Amazon MGM Studios released the official trailer for “The Thomas Crown Affair” on Thursday, November 12th, 2026. It runs two minutes and 24 seconds on the studio’s YouTube channel, 55 seconds longer than the teaser from July 29th, 2026. Thomas Crown (Michael B. Jordan) is a billionaire with a taste for art, and Jordan also directs. Kenneth Branagh co-stars. The film opens in theaters on Friday, March 5th, 2027.
The teaser sold a mood. This cut introduces the person chasing him. Her name is Bennet (Adria Arjona), and she is on screen inside the first ten seconds. Warning beyond this point there are spoilers for “The Thomas Crown Affair” and everything shown in its trailers.
This cut introduces the person chasing him.”
The trailer opens at a lamp-lit restaurant table where Crown sits in a dark suit. A voice says “Mr. Crown.” A second voice answers “Ms. Bennet.” Bennet looks around the room, and a voice says “Nice place.” She says “Tell me something.” and then asks “Does this billionaire thing really work?” The reply is one word: “Usually?” The Hollywood Reporter quoted the same banter from the footage shown at CinemaCon in April. The scene sets the terms for the film. He has the money, and she is not impressed by it.
The MGM lion appears, and the film leaves the table. Tower Bridge glows at night. A red sports car rolls through an underpass lined with neon strips. A man sits with his back to the camera in front of a wall-size painting. Over those shots a voice says “You know, when you first see someone’s art collection, it really tells you a story about them.” ABC News gives the line to Bennet. Crown asks “Well, what’s my story?” and Bennet answers “I think you’re fractured.” “Definitely have commitment issues.” comes next, and ABC News gives Crown’s reply as “I don’t like to be tied down.”
A run of dark, quick images cuts in under that exchange. A workbench holds a circuit board and loose wiring. A man in work overalls lifts a visor off his eyes. Crown stands in a tuxedo before a steel structure strung with lights. Then the trailer slows for the crime. A man stands in a library facing a lit yellow painting. Over Bennet’s profile a voice says “Ten years behind bars for a Van Gogh.” As the line ends a man takes hold of the framed painting. A voice asks “That doesn’t scare you, does it?” and then says “Right here.” and “Right on the edge.” Those last two lines play over a close-up kiss.
A card reads “FROM DIRECTOR” above “MICHAEL B. JORDAN” over a speedboat on open water. The montage that follows moves fast. Crown steps out of a low red car with a “CRW” plate. A room of guests in black tie looks up toward the camera. Crown stands in a white dinner jacket and then in a tuxedo. A voice says “Across the last decade a thief has stolen five major artworks from all across the globe.” Branagh’s character stands before a window over the city lights, and a voice says “You find my Van Gogh… you’ll get your 10 million.” ABC News says Branagh appears to play a wealthy art collector who hires Bennet to find a missing painting.
The next beat is a bar with a pool table. Crown holds a cue, and a voice asks “Are you hustling me, Ms. Bennet?” Bennet answers “Hustling, no.” Over a corkboard of clippings she adds “Hunting, yes.” A printed page on the board reads “CROWN’S LATE NIGHT EXIT” above “BILLIONAIRE’S SURPRISE SUPERMODEL SIGHTING.” A hand presses a pink note onto the board. It reads “NEW YORK” and “SILENCE IS GOLDEN.” The board makes the hunt literal.
Crown turns up again in a red-and-black racing jacket and sunglasses. A row of photographers leans on a rail. In a dim room a voice says “When you worked for the FBI, you found some very impressive paintings.” Another asks “If you’re so good, why’d you leave?” The answer is “I didn’t wanna be tied down.” Those words echo “I don’t like to be tied down.” from the first minute. They are the closest the trailer comes to a thesis: two people who both run from commitment and keep landing on each other. A woman then dives from a seaside cliff into turquoise water.
A card reads “ON MARCH 5” over a green hillside village. Crown drives an open-top car along a hillside road, and a woman in a headscarf and sunglasses rides beside him. Branagh’s character sits in a leather chair and smiles. A voice asks “Why would Mr. Crown target me?” Screen Realm hears that as the collector’s question and gives the answer “This is personal.” to Bennet. The next line is “And whatever he’s planning is way bigger than just a theft.” It plays over an extreme close-up of Crown’s eyes, just after a man is shown with his back to a burning house.
Crown grips straps that hang from the ceiling of a room with sliding paper screens. Three cards arrive one at a time: “REVENGE”, “IS” and “A WORK OF ART.” Between them come Branagh’s character staring across a gala and a fight in silhouette before tall windows. KinoCheck notes that the first poster carries the same line. The cards do not say whose revenge it is. That is the right call for a trailer, because it keeps the question open.
The tone sharpens after that. A voice says “Something tells me that once you set your eyes on something you won’t stop until you get it.” Another answers “That’s right.” Then comes “I’m gonna break you.” The last line plays as a man in a white dinner jacket is bent forward with two men gripping his arms. Branagh’s character leans into the frame.
Three name cards close out the cast. “ACADEMY AWARD WINNER MICHAEL B. JORDAN” appears before Crown grins in a racing helmet. “KENNETH BRANAGH” comes next, and then “ADRIA ARJONA” ahead of Bennet in a red vest on a glass-walled balcony. The studio also lists Lily Gladstone, Danai Gurira and Pilou Asbæk in the cast. None of them gets a name card in this cut. The last stretch is a scramble of a phone call, torch sparks and a speedboat. A voice asks “Does anyone have eyes on Crown?” and Crown, in a dark shirt, asks “Think you’ll get me?” White bars then assemble into the title, and the end card reads “FILMED FOR IMAX” above “MARCH 5.”
Against the July teaser the new cut changes the sound more than the picture. The teaser’s voice-over begins “I’ve been taking risks my entire life.” Its last spoken line is “If you don’t jump, can’t catch me.” The teaser never says Bennet’s name. The cliff dive, the speedboat, the race cars and the white dinner jacket all return in the new cut. What is new is the banter between the leads, the Van Gogh job and the FBI question. The teaser also billed Jordan as the director of “Creed III.” The new cut bills him as “Academy Award winner” in one card and “From Director” in another.
The pursuer is the part worth watching. The 1968 original starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, and its Crown is hunted by an insurance investigator, according to The Hollywood Reporter and KinoCheck. The 1999 remake starred Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. Screen Realm and KinoCheck call Bennet a former FBI agent. ABC News calls her an insurance investigator. The trailer’s own line points to the FBI, and the credits card names Drew Pearce and Jason Hall as the screenwriters.
Jordan said after the CinemaCon screening, according to The Hollywood Reporter, that he saw the 1999 film when he was around 9 years old. His description of it fits this trailer: “It was a guy that was smart, sophisticated and always three steps ahead.” The studio describes the new film as a heist thriller “where the most dangerous man in the room is the one nobody’s watching.” The trailer never shows who is ahead here. It watches Crown, and it watches Bennet watching him.
The teaser sold a man. This cut sells a duel. Crown has a plan, Bennet has a trail and a collector has a missing painting. The question left open is who finishes ahead, and a ticket for March 5th, 2027 is the answer.
What Do You Think? Is Crown stealing for the thrill or for revenge? Does Bennet bring him in or fall for him? And does a trailer built on two leads and a collector leave room for the rest of the cast?
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