{"id":46733,"date":"2026-04-23T11:13:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46733"},"modified":"2026-04-23T11:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:13:41","slug":"miami-vice-movie-retitled-miami-vice-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=46733","title":{"rendered":"Miami Vice Movie Retitled Miami Vice &#8217;85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Universal Pictures\u2019 and <u>director Joseph Kosinski<\/u>\u2019s big screen reboot of <u>Miami Vice<\/u> has a new title befitting its period setting: Miami Vice \u201885.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">The title change comes via <u>Variety<\/u>. As revealed when the movie\u2019s <u>release date was announced<\/u>, Miami Vice \u201885 \u201cexplores the glamour and corruption of mid-80\u2019s Miami,\u201d the decade when the original NBC TV series aired.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Oscar winner <u>Michael B. Jordan<\/u> and <u>Austin Butler<\/u> are lined up to star as undercover detectives Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett, respectively.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the NBC TV series pilot, New York City cop Ricardo Tubbs travels down to Miami in search of his brother\u2019s killer and eventually teams up with local undercover detective James \u201cSonny\u201d Crockett, who\u2019s also after the same drug dealers since they killed his partner. <\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">In the end, Tubbs transferred to Miami and became Crockett\u2019s partner and best friend as they went on a litany of dangerous undercover missions in <u>the hugely influential 1984-89 TV series<\/u>.<\/p>\n<p><output class=\"box-wrapper jsx-2673806401\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"jsx-313219616\"><img alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"progressive-image article-image article-image-full-size jsx-1809694635 jsx-2338608387\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-cy=\"progressive-image\"\/><figcaption data-cy=\"caption\" class=\"caption jsx-1762799490 jsx-479945570 article-image-caption\">Austin Butler and Michael B. Jordan in 2023. (Photo: Sean Zanni\/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/output><\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Miami Vice \u201885 is produced by Dylan Clark (The Batman) and Kosinski and written by Dan Gilroy and Eric Singer, based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the series executive produced by Yerkovich and Michael Mann.<\/p>\n<p data-cy=\"paragraph\" class=\"paragraph jsx-2269604527\">Miami Vice \u201885 begins filming later this year and will be shot for IMAX. The movie is scheduled to open August 6, 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/miami-vice-85-new-title-revealed-for-michael-b-jordan-austin-butler-movie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Pictures\u2019 and director Joseph Kosinski\u2019s big screen reboot of Miami Vice has a new title befitting its period setting: Miami Vice \u201885. 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