Top Gun: Maverick director's reboot of beloved 1980s TV series has release date confirmed
Joseph Kosinski looks to continue his streak of summer box office hits.
In recent years, Joseph Kosinski has emerged as one of the go-to directors for big-budget Hollywood film projects – and now the Top Gun: Maverick and F1 filmmaker has had the release date for his next movie confirmed.
Universal Pictures has announced that Kosinski's upcoming reboot of Miami Vice – which will reportedly be inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the iconic '80s crime show – is set to arrive in cinemas on 6th August 2027.
No announcements have been made about who will star in the film at this stage, but it's understood that the casting process is under way with a view to shooting the project next year in time for that release.
Meanwhile, the script is being written by Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler) and Eric Singer (Top Gun: Maverick), based on characters created for the original series by Anthony Yerkovich.
Kosinski's name being attached is a good indicator that the film could end up being a hit, given the huge success generated by his last two theatrical releases, the aforementioned Top Gun: Maverick and F1.
And given those films boasted Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt as their stars, we can probably expect some pretty big names to become attached – we'll be keeping an eye out for all the latest updates on that front.
Miami Vice aired on NBC for five seasons between 1984 and 1989, with Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas starring in the lead roles of Detectives James 'Sonny' Crockett and Ricardo 'Rico' Tubbs across that run.
This will be the second film adaptation of the show following a 2006 version that starred Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx and was directed by Michael Mann, who had been executive producer on the original series.
That previous film was initially met with poor reviews on its release, but has grown in stature over time and now has a reputation as a cult favourite with a strong legion of fans. It will be interesting to see how the new version compares...
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
