‘Miami Vice’ Movie With Michael B. Jordan & Austin Butler Gets Title
Universal Pictures’ upcoming Miami Vice film formally has its Tubbs and Crockett in addition to a brand new title as Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler are set to star in Miami Vice ’85 with Joseph Kosinski directing. The movie can be shot for Imax and is ready to bow on August 6, 2027.
The movie explores the glamor and corruption of mid-’80s Miami in an all-new model of Miami Viceimpressed by the pilot episode and first season of the landmark Universal Television collection that influenced tradition and set the fashion of all the things from trend to filmmaking.
Deadline reported final fall that Jordan and Butler have been in talks to star within the pic, however it was not anticipated to start manufacturing till fall of 2026, so there was no rush to shut offers. Insiders add that the movie solely lately went to get its finances greenlighted and offers for Jordan and Butler closed quickly after the studio gave the thumbs up.
The movie can be produced by Dylan Clark/Dylan Clark Productions and Kosinski. nightcrawler Oscar nominee Dan Gilroy is writing the scriptprimarily based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the collection government produced by Yerkovich and Michael Mann. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay.
EVP Production Development Sara Scott and Creative Executive of Production Development Christina Hoffrogge will oversee the undertaking for Universal.
Jordan received an Academy Award, Actor Award and two NAACP Awards for his lead dual-performance in SinnersJordan’s fifth collaboration with director Ryan Coogler. Upon its launch in March 2025, Sinners turned a vital, cultural and field workplace juggernaut, marking the most important debut for an authentic movie since 2019.
Next up, Jordan will direct, star and produce a reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair for Amazon MGM. the movie hits theaters worldwide March 5, 2027.
Butler’s efficiency as Elvis Presley in Elvis earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, together with Golden Globe and BAFTA wins within the class. He since has delivered standout roles because the chilling Feyd-Rautha in Dune: Part Two (2024), biker Benny in The Bikeriders (2023) and HBO miniseries Major Gale “Buck” Cleven in Masters of the Air (2024). Upcoming, he’ll star in the A24 crime thriller Enemies with Jeremy Allen White.
Jordan is represented by 1v1 Entertainment, WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole. Butler is repped by WME, Brillstein and Sloane Offer Weber & Dern. Kosinski is represented by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Sloane Offer. Clark is represented by CAA. Gilroy is represented by CAA, LBI and Behr Abramson Levy Johnson.
