Universal Pictures has set Joseph Kosinski to direct Miami Vice, a drama based on the iconic ’80s NBC series about undercover cops taking down drug dealers. Dan Gilroy is rewriting a first draft script by Eric Warren Singer. No cast yet. Dylan Clark is producing along with Kosinski.

Miami Vice is getting a new film adaptation with a script by Dan Gilroy and Joseph Kosinski directing (already an excellent sign).

Joseph Kosinski (“F1,” “Top Gun: Maverick”) is set to direct and produce an adaptation of “Miami Vice” for Universal Pictures.