Further delays to Brosnan's 'Thomas Crown' sequel

The on-again off-again on-again "Thomas Crown Affair" sequel, at one stage set to be based on the 1964 flick "Topkapi" (though apparently that's no longer the case), has been dealt another blow -- says MovieHole.

Filmmaker Paul Verhoeven, initially onboard to steer the long-gestating flick into production, tells MTV Movies Blog he's no longer onboard the Pierce Brosnan-starring sequel.

''No, I am not [involved] anymore," the "Total Recall" and "Showgirls" director said. "Things happened there, the regime changed. The initial ideas that they had about 'Thomas Crown 2' were interesting I thought. There was a script written by two young writers that used the fact that now we're living 15, 20 years later."

So what happened?

"Ultimately, [the studio] decided not to [use] that script anymore. Then there was a regime change. And basically I felt that I could not follow [on the project]," he concluded.

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