We don’t yet know if there’ll ever be a sequel to Ryan Coogler’s Mississippi set vampire movie Sinners, but we do know that its star, Michael B. Jordan, has at least got vice on his mind. Miami Vice, that is. Yes, now that F1 director Joseph Kosinski’s big screen retooling of the classic 80s cop show has locked in a Summer 2027 release date, attention has swiftly turned to who’ll be hopping in a Ferrari Daytona to bust crime on the streets of Vice City. And, per Deadline‘s reporting, Jordan has emerged as a frontrunner to play Detective Ricardo Tubbs in Kosinski’s movie.
While Deadline‘s sources report that pen’s yet to be put to paper on any deal for Jordan to star in Kosinski’s film, it’s clear that Universal believe he’s the man to supercharge Miami Vice‘s latest screen iteration. According to the trade, the studio is willing to push shooting on the movie — which is set to dive into both the glitz and the grit of 1980s Miami — to later in 2026 so that Jordan can finish post-production on his sophomore directorial effort, a new remake of art thief classic The Thomas Crown Affair. That Jordan has reportedly been very impressed with Dan Gilroy and Eric Warren Singer’s latest draft of the Miami Vice script certainly won’t hurt, either.
The original 80s Miami Vice series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as Detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, a pair of trend-settingly garmed undercover cops who bust drug dealers on the Miami strip to the sounds of era appropriate bangers. In Michael Mann’s grittier 2006 remake, Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx took on the roles of Crockett and Tubbs. Who’ll be the Crockett to Michael B. Jordan’s prospective Tubbs very much remains to be seen for the time being, but expect more updates on Miami Vice in the weeks and months ahead as the Kosinski thrill-ride revs towards its 6 August, 2027 release date. (And Universal, if you’re reading, then Glen Powell is right there! Make it so.)
