Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan in talks to bring back this 80s TV classic!

by Elizabeth Stanton

Fri, October 24th 2025 at 5:00 PM

Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan are in talks to star in a "Miami Vice" reboot.{ }(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images/Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images)

American actors Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas, as detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, in a promotional portrait for the TV series 'Miami Vice', circa 1985. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 17: Austin Butler attends the Los Angeles premiere of Focus Features' "The Bikeriders" at TCL Chinese Theatre on June 17, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images)

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Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan are in talks to star in a "Miami Vice" reboot.(Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images/Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images)

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Dust off your wide-shoulder suit jackets and mullets, “Miami Vice” is coming back!

Michael B. Jordan was first reported to be in talks to to star as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs in a movie reboot of the show, directed by “Top Gun: Maverick” and “F1” director Joseph Kosinski, according to Variety.

Now the outlet is reporting that the “Sinners” star could be joined by Austin Butler in the part of James “Sonny” Crockett for the reboot.

Production on the movie is set to begin sometime next year, with a release date already set for Aug 6, 2027.

A logline for the movie describes it as “inspired 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.”

The original “Miami Vice” TV series debuted in 1984 and starred Don Johnson as Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs. There was also a 2006 film adaptation starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, directed by series creator Michael Mann.

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