaylor Russell<\/a> has exited her role in Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 reimagining of \u201cThe Thomas Crown Affair<\/a>,\u201d where she was set to star opposite Michael B. Jordan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction on the movie, directed by Jordan, is underway in London. Russell is said to have exited the part due to creative differences, and the studio will be recasting her role as progress continues toward the film\u2019s March 5, 2027 theatrical release date.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe Thomas Crown Affair\u201d also stars Kenneth Branagh, Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira, Pilou Asb\u00e6k and Aiysha Hart. Drew Pearce wrote the script, with plot details being kept under wraps, following a previous draft written by Wes Tooke and Justin Britt-Gibson, which was based on the original film.<\/p>\n

\n\tJordan and Elizabeth Raposo are producing the picture for Outlier Society, alongside Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment. Patrick McCormick and Toberoff Productions\u2019 Marc Toberoff also serve as producers. Alan Trustman (writer of the original 1968 film starring Steve McQueen) is an executive producer.<\/p>\n

\n\tRussell is best known for her standout turns in Trey Edward Shults\u2019 A24 feature \u201cWaves,\u201d for which she won the breakthrough actor award at the Gotham Awards, and Luca Guadagnino\u2019s \u201cBones and All,\u201d which earned her the emerging actress prize at the Venice Film Festival and nominations from the Gothams and Independent Spirit Awards. Upcoming, Russell will be seen in the Korean thriller \u201cHope\u201d by Na Hong-jin, opposite Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Hoyeon; starring in Frank Ocean\u2019s upcoming film opposite David Jonnson; and in talks for a remake of \u201cSingle White Female\u201d with Jenna Ortega for Sony. Russell recently made her stage debut in director Jamie Lloyd\u2019s critically acclaimed revival of Lucy Prebble\u2019s play, \u201cThe Effect,\u201d which had a run in London and New York.<\/p>\n

\n\tRussell made her directorial debut with the short documentary \u201cThe Heart Still Hums,\u201d which she co-directed and won best documentary short at the Palm Springs International ShortFest. She is represented by UTA, Narrative and James Feldman.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline was first to report the news of Russell\u2019s exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Taylor Russell has exited her role in Amazon MGM Studios\u2019 reimagining of \u201cThe Thomas Crown Affair,\u201d where she…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75,8086,8087,8088],"class_list":{"0":"post-7629","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-michael-b-jordan","13":"tag-taylor-russell","14":"tag-the-thomas-crown-affair"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}