Miami Vice

[Hunter Rider]

Foxx Talks Miami Vice
"It's going to redefine cool."


February 09, 2005 - Contact Music (http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/foxx%20and%20farrell.s%20chemical%20reaction) chatted with Oscar-nominee Jamie Foxx about his next project, the big-screen version of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1). The crime drama will be written and directed by Foxx's Ali and Collateral director Michael Mann.


Foxx and his future co-star Colin Farrell (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586386p1.html#) (who will play Det. Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett, respectively) have reportedly already developed good chemistry together in their early meetings with Mann.

"The chemistry between us is already there, like it was with me and Tom Cruise in Collateral (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586386p1.html#), so making this movie is going to be a total blast," said Foxx. "And it's going to redefine cool. You're going to see our Crockett and Tubbs suits and be like, 'I want those.' You'll see our car and you'll go, 'I want one of those.' And as for our woman, man, you're gonna be like, 'Now I gotta get me some of that.'"

Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586386p1.html#) begins filming in April/May for a July 28, 2006 release.

[The Lumberjack]

I figured this was gonna be a comedy. Drama? I don't know......

[Hunter Rider]

the original series was a action/drama

[SWAT]

For some reason, i think this is going to be really cool..!

[Hunter Rider]

The reasons i can think of are farrel/fox/mann

[Caliber]

It could be good if Farrell and Foxx are in it. Mann is a good director.

[phantomstranger]

Hollywood has compleatly run out of ideas

[The Demon]

I was on Miami Vice once.
Maybe I could make a cameo!

[Dark Donnie]

This will be good, good cast, good director! I can't wait! I do remember it being, a drama with some comedy added in.

[The Demon]

The only comedy was derived from the pastel pink jackets with the sleeves rolled up to the elbows.

[Hunter Rider]

February 10, 2005 - IGN FilmForce was advised by a source that two veterans of Michael Mann films – specifically Wes Studi (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0836071/) and Danny Trejo (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001803/) – were up for roles in the writer-director's big-screen remake of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1).



Studi appeared in Mann's Heat and Last of the Mohicans, while Trejo was a member of Robert De Niro's (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586813p1.html#) crew in Heat.

We asked Mr. Trejo's reps at Amsel, Eisenstadt & Frazier Talent Agency if he was up for the role of Lt. Martin Castillo, which was played on the original series by Edward James Olmos.

While not confirming that Trejo's part would be Castillo, AEF did advise IGN that "our office is currently in discussions regarding the project and Danny Trejo. ... He is under consideration for two roles in the project."

Mr. Studi's management – the ironically named Michael Mann Talent Agency – would not confirm or deny that Studi had been approached about Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586813p1.html#), except to coyly suggest the fact that the actor has collaborated with Mann twice before should speak for itself.

Studi has appeared in Deep Rising, Mystery Men, Geronimo and the PBS telepic Skinwalkers. Trejo's credits include the Spy Kids series, From Dusk Till Dawn, Con Air and Once Upon a Time in Mexico (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/586/586813p1.html#).


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Danny Trejo (L) and Wes Studi (R).
Miami Vice begins filming April/May for a July 28, 2006 release.

[Dark Donnie]

Wes Studi always pops up in random movies! I use to be creeped out by him, but he kinda grew on me. Good news, both are good actors.

[Hunter Rider]

TIDBIT

March 14, 2005 - The New York Daily News (http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/289742p-247974c.html) caught up with director Michael Mann and Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx and asked them about their pending reunion on the big-screen version of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1).


Mann is well aware of the partying reputations of his leads, Foxx (who plays detective Rico Tubbs) and Colin Farrell (cast as Sonny Crockett).

"I need a budget item for a bail bondsman – for both of them," the Collateral filmmaker quipped.

"Colin is going to gain about 15 pounds of upper body muscle," Foxx revealed, adding that he doesn't need to after bulking up for the Marine movie Jarhead (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/574/574722p1.html). "I'm in the best shape of my life."

Miami Vice begins filming late spring for a July 28, 2006 release.

[Dark Donnie]

This movie is going to be great, can't believe we have to wait till July! I just saw something yesterday about this, and how it's really going to focus more on drama as opposed to comedy. I know you said it above, so I guess that's confirmation!

[Hunter Rider]

This movie is going to be great, can't believe we have to wait till July! I just saw something yesterday about this, and how it's really going to focus more on drama as opposed to comedy. I know you said it above, so I guess that's confirmation!

hopefully some cool shootouts as well,mann is great a those(Heat bank job,Collateral club):up:

[Dark Donnie]

The Heat shootout might be my favorite of all-time!

[jaguarr]

Meh! The creative juices have been wrung out of Hollywood.

jag

[The Demon]

How on Earth did they ever come up with new movie ideas in the days before television? :confused:

[AlteredEgo]

How on Earth did they ever come up with new movie ideas in the days before television? :confused:
days before television? surely you jest :o

[Hunter Rider]

possible cast update from IGN


March 16, 2005 - Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=340976&in_page_id=1794) columnist Baz Bamigboye claims to have spoken with Jamie Foxx about the forthcoming Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1) movie. The Oscar-winner reportedly advised the paper that he will have some other international co-stars in Vice besides Irishman Colin Farrell, who portrays detective Sonny Crockett to Foxx's Ricardo Tubbs.


According to The Daily Mail, Chinese star Li Gong (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000084/) (Raise The Red Lantern) has landed "a major role" in Miami Vice after coming to writer-director Michael Mann's attention while making Memoirs of a Geisha.

Her credits include The Emperor and the Assassin, Shanghai Triad and Farewell My Concubine.

It should be noted that in the script I reviewed (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/589/589674p1.html), the character Li Gong would most likely play is Crockett's enigmatic love interest, Isabella. In that draft, however, Isabella was not Asian but Angolan-Cuban. She works for the main bad guy in the story.

The paper adds that Irish thesp Ciaran Hinds (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001354/) (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life) "will play another of the Miami Vice detectives." The only possible character that could be is Lt. Martin Castillo, portrayed on the TV series by Latino actor Edward James Olmos.

Hinds' credits include The Sum of All Fears, The Phantom of the Opera and the upcoming Rome series. He appeared in Veronica Guerin with Colin Farrell.


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Li Gong (L) and Ciaran Hinds (R).
"It's not going to be one of those tepid adaptations of a hit TV show," Foxx promised. "The people involved in this are expert film people and we've got a real good script and a story to tell."

[hey yo its sean]

Mann, Fox, and Farrell? You can't go wrong.. I'm there!

[Truthteller]

Miami Vice was a great TV series. I still watch it from time to time. Did you see the one called "Brothers in Arms" when they are looking for Tony? Awsome concluding scene with a twist hook.

Mann is a good director for this genre. And Collateral is further evidence. I suspect this will be a rather good film.

[That-Guy]

I'd rather see a Vice City movie personally. It would be more fun. Michael Mann is SOOOOO overrated as a director.

[Hunter Rider]

Casting update


When it rains, it pours, and Chinese actress Gong Li ("Farewell My Concubine", "Raise the Red Lantern") is certainly going to be busy over the next few months, as she has been cast in two major Hollywood movies.

First, she will play the role of a crime figure of Chinese and Cuban descent in the Michael Mann-directed "Miami Vice" (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=8238) for Universal. Mann, who exec produced the Anthony Yerkovich-created television (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=8986#) series on which "Miami Vice (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=8986#)" is based, wrote the script and will begin shooting in Miami and South America beginning in May, with Colin Farrell (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=8986#) and Jamie Foxx starring. The film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=8986#) requires Gong to speak English and Spanish.

