A classy new chapter of Miami Vice is formally on the way in which. Common Photos has locked in August 6, 2027, for the theatrical launch of the reboot, which can be directed by Joseph Kosinski, the filmmaker behind High Gun: Maverick and this 12 months’s racing smash F1.

The movie is described as one which “explores the glamour and corruption of mid-80’s Miami” and is “impressed by the pilot episode and first season of the landmark tv collection that influenced tradition and set the fashion of the whole lot from trend to filmmaking.”

It will likely be filmed for IMAX, aiming to completely immerse audiences within the neon-soaked world of Miami crime. Casting is at the moment underway, with manufacturing anticipated to start subsequent 12 months.

The unique Miami Vice collection ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989 and starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as undercover detectives taking over South Florida’s underworld.

The collection turned a cultural touchstone, mixing crime drama with groundbreaking music, trend, and visible fashion. A movie adaptation arrived in 2006 with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, however regardless of a star-studded forged, it underperformed on the field workplace with solely $165 million in opposition to a $135 million finances.

Kosinski’s take will mark the franchise’s second big-screen outing, and given his monitor document, expectations are excessive. He just lately directed F1 for Apple Studios, which turned a world sensation, racing previous $620 million worldwide.

The movie starred Brad Pitt as a retired Formulation One driver pulled again into the high-octane world of racing. Its success not solely marked the most important field workplace hit of Pitt’s profession but in addition solidified Kosinski as one of the vital thrilling administrators working in blockbuster filmmaking at present.

The Miami Vice reboot is being produced by Dylan Clark (The Batman) and Kosinski, with a script from Eric Warren Singer and Dan Gilroy. The movie relies on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich, with Yerkovich and Michael Mann serving as government producers.

With Kosinski’s modern visible fashion and skill to craft large-scale cinematic experiences, this reboot may lastly give Miami Vice the big-screen success that has eluded it prior to now.