Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Pierce
Brosnan
is
set
to
reprise
his
role
in
the
upcoming
sequel
to
the
Thomas
Crown
Affair.
Tentatively
titled
The
Thomas
Crown
Affair
2
the
MGM
project
will
be
directed
by
Dutch
director
Paul
Verhoeven.
The
film
is
based
on
the
1964
movie
Topkapi
and
the
novel
"The
Light
of
Day" by
Eric
Ambler.
Brosnan
will
return
as
Thomas
Crown,
the
world's
most
debonair
thief
and
corporate
raider,
but
Renee
Russo
will
not
feature
as
his
love
interest,
reports
Variety.
Instead,
the
follow-up
to
the
1999
film,
which
was
a
remake
of
a
1968
Steve
McQueen-Faye
Dunaway
starrer,
will
feature
a
character
named
Nadia
Badri
as
the
new
female
lead.
No
one
has
been
cast
for
the
role
as
yet.
Set
in
Europe
and
the
Middle
East,
the
story
follows
Crown,
a
self-made
billionaire,
as
he
becomes
entangled
in
a
centuries-old
feud
and
must
decide
how
much
he's
willing
to
risk
for
love.
Brosnan
is
producing
alongside
Beau
St.
Clair
and
Dino
Conte.
The
film
is
set
to
begin
shooting
in
January.
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