[dpm07]

I am sure this will be a good movie. I would have preferred WILL Ferell though with Jamie Fox. Colin is on the slide since his fiasco with Alexander. Will Ferell is a hot property.

[Hunter Rider]

I am sure this will be a good movie. I would have preferred WILL Ferell though with Jamie Fox. Colin is on the slide since his fiasco with Alexander. Will Ferell is a hot property.

meh,will farrel's a one trick pony IMO and defiantely lacks the qualities that Crokett needs.I think collin will do well in this role you can't write a actor off for one film

[jaguarr]

meh,will farrel's a one trick pony IMO and defiantely lacks the qualities that Crokett needs.I think collin will do well in this role you can't write a actor off for one film

I haven't seen "Melinda & Melinda" yet, as Woody Allen is hit or miss for me, usually, but supposedly Farrell makes a very good turn in that film, showing a lot of depth. I think people underestimate Will Farrell, just like they did Jim Carrey when he was trying to break away from the Ace Ventura persona that really got him noticed on film. I think he's going to surprise people in the future.

jag

[Dark Donnie]

meh,will farrel's a one trick pony IMO and defiantely lacks the qualities that Crokett needs.I think collin will do well in this role you can't write a actor off for one film
I agree with you on that, I don't think Will has what it takes to play Crokett. I think Colin is pretty good for the role. Hunter, what were those shots we saw of Colin we saw climbing out of the boat and what not? The article says shooting starts in May?

[Dark Donnie]

I'd rather see a Vice City movie personally. It would be more fun. Michael Mann is SOOOOO overrated as a director.
I hope that is sarcasim!

[Hunter Rider]

I agree with you on that, I don't think Will has what it takes to play Crokett. I think Colin is pretty good for the role. Hunter, what were those shots we saw of Colin we saw climbing out of the boat and what not? The article says shooting starts in May?

that was from the rehersal footage

[redlion2]

Well, since Mann is the original creator/director of the series It should be in good hands. If anyone should know about what gave that series it's heart and soul, it should be him.

[The Incredible Hulk]

as long as Crockett has the alligator "Elvis" on his boat, I'm fine with this movie....

[NOFX]

Wait a min, is it colin farrel in this movie or will farrel???

[Dark Donnie]

colin

[Hunter Rider]

MIAMI VICE Casting News

Elizabeth Rodriguez, sister of director Robert Rodriguez, is set to join Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in Miami Vice. Rodriguez had played character roles in TV series such as ER, Third Watch, and Six Feet Under. Also cast in the film are Naomie Harris, Gong Li, and Ciaran Hinds. The film is being written and directed by Michael Mann.
Colin Farrell will play Det. James "Sonny" Crockett and Jamie Foxx will play Det. Ricardo Tubbs in the big screen adaptation of hit '80s cop drama. In the movie, they face a transnational criminal enterprise whose leader and chief financial officer is of Chinese/Cuban origin (Gong Li). The original series, created by Anthony Yerkovich and executive produced by Michael Mann, starred Don Johnson as Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas as Tubbs.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/miamivice/images/miamivicelogo1.JPG

Screenplay by Michael Mann
Based on "Miami Vice" created by Anthony Yerkovich





1st draft. 9/22/04 104 pages


The Miami of the 80's, that twilight-zone frontier built on coke-fueled cash flow, is over. The frontier development stage is passed. It has BECOME Casablanca. Anything goes; everything has a price.
And that pretty much sets the stage for the film out from 80's pop culture tv show to a modern day contemporary crime film. And a very good one at that. Most of the T.V. shows from back in the day being made into movies today come out over the top and corny. Not this one. It will stand out. Mann is in top form here. Having the eye for detail, the first draft of Miami Vice reads like a police manual. Full of prose and detail. If you never seen the T.V. show, not to worry. It is not necessary here. This is not an origin film like the pilot episode when Tubbs is a cop from New York down in Miami investigating a murder. In this draft Tubbs and Crockett are already partners. Who is in it from the old show?

Crockett and Tubbs of course. Gina Calabrese (who is romantically involved with Tubbs and plays a major role in the story), Trudy Joplin (WHO IS NOT ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED AS ERRONEOUSLY REPORTED ON ANOTHER WEBSITE), Switek, Zito, and Lt. Castillio.

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/miamivice/images/cfarrell.jpgI will try to keep it spoiler free as possible but Crockett's love interest is ISABELLA, Afro Cuban. She also has a major arc in the story, which I won't divulge.

Spoiler Warning!

Here is the basic setup of the film:

ALONZO STEVENS is a CI (confidential informant) for Tubbs whose wife and kid are brutally murdered by these Aryan Brotherhood Nazi Low Rider White Supremacist Types bad guys. Upon hearing the bad news after Crockett and Tubbs intercept him, Stevens committs suicide (INCITING INCIDENT). Because Stevens thought that the goons would let his wife and kid go, he gave up a bunch of FEDS who work undercover as Russian gangsters. The Aryan Brotherhood (bad guys) cream the Feds posing as Russian Gangsters. It becomes personal for Tubbs because he had a thing with Steven's wife before Alonzo hooked up with her. The Feds operational security is blown. There is a mole. Miami Dade PD wasn't involved in the Joint Interagency Task Force of JIT for short. THE CALL TO ADVENTURE: AGENT JAMES FUGIMA of the FBI intervenes --

FUJIMA
But Miami PD wasn't part of the J.I.T. And from what Alonzo said, he didn't give you up.

CROCKETT
So what do you want?

FUJIMA
To recruit you

CASTILLO
...I didn't want you around the crime scene because it's crawling with federal law enforcement. We don't know who's straight up, who's not...

CROCKETT
Recruit us to do what?

FUJIMA
Get into business with this crew, identify them. Illuminate their network. If you're lucky, discover their source, how they penetrated us. We'll indict and take it from there...

In order to do that, Crockett and Tubbs have to infiltrate, build trust and drop loads for a Colombian Drug network run by a cat named (and as a Latino I think this name is very unrealistically corny) Archangel de Jesus Montoya-Londono from the North Valle area.

It is very dangerous. Later in the scene --

FUJIMA
You need to consider a few issues.

CASTILLO
(to Crockett + Tubbs)
...you'd be operating outside territorial United States. Your badges do not count. You have no authorization to carry weapons. If you're busted, it could take a long time to get you re-patriated. And there's no backup...
(To Fujima)
And you will share with them all your Intel on Montoya...

When Fujima leaves the scene --

CASTILLO
(To Tubbs)
About the Stevens family, I'm sorry. I know you were close to them.

TUBBS
I was the kids' godfather.

CASTILLO
(intuits)
And...?

TUBBS
"And" what?

CASTILLO
I got to know. There is never any room for "personal"...

CROCKETT
(for Tubbs)
He is fine. And we know the jokes. When it gets vengeful, things get messy. When they get messy the wrong people die...
(beat)
Everybody gets it.

CASTILLO
Good.

TUBBS
And the answer is "yes."
(beat)
Before she met Alonzo, once upon a time, a long time ago.
(beat)
You bet it was personal.

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/miamivice/images/jfoxx.jpgOh **** look out because here comes Crockett and Tubbs!

Two other players other than Montoya that will fit into the story later that we meet in La Perla district of San Juan Puerto Rico --

JOSE "COCHI LOCO" YERO

He's a former right-wing Colombian paramilitary from the North Valle near the Pacific coast. He runs operations, communications, and security. He has cold eyes in a corpulent face. He's notorious for using torture to ferret-out informants.

Later in the scene --

As Crockett sits, he notices that at a table a few to the side is a woman. This is ISABELLA. Behind glasses, she seems immobile, filled with intelligence, well-dressed in subdued Tom Ford and staring at him. Reading him. Crockett holds the look that extra beat and turns back to business...

