Robert Pattinson and Denzel Washington in a heist film: first images from The Take

The director of City of God, Fernando Meirelles, directs the two stars in this thriller written by Simon Kinberg, expected on Netflix.

This is the first time they have shared the poster for the same film!

Robert Pattinson and Denzel Washington come face to face in The Takea heist thriller including Entertainment Weekly reveals the first images. Formerly titled Here Comes the Floodthe feature film is directed by the Brazilian Fernando Meirelles, revealed internationally with The City of Godon a screenplay by Simon Kinberg (X-Men, Deadpool & Wolverine). Daisy Edgar-Jones will play the leading female role.

The plot remains deliberately mysterious. The film features a bank security guard, a bank employee and a master burglar, caught in a dangerous game of scams and betrayals. And don’t count on the director to lift the veil on the many twists and turns: Fernando Meirelles promises that everything will only make sense in the last ten seconds of the film.

“The structure of the script really caught my attention. We start watching the film without really knowing where it is going to take us. We have to let ourselves be carried away, without too many expectations. The story never ceases to surprise us until the very end“, he explains to Entertainment Weekly.

Danai Gurira, Moisés Arias, Justin Kirk and Sean Harris complete the cast. The Take will be released in selected US theaters on January 15, 2027, before being available on Netflix.