{"id":788338,"date":"2026-10-01T08:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788338\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:14:10","slug":"miami-vice-85-casts-superman-star-edi-gathegi-in-key-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/788338\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Miami Vice \u201985\u2019 Casts \u2018Superman\u2019 Star Edi Gathegi in Key Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tEdi Gathegi, who stole scenes with his turn as superhero Mr. Terrific in last year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/superman\/\" id=\"auto-tag_superman_1\" data-tag=\"superman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Superman<\/a>, has joined the bold-faced cast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/miami-vice\/\" id=\"auto-tag_miami-vice_1\" data-tag=\"miami-vice\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Vice<\/a> \u201985, Universal Pictures\u2019 big-screen take on the classic TV series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGathegi joins a call sheet that already includes Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, Alden Ehrenreich, Whitney Peak, Camila Morrone, Danny Ramirez, John Leguizamo and Andrew Schulz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tJoseph Kosinski, who helmed the propulsive Top Gun: Maverick and F1, is directing the new big-screen take on the 1980s TV show, with the feature project eyeing a November production start and shoots in New York and Miami.<\/p>\n<p>The new feature will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-\u201980s Miami in a new version of the property, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark television series<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Anthony Yerkovich-created TV series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two undercover Miami police officers \u2014 James Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs \u2014 known for their love of fast boats and pastel suits. In the new update, Jordan is playing Tubbs while Butler is playing Crockett, the two swagger-strutting detectives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tIn a key role, Gathegi will play a small-time crook with big time ambitions who is in over his head, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tVice \u201985 will be filmed for Imax and is set for release by Universal Pictures on May 19, 2028. Producing are Dylan Clark via his Dylan Clark Productions (The Batman) and Kosinski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGathegi gained attention from fans and critics alike who praised his cool under pressure and droll-natured take on Mr. Terrific, the long-standing DC Comics character, in James Gunn\u2019s Superman. He reprises the character in next year\u2019s sequel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/man-of-tomorrow\/\" id=\"auto-tag_man-of-tomorrow_1\" data-tag=\"man-of-tomorrow\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man of Tomorrow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGathegi\u2019s feature credits include Western The Harder They Fall, opposite Idris Elba, Regina King, and Delroy Lindo for Netflix; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/x-men-class\/\" id=\"auto-tag_x-men-class_1\" data-tag=\"x-men-class\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">X-Men: First Class<\/a>; and some of the Twilight movies. He is also a series regular of the Apple TV\u2019s acclaimed hit For All Mankind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tGathegi is repped by IAG and Yorn Levine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edi Gathegi, who stole scenes with his turn as superhero Mr. Terrific in last year\u2019s Superman, has joined&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,55503,187803,951,56,54,55,118071],"class_list":["post-788338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-man-of-tomorrow","tag-miami-vice","tag-superman","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-x-men-first-class"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}