News has been circulating that Paul Verhoeven will be returning to big budget Hollywood filmmaking by taking the helm of The Topkapi Affair. In case you are unaware, Topkapi will be the long awaited sequel (by me at least) to 1999’s The Thomas Crown Affair.

I think that this is great news; Topkapi has been on the boil for a few years now and there hasn’t been a director attached to the project (I could take a cheap shot at John McTiernan here, but I wont - besides all the best jokes have been used). Verhoeven should be able to add a good touch of gloss to the film and he’ll probably ratchet up the sex and violence quota while he’s at it.

Pierce Brosnan will again be back as Thomas Crown (as well as producing through his Irish Dreamtime shingle) and rumour has it that Angelina Jolie will play his love interest in the film. I can’t wait to see Brosnan back in one of his best roles, but I feel that Jolie’s attachment could ruin the project.

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