Iconic '80s Crime Series Set for another remake with a large screen

Miami Vice gets the large screen treatment again.

Accordingly diversityPresent Top gun: Maverick The filmmaker Joseph Kosinski will lead an upcoming remake of a script by Dan Gilroy.

While plot and casting details are initially kept under lock and key, the film is based on the TV series of the same name of the 80s, in which Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas played the leading role as undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs.

A film adaptation with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as the main detectives was published in 2006 after examining the couple a case in which drug lords and murder were involved.

However, the film flopped the box office during its cinema and earned $ 165 million compared to a reported budget of $ 135 million.

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Even critics did not go out so well and is currently only 47% of over 200 reviews on Rotten tomatoes.

“Miami Vice It is beautifully shot, but the main characters lack the charisma of her colleagues in the TV series, and the underdeveloped story is far below the standards of Michael Mann's better films, “says the critical consensus on the website.

However, after its continuation of 1986 Classic with Kosinski, the new remake can be better off behind the camera Top weapon With 1.49 billion US dollars, the world's highest insight in 2022.

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It also brought in a total of six Oscar nominations, including a nomination for the best picture and a victory for the best sound.

It was confirmed that a third film was in development last year. The project concerns Tom Cruise and stars of the sequel Miles Teller and Glen Powell. However, the details have remained scarce since then.

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