Joseph Kosinski and Common’s new Miami Vice film is selecting up momentum and should have discovered one in all its stars in Michael B. Jordan.

Do not forget that Miami Vice flick starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as the enduring detective duo, Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs?

We do, sadly, however fortunately, Kosinski and Common are working laborious to assist us overlook about that flick and produce us a worthy film primarily based on the enduring tv present.

In response to Deadline, Michael B. Jordan is in early talks to play Ricardo Tubbs, the function initially performed by Philip Michael Thomas within the Miami Vice tv collection.

The web site experiences that each events are near an settlement for Jordan to affix the undertaking after Common shifted the dates, permitting him to finish filming on his newest directorial effort, The Thomas Crown Affair.

Per Deadline:

Joseph Kosinski and Common’s anticipated Miami Vice film appears to be like to be heating up as Deadline is listening to Michael B. Jordan is in early talks to star as the enduring TV detective Ricardo Tubbs. Sources say it’s nonetheless very early days and no offers are carried out, however after scheduling was labored out for this movie to shoot later in 2026, Jordan is partaking and considering starring within the undertaking.

Miami Vice’s Rumored Plot

The movie is slated for an August 6, 2027, launch and, not like the final film, will hold issues within the 80s and “discover the glamour and corruption of mid-Eighties Miami, impressed by the pilot episode and first season of the NBC tv collection that ran from 1984-1089,” in accordance with the web site.

It’s nonetheless up within the air who will play reverse Jordan because the legendary Sonny Crockett, the character that turned Don Johnson right into a popular culture icon.

The followers appear to be on board with Jordan becoming a member of the solid of Miami Vice. You’ll be able to see these reactions beneath.