Vin Diesel's Miami Vice Update: Will The TV Reboot Happen?
Vin Diesel was once attached to a reboot of '80s cop show Miami Vice, but is the planned revival still happening? Miami Vice debuted on NBC in 1984 and was simply unlike anything else on television. The series was infused with an MTV-inspired look, giving it a cinematic sheen unlike other procedurals of the era. Miami Vice cast Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as vice cops Crockett and Tubbs, and while the show was critiqued at the time for being shallow or too glossy, it often dealt with dark themes and subject matter.
Miami Vice's first two seasons were spearheaded by producer Michael Mann, which can be seen from its visuals to the use of music. The show is also notable for giving future movie stars or character actors some of their earliest roles, including unlikely future action star Liam Neeson, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis and Richard Jenkins. Declining ratings and a sense of creative fatigue led to Miami Vice ending in 1990 after five seasons, and its since been referenced and homaged in the likes of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. Mann himself later directed a 2006 movie version starring Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx, which was a box-office disappointment at the time but is now considered an underrated gem.
Related: Why Miami Vice Was Canceled (& Will It Return?)
Following the movie's reception, there would be occasional rumors of a potential TV revival. Vin Diesel was once linked to a Miami Vice reboot, but has the show made any progress?
Vin Diesel's production company One Race Television was confirmed to be behind a reboot of Miami Vice in 2017, according to Variety. Diesel's company was partnering with Chris Morgan Productions on the series, with Morgan having penned multiple Fast & Furious movies.
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