Who is Isabella besides the love interest to Crockett and what does she do and how she fits in to the story?

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/miamivice/images/jamie_foxx-mm.jpg Well ya'll gonna have to find out and go see the movie. I pretty much gave you what I think you are gonna see in a trailer for this movie later in the year.

But the description and the action are that densely written as the character descriptions above. Mann has an eye for detail. He just doesn't write bullets, he writes what's kind of bullets and millimeters. He goes into details on police procedural, tactics, firearms, drugs, and the works. The structure is tight and the story moves pretty fast. The script is a fast 104 pages. There isn't much of a character arc but there is a love story in there. Aryan Brother hood and Colombian bad guys. Looks like Crockett and Tubbs are in over their heads, and trust me they are. The story is very much in the vein of Mann's other crime stories like Thief and Heat.

Overall, a good and entertaining read.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/scriptreviews/miamivice/review.html

the script review came from here ^^^^

[green]

Eh, I like Michael Mann, dont mind Farrell, Foxx is sort of overrated in my opinion but I'm just feeling no excitment for a Miami Vice movie at all. Maybe a trailer will eventually change my mind.

[The Storm]

I heard about this a while back and a British paper printed a picture of Colin Farell as Crockett, in a white suit and with longer hair than his usual style. He had enough hair to have some of it pinned back. I think Jamie Foxx is amazing and I've only been a fan of Colin for a few months, wasn't interested in him when everyone was like Colin this Colin that. For us ladies the pairing of Colin and Jamie is gooooddd!

[Dr.Fear]

i smell bad boys all over this movie, but its juts gonna be more likely sex appeal.

[The Storm]

Will Smith - Sex appeal!!! But Colin and Jamie is a double whammy, well for me anyway...

[Dr.Fear]

Will Smith - Sex appeal!!! But Colin and Jamie is a double whammy, well for me anyway...

jamie sex appeal? if you say so. you dont like martin lawrence?

[Mr. Credible]

I am sure this will be a good movie. I would have preferred WILL Ferell though with Jamie Fox. Colin is on the slide since his fiasco with Alexander. Will Ferell is a hot property.

Eh... I think with Will Ferrel and Jamie Fox we'd just be getting Starsky and Hutch set in the 80's...

And I don't really think it's Mann that's overrated, it's Collateral. It was a good movie and all, but Jamie Foxx wasn't as good in it as everyone thinks. Cruise was, though.

[bluejake01]

Hollywood has compleatly run out of ideas

How so? Michael Mann is making a big screen version of the show he created...This isn't a Hollywood re-hash.

[NOFX]

Eh... I think with Will Ferrel and Jamie Fox we'd just be getting Starsky and Hutch set in the 80's...

And I don't really think it's Mann that's overrated, it's Collateral. It was a good movie and all, but Jamie Foxx wasn't as good in it as everyone thinks. Cruise was, though.
I disagree, Foxx and Cruise was equally good:)

[The Storm]

jamie sex appeal? if you say so. you dont like martin lawrence?

I think there is something sexy about Jamie Foxx and Martin Lawrence is cute.

[Bud Dwyer]

Whoever says this idea is not original is a friggin' tard. This is Michael Mann's baby, he created Miami Vice.

This may be good. Show kicked ass.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10156

Source: Las Horas Perdidas
June 24, 2005




http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/luistosar.jpg
Las Horas Perdidas (http://www.lashorasperdidas.com/) tells us that Spanish actor Luis Tosar has landed the role of villain Arcángel de Jesús Montoya in director Michael Mann's Miami Vice (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=8238), which Universal Pictures will release on July 28, 2006.

A good friend of Javier Bardem since both actors starred in Mondays in the Sun, Tosar has won multiple awards: Best Spanish Actor in 2003 for Take My Eyes (film (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10156#) is the reason for Mann's selection of Tosar), Best Actor at the San Sebastian Film Festibal for the same role and Best Supporting Actor for Mondays in the Sun.

In the big screen (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10156#) version of the '80s cop drama (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10156#), Colin Farrell (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10156#) will play Det. James "Sonny" Crockett and Jamie Foxx will play Det. Ricardo Tubbs. They face a transnational criminal enterprise whose leader and chief financial officer is of Chinese/Cuban origin (Gong Li).

Naomi Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Elizabeth Rodriguez and John Ortiz also star.

Email Story to a Friend (http://www.comingsoon.net/mailtofriend.php?id=10156) | Discuss on the Boards (http://www.comingsoon.net/forums/)

[Dark Donnie]

:( I was just about to post that!

[Dark Donnie]

Interesting choice, i really haven't seen him before!

[Sava]

well, he is a spanish actor

[Truthteller]

Who is cast as CASTILLO? Almos was outstanding in that role in the series.

[Hunter Rider]

Who is cast as CASTILLO? Almos was outstanding in that role in the series.

Danny Trejo i believe

[GREEN =w= DAY]

ehhhhh...Jamie Foxx is in this. i think i'll skip.

[Riggs15382]

I hope they dont turn it into a comedy, like they did starsky and hutch. Don't get me wrong, I love the movie, but it's just not really them

[Hunter Rider]

I hope they dont turn it into a comedy, like they did starsky and hutch. Don't get me wrong, I love the movie, but it's just not really them

they wont,it's Mann he doesnt do comedy

[roach]

they gotta have that Phil Colins song that was the theme for it.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.nbc6.net/entertainment/4659660/detail.html?rss=ami&psp=news

Stars Film Club Scene On First Day



MIAMI -- Shooting for the movie "Miami Vice" began Monday on South Beach.http://images.ibsys.com/sh/images/ibs_icon/popup.gifImages: First Day Of Filming For 'Miami Vice' (http://www.nbc6.net/slideshow/entertainment/4659649/detail.html)
http://images.ibsys.com/sh/images/ibs_icon/popup.gifThe Story In Pictures: Filming To Close I-95 (http://www.nbc6.net/slideshow/news/4641106/detail.html)
http://images.ibsys.com/sh/images/ibs_icon/popup.gifSlideshow: Images Of 'Miami Vice' TV Show (http://www.nbc6.net/slideshow/entertainment/3564040/detail.html)

In its first day of production, the set was off limits to the public, but that didn't stop the curious from trying to sneak a peek.

"This is exciting because I love Crockett from 'Miami Vice' and Tubbs," tourist Sanoy Flemming said.

The stars of the movie -- Colin Farrell, who plays Crockett, and Jamie Foxx, who plays Tubbs -- were on the set to film a club scene at Mansion on South Beach.

Monday's shoot included 900 extras, most of whom were from South Florida.

"I got to go on the set and I saw Jamie Foxx. He is so cute," extra Stacey Fequire said. "We're having fun out here."

The stars of the movie are also having fun on South Beach. They added a party at the Delano Hotel on Friday with director Michael Mann.

"'Miami Vice' was a culture," Foxx said. "It made me change the way I dress and the way I talk to a girl. I am looking forward to it."

Farrell said he is enjoying South Florida, but he could do without the steamy weather.

"It's getting sticky," Farrell said. "At the end of the day I look like a Spaniard sometimes and I am Irish. It's killing me."

Mann says the movie will be a new "Miami Vice" that will not include the pastel-colored suits.

"It's a completely different integration of all that's great about Miami," Mann said. "What's the same is the atmosphere and the attitude is the same and everything about Miami that is so voluptuous."

Production of the movie will soon hit Interstate 95. It will be shut down overnight from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on July 5-7.

