《Robbery》 will be released on Netflix and some theaters simultaneously in January next year

The Take, starring Denzel Washington, Robert Pattinson and Daisy Edgar-Jones, is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 15, 2027.The film will be released simultaneously in some theaters and on Netflix globally, and the first batch of stills and official main poster have also been announced.

The film had previously used the title Here Comes the Flood.Director Fernando Merrills directed City of God, and this time he chose to lock the entire bank robbery in one person's perspective.

Pattinson plays Noah, a retired Army captain who has trouble adjusting to civilian life.He is approached by thief Christian Carter, played by Washington, who invites him to rob Manhattan's wealthiest bank.The problem is that Noah's girlfriend Rose - played by Edgar Jones - works as a teller at this bank.Time is getting tighter. He not only has to take care of love, but also has to judge who around him is worthy of trust.

Merrills explained to Entertainment Weekly that the film won't cut back and forth between the robbers and their pursuers: the audience will know what Noah sees and hears over the intercom.The script is like a puzzle, and he also predicted that the whole picture will be put together in the last ten seconds.When he first read the script, he was unsure whether he was reading a robbery movie or a psychological story surrounding love, but later he felt it was both.In preparation, he rewatched works such as Heat, Point Break, The Killing and Dog Day Afternoon.

Washington viewed Carter as a frustrated musician: a precise thinker who seemed to be doing math problems, thought he was smarter than others, had a habit of manipulating others, and ultimately only cared about himself.Pattinson believes that Noah has trouble trusting others, is dishonest, and doesn't even fully understand why he participated in the robbery.

Pattinson worked with Denzel's son John David Washington in Christopher Nolan's Tenet.This time it was his turn to star opposite his father, and he told Entertainment Weekly that Denzel was one of the reasons he became an actor.He liked to improvise, and scenes often went off-script as they were being performed; some of these improvisations, Merrills says, have remained in the finished film.

The cast also includes Danai Gurira as Oaklyn, Sean Harris as Logan, Moises Arias as Gabriel, and Justin Kirk as Anderson.Denzel Washington and Edgar Jones are both starring in Netflix original movies for the first time; Pattinson has previously starred in the platform's The King and The Devil All the Time.

The film was shot from November 2025 to January 2026, including New York City, Jersey City, Hoboken, Newark and Atlanta.The screenplay is by X-Men: Days of Future Past's Simon Kinberg, who also serves as co-producer with Audrey Jean through Genre Films.Reports call it Merrills' largest work to date.

Netflix also previously launched The Rip and Back in Action in January.As of the announcement of this scheduled date, 《Jie Ju 》 has not yet released a trailer.