00:00It's official. Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler have signed on to play Ricardo Rico Tubbs
00:05and Sonny Crockett in the new Miami Vice movie, after long circling the project in negotiations.
00:12The film from Joseph Kaczynski also finally has a title. It will be called Miami Vice 85.
00:18The movie version of the 1980s TV series is inspired by the police show's pilot episode
00:24and first season. It's set for release by Universal Pictures on August 6,
00:282027. Kaczynski's Miami Vice 85 will also be a period film, unlike Michael Mann's 2006 Miami Vice
00:35movie that starred Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell. Butler will play James Sonny Crockett, the role
00:40originated by Don Johnson in the Universal TV series. Will Jordan will portray fellow Miami
00:46undercover detective Ricardo Tubbs, the role that was played by Philip Michael Thomas on the show.
00:51The Miami Vice television series ran from 1984 to 1990 on NBC.
01:02Go ahead, ruin my day. Production on Miami Vice 85 will begin this year. For more on this story and
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