[Dark Donnie]

sounds cool! My only problem is NO PASTELS! :)

[Dark Donnie]

does anyone know anything about RZA scoring the movie?

[Hunter Rider]

does anyone know anything about RZA scoring the movie?

nope,where did you hear that ?

[Dark Donnie]

nope,where did you hear that ?
http://www.miami-vice.org/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4976


:cool:

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/636/636147p1.html

Miami Vice Set Pix
Plus, Don Johnson speaks out!
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)



July 25, 2005 - The Colin Farrell Fansite (http://www.colinfarrellfansite.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=187) has posted a slew of spy pics from the South Florida set of writer-director Michael Mann's Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1) movie.

The photos show Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx in character as detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, respectively. The two undercover cops are dressed as boat racers. Having read a draft of the screenplay (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/589/589674p1.html), this appears to be one of the early scenes where Crockett and Tubbs distinguish themselves in a racing competition to further bolster their cover as offshore racers who moonlight as drug smugglers.

In related news, The Miami Herald has published two articles about the new film and its TV roots. The first report (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/12204991.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_living) interviews members of the Miami film and TV community who cut their teeth on the 1980s TV series. "Just about anyone here [in Miami] who is at the top of their game now, by and large learned to do what they do on Miami Vice," said Jeff Peel, director of the Miami-Dade Mayor's Office of Film and Entertainment.

The article also revealed that a recently filmed scene at the Mansion nightclub (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/629/629692p1.html) used rapper Jay-Z's "Encore" for the background track.

The second report (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/entertainment/12204973.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_entertainment) focuses on how Miami has changed since its most famous TV series aired. The Universal movie is filming at the height of Miami's biggest architectural makeover since the 1980s. "They want nothing that will harken back to the old television show," said Peel. "This is an updating. It's Miami Vice 2005. ... They are trying to show off all the things that have changed in the intervening years since the show. This is a very different place."

Finally, USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-07-24-drescher_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA) caught up with the original Sonny Crockett, Don Johnson, who doesn't seem too keen on the new movie. "It'll be something akin to Miami Vice, but it won't be Miami Vice," Johnson said. "I had the opportunity to remake Miami Vice, and I chose not to a long time ago. The show was for a specific time."

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[Dark Donnie]

Cool pics, sounds like a cool scene! Don Johnson needs to lighten up, Miami Vice was screaming to be remade!

btw did I miss the Jamie Foxx pics or am I blind?

[Hunter Rider]

Cool pics, sounds like a cool scene! Don Johnson needs to lighten up, Miami Vice was screaming to be remade!

btw did I miss the Jamie Foxx pics or am I blind?

there on the second page

[Riggs15382]

I cant wait. They need to make a CHiPS movie also

[Dark Donnie]

there on the second page
I see it thanks!

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/638/638387p1.html

Zito Lives!
Latest Miami Vice casting.
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

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August 2, 2005 - Justin Theroux Online (http://www.justintheroux.net/) reported on July 17 that the 34-year-old actor "is currently filming Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1)" but they were unsure what role he was playing.

IGN FilmForce has been able to confirm with Theroux's reps at UTA that he is playing Vice detective Larry Zito, partner of Stan Switek (Domenick Lombardozzi (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/632/632380p1.html)).

Theroux's credits (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0857620/) include Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (as the villainous Seamus O'Grady), American Psycho (as the Phil Collins-loving Timothy Bryce), Duplex, Zoolander, Mulholland Drive and the forthcoming The Legend of Lucy Keyes.

Larry Zito was portrayed on the original 1980s TV series by John Diehl. Zito, a recovering drug addict, died after running afoul of some shady figures in the Miami boxing scene.

Zito was the only regular cast member besides the original lieutenant, Gregory Sierra, to be killed off during the show's five-season run. Obviously, the series chronology has nothing to do with Michael Mann's contemporized movie.

In related news, check out the best pic yet of Jamie Foxx as Ricardo Tubbs and Colin Farrell as Sonny Crockett by clicking here (http://216.239.54.9/blogger/6029/690/1600/collinjamie.jpg).

It is a set photo of the two thesps dressed in powerboat uniforms but it's still the most high-quality shot of them to have surfaced online thus far. (And, no, Crockett doesn't have a mullet.)

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[The Hellrider]

I don't really care for Colin Farrell all that much, but I'm still looking forward to this. The fact that Michael Mann is involved has a lot to do with it.

Better this than another "comedy remake."

[Dark Donnie]

I like the casting of Justin Theroux! This is shaping up to be a really good movie!

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/641/641832p1.html

Foxx 411: Trouble in Miami?
Latest Miami Vice news & rumors.
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

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August 15, 2005 - In a recent edition of his [url="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165149,00.html"]Fox 411 (http://kt4.kliptracker.com/klipinsert4.tux?campid=8290&id=789695684472672400&ktaction=100&ad_id=1&redir=http%3A//clk.atdmt.com/ORG/go/gnxxxfxt0230000032org/direct/01/http%3A//www.transporter2movie.com/trailer/) column, Fox News columnist Roger Friedman claims that, since winning his Academy Award, Jamie Foxx "has not shown a lot of loyalty to those who've hung in there with him and done a lot of work." The entire premise of the piece is that the comic-actor-musician has been spoiled by fame and, in the words of Fox 411's source, "he's not the Jamie Foxx you knew a few months ago."

Friedman also covers the Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1) shoot, where he claims Foxx's Ricardo Tubbs is getting the second banana treatment compared to Colin Farrell's Sonny Crockett. "Colin is the star of the movie," claims Fox 411's alleged insider. "Jamie doesn't have a lot of lines." Friedman does mention how odd this would be considering that Foxx and writer-director Michael Mann have already collaborated a few times in the past.

Having read an early draft of the script, there is a segment where Crockett has more to do than Tubbs but Tubbs is not just "the partner." He has more skills than his TV counterpart did, such as being able to pilot choppers. He also has a love interest (fellow Vice cop Gina, who had been Sonny's sweetheart on the series); Tubbs and Gina's relationship is an integral part of the latter half of the story.

In other Miami Vice news, The Indianapolis Star (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050801/COLUMNISTS04/508010388) reports that the Offshore Super Series Powerboat Racing Association (http://www.offshoresuperseries.com/) recently served as technical advisors on the Miami Vice movie. The OSS "got involved with the movie because director Michael Mann wanted the movie's powerboat racing segments to be as authentic as possible. So some teams, boats and select staffers were on hand to provide whatever was needed for the simulated race and other scenes."

The OSS' official site reported (http://www.offshoresuperseries.com/news57.shtml) on July 26th that they "had twelve of their race teams and select OSS staff travel to Miami last week" to film racing scenes. "The race scene was filmed Monday and Tuesday. The boats participating in those scenes were Bacardi Silver, Flying Tiger, The Switch, and Typhoon. The Winners Circle scene was filmed Wednesday and Thursday and featured Adrenaline Spiderman, Black Pearl, Ettore Squeegees, JEM, Lightning Strikes, Nichols Offshore, Page Racing, Pier 57, Twisted Metal, and GC Motorsports."

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Colin Farrell filming a Miami Vice camera test.
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This racing competition scene is at the beginning of the movie. It introduces us to undercover cops Crockett and Tubbs, whose cover is as offshore racers who moonlight as drug smugglers.

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[spider-jide]

I'm looking foward to this movie.

[NOFX]

This will be number 2 on my list for 2006 right behind Superman:)

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/645/645782p1.html



August 26, 2005 - In an interview with The Village Voice (http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0534,lim,67107,20.html), actor Justin Theroux (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/638/638387p1.html) took time out of promoting his new release The Baxter to laugh and gripe about the film he most recently worked on, the big-screen version of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/moremovies/objects/55822.html?fromint=1).

