“Weapons,” “Cocaine Bear” and “Solo: A Star Wars Story” star Alden Ehrenreich has joined the cast of “Top Gun: Maverick” and “F1” helmer Joseph Kosinski’s “Miami Vice ’85” at Universal Pictures.
Ehrenreich won a Tony Award in June for his work on stage in “Becky Shaw” and was mulling multiple offers before settling on this.
Oscar winner Michael B. Jordan and Oscar nominee Austin Butler are set to play Ricardo ‘Rico’ Tubbs and James ‘Sonny’ Crockett, respectively, in the film.
Dan Gilroy penned the script, re-writing an earlier draft from Eric Warren Singer. The story will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami as it follows the two detectives who worked undercover.
The project is said to be inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the landmark television series, which Michael Mann produced and was hugely influential on the TV and cultural landscape.
Dylan Clark and Kosinski serve as producers on the film, which will arrive 21 years after the previous reboot starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, launched in 2006.
Shooting on the film starts later this year, ahead of a planned release in cinemas and on IMAX screens on May 19th 2028.
Source: Deadline
