New Miami Vice Movie Incoming from Top Gun: Maverick Director Joseph Kosinski

Joseph Kosinski is reportedly set to direct a new Miami Vice movie for Universal, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Nightcrawler writer-director Dan Gilroy is on deck to write the script, based on an initial draft from Top Gun: Maverick screenwriter Eric Warren Singer. Gilroy has more recently been busy writing multiple episodes of the Star Wars series Andor, which was created by his brother, Tony.

Miami Vice is a hugely influential NBC police series, created by Anthony Yerkovich and produced by Michael Mann, which ran for five seasons between 1984 and 1989. The show, which featured Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Miami detectives Crockett and Tubbs, remains highly esteemed for reinventing the idea of what a TV series could look, feel, and sound like.

The series was previously adapted for film in 2006 by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral), starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell.

Further details are light at this stage, although it is apparent that Miami Vice will not be the next project the Top Gun: Maverick and Tron: Legacy director helms, following the release of Kosinski’s F1 this June.

Fortunately, this should give Kosinski plenty of time to figure out which Ferrari he needs to find.

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