Calling his role as Vice detective Larry Zito "the fourth banana to Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx," Theroux added that he's "not a big fan of Miami — it's a really sinister place."

"And it's a big movie, you know, with these big wheels in motion that you feel the material gets crushed under. The amount of back-and-forth about my hair alone has been infuriating," Theroux revealed. "You'll be in the makeup chair and they're like, do you mind if we pluck your eyebrows, you kind of have a unibrow, and I'm like, I don't know, would my character pluck his eyebrows? And six memos go back and forth, and they decide yes, he would pluck his eyebrows ..."

Meanwhile, Hurricane Katrina has impacted the Miami Vice shoot like it has almost everything else in South Florida. "The set of the film has been temporarily closed and shuttered to let the storm pass," KGET TV 17 (http://www.kget.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=7F09B1B5-3CB4-4AA6-8785-958B865477EE) reports.

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[Dark Donnie]

Thanks for the update! I like Theroux, good actor IMO! Doesn't Mann have like huge back stories to all his characters?

[Hunter Rider]

Thanks for the update! I like Theroux, good actor IMO! Doesn't Mann have like huge back stories to all his characters?
he definately did that with Collateral,i'm not sure if he'll do the same with Miami vice or if he'll use the backstory's from the TV show

[Dark Donnie]

yeah I remember Cruise saying that Mann does all the homework about the character that he(Cruise) should be doing. He showed Cruise pictures of where Vincent grew up, real detailed back story!

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/646/646697p1.html

Miami Vice, Interrupted
Film feels the impact of Hurricane Katrina.
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

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August 30, 2005 - In their coverage of how Hurricane Katrina has impacted film production in the Gulf Coast region, [url="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001050694"]The Hollywood Reporter (javascript:reportA4EBannerActivity() spoke with writer-director Michael Mann about what impact the storm had on his current production, Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/055/055822.html).

Vice shut down last Thursday and Friday when Hurricane Katrina stormed Florida; filming resumed Monday. THR says the Vice production "encountered minor damage on one set where trees fell on a trailer park. Mann noted that the production had time to prepare and decided to shut down Thursday because city services were redirected elsewhere and 'we wanted to be sure our Florida crew could get home and take care of their families.'"

Mann has had to leave his house in Miami for a hotel where he has reportedly "kept himself busy rewriting and prepping for the remainder of the shoot, which continues for four more weeks in Miami before moving to the Dominican Republic."

In other Miami Vice news, stars Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx didn't let the hurricane keep them from attending parties for this past weekend's MTV Video Music Awards. USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2005-08-29-mtv-vma-parties_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA) caught up with Farrell there where he said of Foxx, "He's great to be around. The man has incredible heart."

Of the Vice shoot, Farrell said, "The greatest part about the movie is wrapping every day. ... Everyone's working hard. I think we have another four weeks in Miami."

[Dark Donnie]

Thanks for the update! Sounds like a tough shoot! Im glad there wasn't that much destruction on set!

I heard Jamie Foxx performed with Kanye West at the VMA's, but sadly I missed it! :(

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/650/650659p1.html

Miami Vice Chatter
Plus, a Deadwood star joins the cast.
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

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September 13, 2005 - Actor Barry Shabaka Henley, who plays Lt. Martin Castillo (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/641/641520p1.html) in Michael Mann's upcoming Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/055/055822.html) movie, spoke with The National Ledger (http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_2726680.shtml) about his grueling schedule juggling the filming Vice and the Showtime series Barbershop. "I'll be working back on Miami Vice till the end of September," Henley advised the paper.

According to the actor, who also appeared in Mann's Collateral and Ali, the Miami Vice movie is "delving into the psychology of undercover work that they weren't able to do in the series – what it does to a human being to be deep cover for a long time."

In related news, The IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430357/) lists Deadwood actor John Hawkes (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370035/) (he plays "Sol Starr") as being part of the Vice cast. According to the site, Hawkes plays "Alonzo." In the script (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/589/589674p1.html) that I read, Alonzo is an ex-informant for Crockett and Tubbs. It is a small but important role.

Hawkes' credits include The Perfect Storm and Identity.

[Dark Donnie]

I had no idea Barry Shabaka Henley was cast :( As for the other guy, he is good in bit parts (my fave is From Dusk Till Dawn). Very interesting cast!

[Hunter Rider]

I had no idea Barry Shabaka Henley was cast :( As for the other guy, he is good in bit parts (my fave is From Dusk Till Dawn). Very interesting cast!

I like the fact they are approaching it from the phsycologiacal perspective of the undercover cop

[Dark Donnie]

I like the fact they are approaching it from the phsycologiacal perspective of the undercover cop
Everything I have heard about this movie has been good! Who is the main villian, the spanish actor(name slips me)?

[Hunter Rider]

Everything I have heard about this movie has been good! Who is the main villian, the spanish actor(name slips me)?

these are the main 2 villains

Li Gong (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000084/) Luis Tosar (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869088/)

[Alonsovich]

Everything I have heard about this movie has been good! Who is the main villian, the spanish actor(name slips me)?

Luis Tosar is one of the most amazing actors Spain has... on par with Bardem. And he's perfect for a villain roles... he plays a creepy psycho wife beater in "Take My Eyes", a wonderful indy film.

This is the guy:

http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/cine/goya_2004/img/tosar.jpg

[KenK]

http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/cine/goya_2004/img/tosar.jpg

He looks like David Goyer's prettier fraternal twin brother!

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/652/652367p1.html

Sonny Crockett Wears Socks
New Miami Vice set pics!
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)




September 20, 2005 - The Colin Farrell Fansite (http://www.colinfarrellfansite.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=187) has posted the latest batch of spy photos from the Florida set of the big-screen version of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/055/055822.html). The pics show Colin Farrell dressed up as undercover detective Sonny Crockett.

Unlike his TV predecessor portrayed by Don Johnson, Farrell's Crockett wears long sleeve shirts, a belt and leather shoes with socks!

He still has the long, greasy blondish hair of Johnson's Crockett and, in addition to the character's infamous five o'clock shadow, Farrell also sports an ugly moustache.

The set pics also show Gong Li (http://www.colinfarrellfansite.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=187&pos=7) as Crockett's love interest Isabella, who is part of the villain's narcotics organization that Crockett infiltrates.

In other Miami Vice news, The Boston Herald (http://theedge.bostonherald.com/movieNews/view.bg?articleid=102572) chatted with actor Justin Theroux who co-stars as Det. Larry Zito. "It's Colin Farrell, fast boats, fast cars, fast women," Theroux informed the paper.

"It's not comedy, it's not ironic. It's a pretty much straight-up Vice story. I'm the ugly cousin to Crockett and Tubbs, a Vice guy backup to them. Sometimes we operate as a team."

"We're shooting, and these boats – I'm not kidding – will do 170 (miles per hour), and we're racing them at night with a camera crew across choppy seas in pitch black. It's for real. We've had no major close calls, but moments," Theroux revealed, adding, "It's insane. It's the clarity of vision that they insist you use everything at their disposal that money can buy. ... I've done guns before, but this is one of those movies and, quite frankly, one of those budgets where there's no skimping. You go to the firing range: nine SWAT guys and an M-176 and 9mm Luger – everything is laid out! You sit there and do grenades if you want. It's like little boy camp. Maybe they'll get me a little boat?"

