{"id":422073,"date":"2026-10-08T08:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422073\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T08:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T08:44:24","slug":"michael-irby-cast-in-universals-miami-vice-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/422073\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Irby Cast In Universal’s ‘Miami Vice ’85’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: The cast of Universal\u2019s Miami Vice \u201985 continues to expand, with Michael Irby<\/a> (Mayans M.C., Barry) joining the fold. Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler lead the film as Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett, respectively. Alden Ehrenreich<\/a>, Whitney Peak<\/a>, Camila Morrone<\/a>, John Leguizamo<\/a>, Danny Ramirez<\/a> and Walton Goggins<\/a> also star.<\/p>\n

\n\tIrby will play Lt. Lou Rodriguez, sources close to production reveal. The original character on the hit NBC series Miami Vice, who was boss of Metro-Dade Police Department\u2019s Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division, was played by Gregory Sierra. Rodriguez was killed off after four episodes at Sierra\u2019s request to be written out because he didn\u2019t want to move to Miami.<\/p>\n

\n\tHis exit made way for Edward James Olmos to take the reins as Lt. Martin Castillo beginning in episode 6 of the crime drama\u2019s freshman season.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiami Vice \u201985 puts Irby on the opposite side of the law from his roles in FX\u2019s Mayans M.C. and HBO\u2019s Barry, where he played president of the Mayans Motor Cycle Club Obispo \u201cBishop\u201d Losa and Bolivian mob boss Cristobal Sifuentes, respectively.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tL-R: Philip Michael Thomas, Don Johnson and Gregory Sierra in the \u2018Miami Vice\u2019 pilot<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tUniversal Television<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom screenwriter Dan Gilroy and director Joseph Kosinski, Miami Vice \u201985 explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of Miami Vice. The film is inspired by the pilot episode of the 1984-90 NBC series, titled \u201cBrother\u2019s Keeper,\u201d which aired on September 16, 1984.<\/p>\n

\n\tWritten by series creator Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann, the two-hour series premiere of Miami Vice introduced the world to Vice cop Crockett (Don Johnson) and New York detective Tubbs (Philip Michael Thomas), who are brought together by destiny, though they do not really vibe at first. They eventually become partners, but first they investigate Colombian drug lord Calderone (Miguel Pi\u00f1ero), the show\u2019s main antagonist across Season 1.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the series premiere, it\u2019s revealed why Crockett and Tubbs have beef that runs deep with Calderone. For Tubbs, he\u2019s visiting SoFla seeking revenge for his slain brother, who was taken down after the cartel leader put out a hit on his life. Crockett also has reason to want Calderone off the streets: the crime boss killed the former\u2019s partner Eddie Rivera (Jimmy Smits) early in the pilot. Despite first appearances, Crockett and Tubbs decide they want to work together, taking down bad guys in the Magic City and having some fun in between.<\/p>\n

\n\tAside from the Crockett and Tubbs intro, the debut episode is famously known for a driving scene where the duo is in Crockett\u2019s black Ferrari Daytona Spyder while listening to Phil Collins\u2019 song \u201cIn the Air Tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso notable, though not from this episode, Leguizamo portrayed Calderone\u2019s son Orlando twice in the series. Leguizamo\u2019s Miami Vice \u201985 role is unknown.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe movie will be filmed for Imax and is set for release on May 19, 2028. Production will begin this year.<\/p>\n

\n\tMiami Vice \u201985 is being produced by Dylan Clark\/Dylan Clark Productions (The Batman, The Penguin) and Kosinski (F1). Gilroy is writing the script, based on characters created by Yerkovich from the series executive produced by Yerkovich and Mann. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay.<\/p>\n

\n\tIrby is represented by Independent Artist Group and Coronel Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: The cast of Universal\u2019s Miami Vice \u201985 continues to expand, with Michael Irby (Mayans M.C., Barry) joining…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124,107044,166584],"class_list":["post-422073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-vice-85","tag-michael-irby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422073","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=422073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}