Pierce Brosnan speaks about The Topkapi Affair

pierce.jpgPierce 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.

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7 thoughts on “Pierce Brosnan speaks about The Topkapi Affair

  1. can’t wait to see TC3

    the last one was made decades after the 1st one so it matters not a jot if this one’s delayed. it will be great so lets not be negative about it

    don’t think jolie’s right though and i would choose someone known but less well known than jolie and also someone with alittle more class. in fact another version of russo would do very nicely. there has to be chemistry and to have that there has to be some realism with ages etc

    anyway, cannot wait for this so hope it happens!

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    If the earlier reports about having Angelina Jolie as the female lead are right, then I will be eagerly awaiting the Topkapi Affair. Pierce will always have a pull in Asia, but with Pierce and Angelina, and remembering the steamy scenes from The Thomas Crown Affair, how can this be not hot?

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  4. I had a lightbulb the second I hit enter on that last one. If this has to be made, with a new character replacing Catherine Banning, I’d like to see Diane Lane step in. Yes, she’s above this as an actress, but she and Brosnan would look hot together.

  5. The little interest I had in this just dropped to nothing, reading that Russo is out. I’m sure it’s a classic case of a studio being afraid to cast a woman in her 40s/50s as a romantic lead, which is lame as hell. The reason the first sizzled like it did was because of the chemistry. Furthermore, if I had to choose who gave the better performance — Brosnan or Russo — I would go with Russo.

    If the sequel becomes Brosnan with Gisele Bundchen, I won’t even give it a chance on cable.

  6. Umm, the first one came out how long ago? Why didn’t they strike when the iron was still lukewarm and make it then? If nobody is screaming for a sequel, then the chances of it making money are slim and none.

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