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[Hunter Rider]

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/8805/gareth010ns.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1211/bill076gy.jpg

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9854/bill078cg.jpg

anyone else slightly perturbed about the 70's porn tache' Colin is sporting ?:(

[Alonsovich]

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anyone else slightly perturbed about the 70's porn tache' Colin is sporting ?:(

I'm not sure if that's Miami Vice or a John Holmes biopic... :o

[conan69]

Not sure if this was mentioned yet, but theres a script review here....

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/589/589674p1.html

Not too much in the way of spoilers, more of a plot summary.

[Octoberist]

Why does he have that ugly ass mustache? I dont' understand...isn't the 'unshaven' look enough?

[Dark Donnie]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/654/654133p1.html



Publicists, Guns & Money
Rumors about the making of Miami Vice.
by Stax
September 27, 2005 - Rumors about ego battles and trouble on the set of Miami Vice have resurfaced thanks to Radar Magazine. Fox 411 columnist Roger Friedman first reported that Oscar winner Jamie Foxx was acting like a prima donna on the set, creating a rift between himself and writer-director Michael Mann.



"Cabin fever has settled in on the set, leading the two professionals to frequently butt heads," Radar claims. Foxx and Mann have collaborated twice before (on Ali and Collateral, for which Foxx received an Oscar nomination) and are, according to Radar, slated to team again on a project called Damage Control.

Radar, citing "top studio execs," claims Foxx "was miffed from day one that he had signed on to the film before collecting his statue for Ray and felt his contract didn't reflect his new superstar worth." Universal ultimately matched Foxx's salary with that of his co-star Colin Farrell but trouble remained.

Foxx "frequently retreats to his trailer when he's off-camera and has been late several times for the cast's mandatory weapons training sessions."

Mann's publicist, Pat Kingsley, denied the reports, telling Radar that Foxx and Mann are "like brothers." Foxx's flack, Alan Nierob, spun matters a little differently, saying, "These guys are fierce competitors for success. Nonetheless they love each other, are friends, and are partners on future projects after Miami Vice."

Foxx has reportedly had to endure at least one intolerable incident on the Vice set. The film's publicists have confirmed that Foxx's stand-in was the victim of a racist prank (it apparently involved lynching) pulled by some crew members. An infuriated Foxx demanded that the crew members be fired.




Foxx and Mann on the set of Collateral.


Radar also adds that Farrell hasn't helped Vice much with his own vices. Mann was reportedly forced to delay shooting once until Farrell could "dry out."

Before shooting commenced, Mann joked that, given his stars' wild reputations, he was "going to need a line item for a bail bondsman." At least he planned ahead.


(found by Hunter Rider)

[SoulManX]

Looking forward to this movie.

[terry78]

Will Foxx be clean shaven like his small screen counterpart, or keep the moustachio?

[green]

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/9854/bill078cg.jpg

anyone else slightly perturbed about the 70's porn tache' Colin is sporting ?:(


I kinda like it. :O

[Hunter Rider]

http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/665/665120p1.html

Miami Vice Trailer Buzz
Promo campaign will begin with...
by Stax (ff_mail@ign.com)

November 7, 2005 - Universal Pictures has confirmed for IGN FilmForce that the marketing campaign for the big-screen version of Miami Vice (http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/055/055822.html) is slated to begin next month with the studio's release of King Kong (http://filmforce.ign.com/objects/546/546724.html).

Peter Jackson's little ape movie opens Dec. 14 and Vice fans can expect to see the first teaser trailer for the film attached to prints of Kong.

No word yet on the content or length of the trailer.

The Miami marketing push also will include the release of the first official stills from the movie. So far the only photos fans have seen are spy pics from the Miami and Latin American sets, which brings us to ...

The Colin Farrell Fansite (http://www.colinfarrellfansite.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=187) has posted some high-quality spy pics from Vice's stint of filming in the Dominican Republic. The shots show Colin Farrell as Sonny Crockett opposite Gong Li as his love interest Isabella, who is involved with the drug operation Crockett and his undercover partner Rico Tubbs (Jamie Foxx) are investigating.

Miami Vice opens July 28, 2006.

[Dark Donnie]

awesome news, I need to see this damn trailer!!!!

[NOFX]

If this isnt the best movie of 2006 I will be very Disappointed!!! :mad:

[Caliber]

It looks good because I believe Mann wouldn't make crap.

[NOFX]

It looks good because I believe Mann wouldn't make crap.
:up:

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.latinoreview.com/news.php?id=55


Miami Vice Teaser Trailer!
Date: December 12, 2005

By: Kellvin Chavez
Source: Universal Pictures (http://www.superherohype.com/forums/)


Universal Pictures has launched the official website (http://www.bacardilive.com/) for writer/director Michael Mann's 'Miami Vice,' (http://www.latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=166) and in doing so the official teaser trailer has debuted at BacardiLive.com (http://www.bacardilive.com/). Miami Vice stars Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li, Naomie Harris, Ciarán Hinds and opens nationwide on July 28, 2006.


Looks great IMO:up:

[Sava]

i cant see it :(...

[NOFX]

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD SOMEONE LINK UP THE TRAILER!!! :mad:

[Hunter Rider]

Haven't you 2 got Flash players ?:confused: i hate it when they don't put trailers down in QT:(

[NOFX]

For your sake Hunter Rider, you better start making some new Miami Vice avvy!!!:mad:

[Sava]

Haven't you 2 got Flash players ?:confused: i hate it when they don't put trailers down in QT:(
i have not.... how is it?

[Hunter Rider]

For your sake Hunter Rider, you better start making some new Miami Vice avvy!!!:mad:

:rolleyes: :p

[Hunter Rider]

i have not.... how is it?

Download one Here (http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)

Looks like a cool cross between Collateral and Heat:up:

[The Apatow Crew]

that trailer was cool i liked how they used the Linkin Park/Jay Z Track of Numb.

[Sava]

i still cant see it... when i enter the site it takes me to http://www.centurycouncil.org/home.html :mad:

[Carmine Falcone]

Trailer is very meh. (IMO)

[The Apatow Crew]

its just a teaser remember i'm sure the full one next year will be great

[NOFX]

Finally it worked! It looks like Collteral the sequel:D But I loved it:cool:

[NOFX]

Trailer is very meh. (IMO)
Banned!

[NOFX]

Screen Caps now!!!

[Milkman95]

Michael Mann is THE man. His films are great..........

[The Apatow Crew]

yeah but everyone thought the island was not that great. as it tanked at the box office.i can't judge though i have not seen it yet.

[Hunter Rider]

yeah but everyone thought the island was not that great. as it tanked at the box office.i can't judge though i have not seen it yet.

That was Michael Bay

[The Apatow Crew]

That was Michael Bayoh i get those guys confused sorry about that

[Hunter Rider]

i still cant see it... when i enter the site it takes me to http://www.centurycouncil.org/home.html :mad:

Tey this link http://www.bacardilive.com/

[Darth Elektra]

the Island was a really cool and fun movie.

[The Apatow Crew]

thats where i saw it. but you gotta be over 21 to enter the site though

[Darth Elektra]

I liked the trailer,looks intresting! I like the music set very well.

[Darth Elektra]

thats where i saw it. but you gotta be over 21 to enter the site though

So lie,if your under 21.

[The Apatow Crew]

i'm over 21 but i'm just saying and i think it can detect ifyour lying. it needs your day of birth month and year born. it looks it up on something.

[iron_man7]

looks good

[NOFX]

oh i get those guys confused sorry about that
:rolleyes:

[NOFX]

Michael Mann is THE man.
Thats my line:rolleyes:

[Octoberist]

I don't know about Colin's sleezy handlebar mustash!

[SWAT]

*Runs around in circles*

Whoooooohooooooo!!

That looks awesome!

[Milkman95]

Thats my line:rolleyes:

No it's not.

