Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler’s long-awaited Miami Vice reboot now has an official title, director, and release date, and it’s shaping up to be one of the most exciting blockbusters on the horizon.
The film will be called Miami Vice ’85Universal confirmed.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski, the man behind F1 And Top Gun: Maverick it is scheduled for release on August 6, 2027 and will be filmed for Imax.
Production is expected to begin later this year.
Jordan, fresh from being crowned Best Actor, will play Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs, while Oscar nominee Butler will play James “Sonny” Crockett, the roles made famous by Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson in the classic 1980s TV series and then reimagined by Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in Michael Mann’s 2006 big screen adaptation.
Kosinski had made it clear that he had both men at the top of his wish list.
“Michael is someone I have admired for a long time, [and] I always wanted to work with him. Austin, I think, is proving himself as someone to watch. Again, I really admired his choices,” he said. Variety when the talks were first reported last year.
“If it’s those two, I’ll be very lucky.”
Both actors arrive at the project in exceptional form.
Jordan won the Oscar, a SAG-AFTRA award and two NAACP awards for his dual performance in Ryan Coogler. Sinnersand also directs and stars in a reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair.
Butler, whose portrayal of Elvis Presley earned him an Oscar nomination and propelled him to Hollywood’s top tier, has since worked with Denis Villeneuve, Jeff Nichols, Darren Aronofsky and Ari Aster, and will next appear in a crime thriller. Enemies alongside Jeremy Allen White.
The film’s storyline promises a dive into “the glamor and corruption of mid-’80s Miami,” drawing inspiration from the pilot episode and first season of the original series.
The screenplay was written by Dan Gilroy, based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich.
