Universal Pictures has locked in Miami Vice ’85, an all-new version of Miami Vice that will star Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler and is set to open in theaters on August 6, 2027. Joseph Kosinski is directing the film, which will be shot for Imax and returns the franchise to the glamour and corruption of mid-’80s Miami.
The casting firmed up only recently after the studio gave the project its budget greenlight, with deals for Jordan and Butler closing soon after. Deadline reported last fall that the two actors were in talks, and the movie was not expected to begin production until fall of 2026.
The new film is not being framed as a direct continuation of the old series but as a fresh take inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the Universal Television show that helped set the style of fashion and filmmaking for years to come. Dan Gilroy is writing the script, after an earlier draft by Eric Warren Singer, with the screenplay based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich, who executive produced the original series alongside Michael Mann.
That leaves Miami Vice ’85 with a clear runway and a clear test. Universal is betting that the name still carries enough cultural weight to draw a new generation, and enough neon-soaked memory to make the return feel like an event rather than a rerun.