[Darth Elektra]

*Runs around in circles*

Whoooooohooooooo!!

That looks awesome!

Yea,alot better than I origanlly thought,looks really good.

[The Apatow Crew]

Yea,alot better than I origanlly thought,looks really good.soi guess this will be one tv show to movie that people actually like or really want to be made into a movie.

[Darth Elektra]

so i guess this will be one tv show to movie that people actually like or really want to be made into a movie.

Yea,it should be really good.

[The Apatow Crew]

yeah cause automatically when people hear a old show will become a big screen movie there first words are always its gonna suck

[Darth Elektra]

Yep,and 80% of the time thier right... This one looks good,looks like a fun action packed movie.

[The Apatow Crew]

people like most of manns movies.

[kit1982]

Damn that looks cool, I like how its shot in the same format as Collateral. I may regret saying this but i'm really digging Colin Farrells look!

[The Amazing Lee]

I wasn't too keen on the trailer but I know I will probably see the film as Heat and Collateral are two of my favourite films.

[KenK]

Damn, that was pretty cool. Mann has an impressive enough resume, so I figured he'd put enough of a serious spin on it, while staying in the spirit of the old series.

[hey yo its sean]

Good teaser trailer. Supremely psyched.

[Nivek]

Wow, it's like Michael Mann style is really close to the origional TV show! Who woulda thunk it?

I was almost exspecting it to be a period movie (1986 Miami), but it looks like a modern take. Need some Phil Collins in there though...

[guitarsingerguy]

Eh, I'm just not sure about this one. I was never really a fan of the TV show. I'll wait and see the general reaction. I may wait until the video for this one.

[Dark Donnie]

anyone have a quicktime version yet?

[kit1982]

I hope they have Crocketts theme in it! I want some Jan Hammer!:up:

[roach]

looks awesome

[Hunter Rider]

Ive never promoted a movie but these days the net is a good way to get awareness out there and I will never understand why studios debut trailers in formats like flash that a lot of ppl struggle to play

BTW did anyone think the opening line from Farrel in the teaser was a bit off ?

[Mentok]

Trailer looks great. Was the film shot on digital?

[Stringer]

The damn website won't work for me

[Stringer]

Ok I saw it. Looks like its shot in digital, looks very good Michael Mann is no joke.:up:

[Orko Is King]

I dig it. Does anyone else remember the MV stunt show at Universal Studios?

[tamron]

I really dug the trailer. This flick wasn't really on my radar, but it is now, that for sure.

[Octoberist]

I don't know about that Jay-Z/Linkin Park song in the teaser. I prefer the theme song myself!

[Calvin]

Trailer didn't blow me away, but it didn't have to. It's Mann, doing the Miami Vice on the big screen. As long as the trailer isn't ridiculous ass, odds are the movie will be damn fine. Having Foxx and Farrell doesn't hurt either. Some crap movies from both of them, but when they go with good material, they deliver pretty well.

[NOFX]

Does anyone have a savable link yet?

[Hunter Rider]

Teaser (http://movies.apple.com/movies/universal/miami_vice/miami_vice-tsr1_h640w.mov) Hi-Res http://www.drfoster.f2s.com/images/qtlogo.jpg (9.35Mb)

[The Phantom]

I just like the idea that Mann is using the same camera technology that he used in Collateral. It just makes it seem more real, more "Cops"-esque.

[terry78]

http://www.albertspage.it/sigle_tv/foto/Miami%20vice07.jpg

Old school

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v215/terry78/miamiviceonesheet.jpg


New school

[Phaser]

Watching that teaser, this film simply oozes coolness. :up:

Oh and the music on the official sites rocks as well.

[The Phantom]

Watching that teaser, this film simply oozes coolness. :up:

Oh and the music on the official sites rocks as well.
Every time I watch it, I can't help but smile.

[Hunter Rider]

2 New Pics

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4604/16qg.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2295/25eg.jpg

[Sava]

is it me or does Jamie Foxx look badass!

[Orko Is King]

2 New Pics

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4604/16qg.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2295/25eg.jpg

Collin Farrell somehow managed to make a handlebar mustache look heterosexual.

[tamron]

is it me or does Jamie Foxx look badass!

You're definitely right, Jamie oozes cool in these pics. Can't wait to see this film.

[Carmine Falcone]

is it me or does Jamie Foxx look badass!

It's you.

he's trying hard to be badass. He fails.

THIS is badass:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6296/eastquiz11pw.jpg

:p

[Sava]

It's you.

he's trying hard to be badass. He fails.

THIS is badass:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6296/eastquiz11pw.jpg

:p
shut up you ;)

[NOFX]

I just picked up the Miami Vice season 1 disc 1 via netflix!!! And the freaking rocks!!! It was funny seeing Al Bundy and Jimmy smith there:D But that scene with the car driving with the song "In the air tonight" just owned my soul!!!

[LetsHangBendis]

...

That happened like every week dude. They had a very limited soundtrack.

Hopefully we get that in the new one. Great song. And that random part where the music cuts out except the drums elicits silence in ANY situation. Literally.

I was in a room with a bunch of people carrying on random conversations, and that was in the background, and not everyone had heard the song before, but almost instinctively everyone silenced for that one part.

[Stringer]

is it me or does Jamie Foxx look badass!
Yeah he does but, Im hoping there isnt too much bad ass posing in the movie. Im sure it wont happen though.

[The Riddler]

the teaser looks so stupid.

that first line by farrell is the most retarded thing i've ever heard in my life.

[NOFX]

the teaser looks so stupid.

that first line by farrell is the most retarded thing i've ever heard in my life.
STFU!:mad:

[BatJeff7786]

the teaser looks so stupid.

that first line by farrell is the most retarded thing i've ever heard in my life.
You've lived a pretty uneventful life then.

[terry78]

It's you.

he's trying hard to be badass. He fails.

THIS is badass:

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/6296/eastquiz11pw.jpg

:p
Yeah, if you're over 60! *wah-wah-wahhhhh*

Seriously, Eastwood is my guy though.

[NOFX]

Anyone know if there going to show a trailer for the superbowl?

[Dark Donnie]

I doubt they'll show one.

[Kira]

2 New Pics

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4604/16qg.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2295/25eg.jpg

Jamie Foxx... looking good. :up:

Colin Farrel... skanky as usual. Guy needs a shower. Desperately.

Other than that, teaser looked pretty promising.

[Sava]

I doubt they'll show one.
why not?

[NOFX]

Anyone knows what song there playing on there offical site and if there going to use it as the main theme in the movie because the song kicks ass!!! http://www.miamivice.com/main.html

[Darthphere]

Sounds like an update to Jan Hammer's Crockett's theme to me.

[Lazlo Panaflex]

In the TV series the Crockett character was the main guy, yet I see on posters that Jaime Foxx's name is before Farrel's, and the trailers don't really give a clue as to what's it about.

[user123456789]

Trailer didn't blow me away, but it didn't have to. It's Mann, doing the Miami Vice on the big screen. As long as the trailer isn't ridiculous ass, odds are the movie will be damn fine. Having Foxx and Farrell doesn't hurt either. Some crap movies from both of them, but when they go with good material, they deliver pretty well.

:up:

[user123456789]

anyone know why 'hey yo its sean' got banned?

[Orko Is King]

I want another trailer, damn it!:mad:

[Mr. Vengeance]

anyone know why 'hey yo its sean' got banned?

Did you seriously just ask about that here? :confused:

[Spider-Gamer]

I want another trailer, damn it!:mad:
I have to agree.

