Pierce Brosnan is now talking about the long awaited follow up film to The Thomas Crown Affar; The Topkapi Affair. The good people over at monstersandcritics.com give us the infor from Pierce Brosnan:
The long in development project looks like it’s a go, according to Pierce. “Thomas Crown 2 for all intents and purposes, will happen. The script came in two days ago and it’s good. We’ve announced it, we’ve said to the world that we’re going to do it, come hell or high water, we’re going to do it. The bar is high on this one, the expectation is high on it.”
“The Topkaki Affair” is the title, and would be a loose remake of the 1964 MGM film Topkaki about the heist from an Istanbul museum. Brosnan has stated that actress Rene Russo will not be in this “Affair.”
So finally there is going to be a sequel but…will anyone go out to watch? The Thomas Crown Affair was a very popular movie, esspecially with the under appreciated 35 plus demographic. I have to wonder though if Renne Russo’s absence will decrease the box office numbers, there was such a fantastic chemistry between Brosnan and her and I don’t know who they could get to bring such a spark to the screen.
If the makers are smart they will NOT bring in a ridiculously young woman to replace Rene, it would be much more appealing if they had in a man to bring a buddy sense to the film. Brosnan and Greg Kinnear in The Matador were great together, there was no need for a romantic lead with the those two hamming it up together. If the makers are actually taking a quality amount from the original Topkapi then the buddy system would work very well.
If you want to check out a hilariously dated trailer for that movie click here.
This film could be good, it still has Pierce Brosnan which will get a good amount of people out and if the script is good then it really is just a matter of casting someone to complement the story and Brosnan. Or they could just throw a flavor of the week hot actress in with him and insult the older women who loved the first movie so much because they had themselves represented in Rene Russo.
By the first trailer it should be pretty easy to see which way this flick will go.
