Tubbs and Crockett are back.
Vin Diesel will be the executive producer of a Miami Vice reboot according to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the weekly trade magazine, Vin Diesel will be teaming with Fast And The Furious writer Chris Morgan for the show which is set to air on NBC.
Big project: Vin Diesel will be the executive producer of a Miami Vice reboot according to a Wednesday report from The Hollywood Reporter
Classic: The original series aired for five seasons in the late Eighties and famously starred Don Johnson as James ‘Sonny’ Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ‘Rico’ Tubbs
THR also reports that the project has been spearheaded by former Fox executive and current head for television of Diesel’s One Race Television production company Shana Waterman.
The ambitious revival will be the first project to come from Diesel’s company’s deal with Universal Television.
According to the publication it was all Diesel’s idea to revive Miami Vice as he even made a personal proposal to NBC’s Entertainment president Jennifer Salke.
Bring him back! Hopefully the reboot resurrects Robin Hood-esque vigilante Joe Dan Jumper (played by the late Patrick Bishop of General Hospital fame) who starred in the highest rated most viewed episode of the series titled Indian Wars in 1988
An indigenous Rambo: Joe Dan was a war hero who came back to his tribe in Florida only to see it corrupted by drug dealers who have a stranglehold on his father Miccosukee Chief Jumper (played by the late E. Claude Richards); Joe Dan decides to take matters into his own hands delivering vigilante justice
The original Miami Vice series ran for five years from 1984 to 1989.
It famously starred Don Johnson as James ‘Sonny’ Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo ‘Rico’ Tubbs.
The series followed those two detectives working undercover in Miami and had one of the most famous theme songs (by Jan Hammer) in television history.
A-listers: Just over a decade-and-a-half later, Miami Vice was brought to the big screen as it starred Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx
Hitmaker: Vin will be starring in the ninth and tenth installments of the Fast & Furious franchise in the next few years
Just over a decade-and-a-half later, Miami Vice was brought to the big screen by writer and producer Michael Mann.
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx brought the star power to the action/crime flick which grossed $63.5 million domestically for a total of $163.8 worldwide.
Meanwhile Vin will be keeping busy as he will star in several blockbusters including xXx 4, Avengers: Infinity War, along with the ninth and tenth installments of the Fast & Furious franchise.
