Glen Powell and Michael B. Jordan to lead the remake of Miami Vice?
The two actors are under discussion to join the project of Joseph Kosinski.
A few days after his announcement, we start to have information on the potential cast of remake of Miami vice. And Universal, which produces the film, may have already found the ideal pair to embody “Sonny” Crockett and Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs. In the original series, they were played by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas. Then Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in Michael Mann’s film, released in 2006.
According to the Nexus media, Glen Powell and Michael B. Jordan are in negotiations to play the Two cops in Miami Under the direction of Joseph Kosinski. Powell has already worked with the director on Top: Gun Maverickand he is one of the actors who go up to Hollywood after the success of the comedy Everything except you and remake of Twist. We will find him soon in the Running Man from Edgar Wright. Michael B. Jordan (Black Panther,, Creed) is him a real star adored by the public. Recently he proved that he could wear an original film like SinnersHit surprise from the American box office this year.
The remake of Miami vice is wedged at August 2027, and logically it is already active behind the scenes to set up an enticing cast. After the rest of Top Gun With Tom Cruise, Kosinski has chained a new card with Brad Pitt and F1: the film ($ 626 million at the world box office). Can he continue on a third success with two young stars at the head of the poster? Michael Mann’s film was a big failure, with only $ 165 million in revenue for 130 million budgets.
Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler,, Andor) Works on the script from a first version signed Eric Warren Singer (Top Gun: Maverick). The intrigue would be inspired by the pilot and the first season of the original series, produced by Mann and launched in 1984 on NBC.
