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- Walton Goggins and Ed Gathegi have joined ‘Miami Vice ’85’
- Haley Lu Richardson and Dominic Sessa are also aboard.
- Joseph Kosinski is directing.
It’s been quite the week for casting news on Joseph Kosinski’s ‘Miami Vice ’85,’ the latest attempt to turn the classic cop series into a big-screen event.
Deadline brings word that Walton Goggins (‘Fallout’) is to play a villain, while The Hollywood Reporter has heard that Ed Gathegi (‘Superman’) will be a small-time crook in way over his head.
And that’s not all: with cameras now rolling, Deadline has additionally learned that Haley Lu Richardson (‘The White Lotus’) is set for a mysterious role, while ‘Tony’s Dominic Sessa has been spotted on set.
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What’s the story of ‘Miami Vice’?
‘Miami Vice’ began life in the early 1980s as a TV show created by ‘Hill Street Blues’ writer Anthony Yerkovich, after NBC president Brandon Tartikoff requested a program that combined the style of MTV with a cop series. The result, produced by Michael Mann, starred Don Johnson as Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs, two detectives working undercover in Miami. The show, which ran for five seasons from 1984 to 1990, became known for its groundbreaking visual style, its hip needle drops, and the fashions worn by its characters, arguably revolutionizing the look of TV crime drama for decades to come.
After Mann moved into directing feature films, he rebooted ‘Miami Vice’ as a 2006 movie starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as Crockett and Tubbs. While not initially a hit with either critics or audiences, the film has since been reappraised and is now considered a cult classic.
The new film, written by Dan Gilroy (‘Nightcrawler’) explores the glamour and corruption of mid-’80s Miami in a story inspired by the pilot episode of the original show.
Who else is in the new ‘Miami Vice’ movie?
The new recruits join a cast that already includes Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler, Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone, Whitney Peak, John Leguizamo, André Holland and Danny Ramirez.
The movie is currently set for release on May 19, 2028.
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