Michael B. Jordan Says He Might “Quit It All And Make Anime The Rest Of My Life.”
· Thought Catalog
Updated 6 minutes ago, September 16, 2026
Michael B. Jordan may have found his next act, and it isn’t on a movie set. The Oscar-winning actor recently told Vogue he could imagine walking away from Hollywood to “quit it all and make anime the rest of my life.” A longtime fan of the medium, Jordan floated the idea half-jokingly — but he already has a window that could make room for it.
Jordan plans to take most of 2027 off after his reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair reaches theaters next spring. The 39-year-old, who’s directing and starring in the film, said he expects to spend the break reflecting after years of nonstop work. He’s also been developing a Miami Vice adaptation.
The pause comes on the heels of the biggest milestone of his career. Jordan won the 2026 Academy Award for Best Actor for playing twin brothers Smoke and Stack in Sinners — and awards season took a toll. The day after the ceremony, he fell ill and spent four days recovering on an IV, missing a celebration with friends who had come in from New Jersey.
He said his body had simply reached its limit: “Like, you reached the finish line, and your body said, ‘Alright, I got you here, time to shut down for a second.'”
Even so, the drive that got him there hasn’t faded. Jordan said he wants to be “mentioned amongst the greats,” and he’s reworking Thomas Crown for an era when audiences may have little appetite for watching a wealthy man commit crimes for sport.
Whether anime becomes part of what comes next remains to be seen. For now, it’s a fan’s daydream — one Jordan seems only half-kidding about.
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