Austin Butler in Talks to Play Sonny Crockett in New Miami Vice Movie

Austin Butler is poised to articulation Michael B. Jordan successful the caller Miami Vice movie.

Variety reports that Butler is successful aboriginal talks to play Detective James “Sonny” Crockett other Jordan arsenic Crockett’s spouse Ricardo Tubbs.

Don Johnson originated the relation successful the classical 1984-89 TV series, portion Colin Farrell played Crockett successful the 2006 diagnostic movie adaptation directed by Michael Mann. (Fun fact: Both Austin Butler and Don Johnson portrayed Elvis Presley earlier they were formed arsenic Sonny Crockett.)

Unlike Mann’s reboot, this Miami Vice movie volition beryllium a play portion that Universal Pictures says “explores the glamour and corruption of mid-80’s Miami,” the decennary erstwhile the archetypal NBC TV bid aired. It volition beryllium peculiarly inspired by the bid aviator and archetypal play (1984-85).

In the NBC TV bid pilot, New York City bull Ricardo Tubbs travels down to Miami successful hunt of his brother’s slayer and yet teams up with section undercover detective James “Sonny” Crockett, who’s besides aft the aforesaid cause dealers since they killed his partner.

In the end, Tubbs transferred to Miami and became Crockett’s spouse and champion person arsenic they went connected a litany of unsafe undercover missions.

Austin Butler and Don Johnson arsenic Sonny Crockett. (Butler photo: John Phillips/Getty Images)

F1 and Top Gun: Maverick’s Joseph Kosinski is directing Miami Vice, which begins shooting adjacent twelvemonth for an August 6, 2027 merchandise date. The movie volition beryllium changeable successful IMAX.

Miami Vice volition beryllium produced by Dylan Clark (The Batman) and Kosinski and written by Dan Gilroy and Eric Singer, based connected characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the bid enforcement produced by Yerkovich and Michael Mann.

Austin Butler astir precocious starred successful Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing. He won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe for Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis and played the sinister Feyd-Rautha successful Dune: Part Two.