Joseph Kosinski Miami Vice The movie finally has a title, Miami Vice ’85Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler have officially signed on to play Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs and Sonny Crockett after a long period of negotiations on the project.
The film version of the 1980s TV series is inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the cop show, and is scheduled to be released by Universal Pictures on August 6, 2027. Miami Vice ’85 It will also be a period film, unlike Michael Mann’s 2006 film Miami Vice The film stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell.
Butler will play James “Sonny” Crockett, a role created by Don Johnson in the Universal TV series, while Jordan will play fellow Miami undercover detective Ricardo Tubbs, who is played by Philip Michael Thomas in the show.
Academy Award winner Michael B. Jordan stars in Ryan Coogler’s film Sinners, Black Panther and Creed III He is set to direct, star in and produce the reimagining of Thomas Crown case For Amazon MGM. Butler, who was nominated for an Oscar, played Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s film Facebook He also appeared in Dune: Part Two, Cyclists, Masters of the Air She will also star in the upcoming A24 crime thriller Enemies.
Miami Vice It began life as a television series created by Anthony Yerkovich about two undercover Miami police officers known for their love of pastel suits and ran from 1984 to 1990 on NBC.
Production on Miami Vice ’85 The film debuts this year with Kosinski, who will direct back-to-back blockbusters F1: The movie and Top Gun: Maverickexplores the glamor and corruption of Miami in the mid-1980s. Kosinski will shoot the film with IMAX cameras, as he did with IMAX cameras F1 and Top Gun.
Miami Vice ’85 It is produced by Dylan Clark and Kosinski, with Dan Gilroy writing the script based on characters created by Yerkovich from the series, which he executive produces with Mann. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay.
Jordan is repped by 1v1 Entertainment and WME, while Butler is repped by WME and Brillstein. Kosinski is repped by CAA and Untitled Entertainment.
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