{"id":242385,"date":"2026-04-22T21:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242385\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:34:20","slug":"miami-vice-reboot-with-michael-b-jordan-austin-butler-gets-official-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/242385\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Miami Vice’ Reboot With Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler Gets Official Title"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMichael B. Jordan<\/a> and Austin Butler<\/a>\u2018s \u201cMiami Vice\u201d reboot is officially confirmed, with the new title \u201cMiami Vice \u201985.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tThe Universal film, from \u201cF1\u201d and \u201cTop Gun: Maverick\u201d director Joseph Kosinski<\/a>, is scheduled for release on Aug. 6, 2027. Production on the movie, which will be filmed for Imax, will start later this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tJordan, the newly minted best actor Oscar winner, will star as Ricardo \u201cRico\u201d Tubbs, with Oscar nominee Butler playing James \u201cSonny\u201d Crockett. (Philip Michael Thomas and Don Johnson first portrayed the suave South Florida detectives in the classic 80s TV series; then Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx starred in the first big-screen adaptation, 2006\u2019s \u201cMiami Vice,\u201d directed by Michael Mann.)<\/p>\n

\n\tJordan and Butler were first reported as being in talks to star in the film last year. \u201cMichael is someone I\u2019ve admired for a long time, [and] always wanted to work with him. Austin, I think, is proving himself as someone to watch. Again, I\u2019ve just have really admired his choices,\u201d Kosinski told Variety at the time, explaining why the duo topped his wish list. \u201cIf it ends up being those two, I\u2019d be very lucky.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIndeed, Jordan and Butler join the film at the top of their respective games. Jordan won the Academy Award, SAG-AFTRA\u2019s Actor Award and two NAACP Awards for his dual-performance in Ryan Coogler\u2019s blockbuster hit \u201cSinners.\u201d Next, he stars in, directs and produces a reimagining of \u201cThe Thomas Crown Affair\u201d for Amazon MGM Studios, the sexy trailer<\/a> for which electrified the CinemaCon audience. Jordan is represented by 1v1 Entertainment, WME, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole, and 2PM Sharp<\/p>\n

\n\tButler added Baz Luhmrann to his list of collaborations with auteur filmmakers (and a best actor Oscar nod) with his transformative performance as Elvis Presley in \u201cElvis.\u201d Since then, Butler starred in films for Denis Villeneuve (\u201cDune: Part Two\u201d), Jeff Nichols (\u201cThe Bikeriders\u201d), Darren Aronofsky (\u201cCaught Stealing\u201d) and Ari Aster (\u201cEddington\u201d). Butler will next star in the A24 crime thriller \u201cEnemies\u201d with Jeremy Allen White. He is represented by WME, Brillstein, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern and 2PM Sharp.<\/p>\n

\n\tPer the film\u2019s logline, Kosinski\u2019s \u201cMiami Vice \u201985\u201d will explore \u201cthe glamour and corruption of mid-80\u2019s Miami\u201d and is \u201cinspired by the pilot episode and first season of the landmark television series that influenced culture and set the style of everything from fashion to filmmaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDan Gilroy penned the script, based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the TV series, which was executive produced by Yerkovich and Mann. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay. <\/p>\n

\n\tDylan Clark (for Dylan Clark Productions) and Kosinski serve as producers on the film. Executive VP of production development Sara Scott and creative executive of production development Christina Hoffrogge will oversee the project for the studio.<\/p>\n

\n\tKosinski, Clark and Gilroy are represented by CAA. Kosinski is also represented by Untitled Entertainment and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern; Clark is also represented by 42West; and Gilroy is also represented by LBI and Behr Abramson Levy Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler\u2018s \u201cMiami Vice\u201d reboot is officially confirmed, with the new title \u201cMiami Vice…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15704,14703,123,125,124,107040,14705],"class_list":["post-242385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-austin-butler","tag-joseph-kosinski","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-vice-u201985","tag-michael-b-jordan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}