Netflix has released the first-look images for The Take, formerly titled Here Comes the Flood, an unconventional heist thriller starring Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson, and Daisy Edgar-Jones, premiering January 15, 2027, alongside a limited theatrical release. The film is directed by Fernando Meirelles from an original script by Simon Kinberg.
Set in New York, The Take follows Noah, played by Pattinson, a former Army captain adjusting to civilian life who’s recruited by Christian Carter, played by Washington, a charismatic thief planning to rob Manhattan’s richest bank. The twist: that bank happens to be where Noah’s girlfriend, Rose, played by Edgar-Jones, works as a teller. With both time and love on the line, Noah has to decide who he can actually trust. The cast also includes Danai Gurira, Sean Harris, Moisés Arias, and Justin Kirk.
Meirelles described the film to Entertainment Weekly as a genuine blend of genres, saying he wasn’t sure at first whether he was reading a heist film or a psychological drama built around a love story. He noted the film is told entirely from Noah’s point of view, a deliberate structural choice that breaks from typical heist movie conventions, which usually cut between the criminals and whoever’s chasing them. “We only know what Noah knows,” Meirelles said, “either because he’s physically present or because he hears something over the intercom.” Edgar-Jones kept details close as well, telling EW she didn’t want to “set it up too much, as the fun of this film is the mystery and its turns,” while Meirelles teased that the story doesn’t fully click into place until the final ten seconds.
The project also marks a notable pairing for Washington and Pattinson, arriving as Pattinson wraps production on The Batman Part II, earns early awards buzz for Primetime, and was recently revealed to have screen-tested for the next James Bond under director Denis Villeneuve.
With a cast this stacked and a structure built specifically to withhold information even from its own audience, The Take is positioning itself as one of Netflix’s more formally ambitious genre releases heading into 2027.