Netflix has released the first images from The Take, the heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and Robert Pattinson, and confirmed the film will open in select cinemas and on the streaming service on January 15, 2027. The images arrived through Entertainment Weekly on November 9, 2026, alongside new details about a story that mixes a bank robbery with a romance and a set of double crosses.
Pattinson plays Noah, a former Army captain trying to settle into civilian life in New York. Washington plays Christian Carter, a charismatic thief who recruits Noah to help rob Manhattan’s richest bank. Daisy Edgar-Jones plays Rose, a teller at the bank and Noah’s girlfriend. The three are caught in what Netflix describes as a deadly game of cons and double crosses, the same brief logline the project has carried since it was first announced. The Take keeps most of its plot under wraps, and the first images give away little beyond the three leads in New York settings.
The Take cast and story
The film was previously titled Here Comes the Flood, a name Netflix dropped in October 2026 without explaining the change. The retitling was reported in October 2026, and the streamer has not explained the new name. Simon Kinberg wrote the screenplay, and Fernando Meirelles directed. Meirelles is the Oscar-nominated Brazilian filmmaker behind City of God and The Two Popes. Netflix first picked up the project in 2020, when it acquired Kinberg’s original screenplay in a seven-figure deal. Kinberg’s earlier writing credits include Dark Phoenix and The 355.
Filming took place between November 2025 and January 2026 in New York, Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark and Atlanta, according to reports, which puts the January 2027 release about a year after the cameras stopped rolling. The supporting cast includes Sean Harris, Danai Gurira and Moises Arias. The Take is the first Netflix original film for both Washington and Edgar-Jones, according to reports.
The Take release date and first images
The film will open in select theatres on the same day it starts streaming worldwide, a release pattern Netflix has used for several of its bigger titles. A trailer has not been released yet. The first images show the three leads together, and Entertainment Weekly published them with interviews with the cast and the director. The Take premieres on Friday, January 15, 2027.
Pattinson told Entertainment Weekly that Noah struggles to trust other people and added that the character is, in his words, “ironically, he’s also quite deceitful himself.” Meirelles told the magazine he was not sure at first whether he was reading a heist film or a psychological drama built around a love story, and described the finished film as a mix of both. He also said the story does not fully fall into place until the final 10 seconds of the film.
The Take and a busy year for Pattinson
The film arrives as Pattinson closes a busy stretch of work. He has four films arriving in 2026, according to reports, and he has been filming The Batman Part II and earning early awards attention for Primetime. He was also recently reported to have screen-tested for the next James Bond film under director Denis Villeneuve. The Take was his fifth film of 2026 before Netflix moved it to early next year.
For Washington, The Take is a return to the crime thriller, a genre he has worked in across much of his career. Edgar-Jones has moved steadily from television drama into film leading roles, and the heist gives her a central part in a large commercial production.
A heist told from one point of view
Meirelles told Entertainment Weekly the film is told entirely from Noah’s point of view, a choice that sets it apart from most heist films, which usually cut between the crew, the police and the victims. Edgar-Jones kept her own details brief, telling the magazine she did not want to set the story up too much because the fun of the film is in its mystery and its turns.
Netflix will release The Take in select theatres and on its streaming service worldwide on January 15, 2027.