[NOFX]

I want another trailer, damn it!:mad:
Im dying for one!!! I need a new avvvy dammit!!!:mad:

[Orko Is King]

Any new news?:confused:

[Darthphere]

Any new news?:confused:


For real. We need a trailer, a new one. Bangin chicks, blowing **** up, banging chicks, shooting bad guys, driving fast cars, banging chicks.

[Cinemaman]

I thought this movie will suck, but now I am looking forward to it.

MV looks good movie, especially after this awesome teaser.

[NOFX]

Any new news?:confused:
Do you understand the meaning of forboding, as in badness is happening right now!!!

[terry78]

Were it being directed by anyone but its initial creator, then yes, I believe it would suck, as even an A-list director wouldn't know the characters as well as Mann himself does.

[GoldGoblin]

I hope this movie doesn't turn out as bad as Jamie Fox's "Stealth".

[NOFX]

I hope this movie doesn't turn out as bad as Jamie Fox's "Stealth".
Its directed by Michael Mann!!! IT WILL NOT SUX!

[Octoberist]

I still don't like Colin's handlebar mustache..

[Darthphere]

I hope this movie doesn't turn out as bad as Jamie Fox's "Stealth".


Actually, it was Josh Lucas Stealth up until Jamie Foxx won the Oscar.

[NOFX]

I still don't like Colin's handlebar mustache..
I think its kind of sexy if you ask me...:supes:

[Orko Is King]

I still don't like Colin's handlebar mustache..

You're just jealous 'cause it wouldn't look as good on you!:p

[TimDrake64x]

I hope this movie doesn't turn out as bad as Jamie Fox's "Stealth".

jamie was a minor character in that movie, it was filmed before he got the oscar

[tamron]

In fact, the reason Jamie's role in Stealth was small was because he got the lead in Ray. He had to leave filming early. His character was supposed to do more.

[NOFX]

anyone know why 'hey yo its sean' got banned?
Funny How you say that since your banned :D

[NOFX]

FINALLY A NEW TRAILER AND ITS AWESOME!!! :eek: :up:

[Darthphere]

Where?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[The Storm]

2 New Pics

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/4604/16qg.jpg

http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/2295/25eg.jpg

:up: :up: Both look hot!! I'm really looking forward to this film, you can't go wrong with Michael Mann directing plus the leading duo of Foxx & Farrell.

[Ronnie Gardocki]

Where?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Heh.

[Sava]

where the hell is the new trailer?

[Ronnie Gardocki]

Hahaha.

[Hunter Rider]

where the hell is the new trailer?
April 1sthttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif

[Carter]

aint the sharpest tools in the shed?

[Darthphere]

aint the sharpest tools in the shed?


I figured it out like 2 seconds after I posted, I shouldve edited.:(

[Darthphere]

April 1sthttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif


Regardless the question still stands.:mad:

[Stringer]

AICN has some test screening reviews up.:up:

[Warhammer]

Miami Vice looks like a beast of a movie.

[Milkman95]

One of the reviews at AICN is extremely negative. I find that hard to believe, but I'm biased towards Michael Mann movies.........

[KenK]

Well, the other film says it could be great with the right editing, so it's all gonna come down to your opinion of the film.

[Stringer]

One of the reviews at AICN is extremely negative. I find that hard to believe, but I'm biased towards Michael Mann movies.........
Me too but that reviewers gripes arent things that will detract a lot from the movie in my eyes. And like KenK said the other review is positive.

[Darthphere]

Im guessing we arent getting a new trailer anytime soon?

[Batman333]

Michael Mann is a God of directing. Everything he does is a success, in my opinion. I loved Heat, Ali, and Collateral...So I cant wait for Miami Vice

[BatJeff7786]

That negative review was kind of bias. The guy was just mad because he wanted to see "Snakes on a Plane", and it was Miami Vice instead.

[Sava]

April 1sthttp://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif
son of a b**ch!!!! :mad:..DOH!!!

[Orko Is King]

I wish Noogie was in the movie.

[KenK]

That negative review was kind of bias. The guy was just mad because he wanted to see "Snakes on a Plane", and it was Miami Vice instead.

Well, Snakes on a Plane is becoming the film to look out for these days. The publicity it's getting just from the general public flooding the internet has been astounding. The question is. . . .Who DOESN'T want to see Snakes on a Plane?!?

[terry78]

Snakes on a Plane has become a phenomenon already. :o

[TimDrake64x]

if "in the air tonight" by phil collins does not play during this movie i will be pissed

[Orko Is King]

I wish we'd at least get some new pics. The trailer isn't coming untill FatF 3 in June. :( :mad: :( :mad: :down

[TwilightPro101]

I'm looking forward to this one :) Well, it gives me a reason to see FatF3 at least.

[TwilightPro101]

That negative review was kind of bias. The guy was just mad because he wanted to see "Snakes on a Plane", and it was Miami Vice instead.

Now, that just plain sucks.

[Hunter Rider]

http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/9087/movieposter43378ep.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7976/movieposter43396by.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4423/movieposter43389rc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)



http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6461/movieimage50466ps.jpg

[NOFX]

I want a new trailer dammit!

[user123456789]

That's how we do it.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23074

Randy Says Crockett and Tubbs Are Not "Gaudy And Sock-less" In MIAMI VICE!!


Merrick (merrick@aintitcool.com) can feel "it" coming in the air, tonight! "It"?! Feel what coming?!



Randy wrote in after a second screening of Michael Mann’s MIAMI VICE.

This one went down in Long Beach (I love Long Beach! I want to move there – has anyone out there eaten at The Long Beach Café?). If Randy’s time keeping is accurate, sounds like Mann trimmed about 15 minutes from the film since its last iteration (which ran 2 ½ hours).

This review is interesting because it came from someone with low expectations, who ended up pretty much liking what he saw. This is an important obstacle for MIAMI VICE to overcome; the film doesn’t seem to have the buzz/positive vibe that I would’ve expected it to develop by now. I saw its trailer in theaters recently, and people laughed when the title popped in.

I think some of this may be due to people misremembering the television series, whose pastel visuals and ultra-stylization overshadow how nihilistic the show really was. Also, many folks (not AICNers) still don’t “get” that this film is a re-working of the original concept, rather than a blind exaltation of its more kitschy elements. So, they’re misremembering the original series, and misinterpreting the new film that’s based on a show they don’t recall correctly to begin with. A tricky scenario for Universal marketing to address, and potentially catastrophic pitfall at the box office. <H2>This is just my perception of what’s going on…my take could be completely wrong.


Here’s Randy…

</H2>

[Hunter Rider]

So I get a flyer for a "Unnamed R-rated drama" with a bunch of movies I'm supposed to have seen including SWAT, COLLATERAL and TRAINING DAY. Sounds intriguing. So I head down to the Edwards 26 in Long Beach to see what it is... which turns out to be Miami Vice, as I figured it would be.
Now I'm not going to go over the plot, as previous reviews have already gone up.
I will say that I went in with VERY low expectations. I was none too thrilled with the trailer, thought the cast was so-so and, like you, I wondered why this TV show needed to be turned into a movie. But I was pleasantly surprised!
If you're expecting the same feel as the original series, well you'll know you're NOT in that movie when you see what a Barrett fifty-cal sniper rifle does to body parts! This is a movie that has more in common with Collateral and Heat than it does Band of the Hand! I LOVE that it's a "hard" R movie coming out in the summertime.
Michael Mann continues his recent trend in films, going for a grittier, street level movie. It seems like the past ten years of filmmaking has been done to get to this movie. I know several reviews claim that the story is like an episode of the old show. I think that's not accurate. I think the story goes down deeper into what the series was doing. We never see the inside of a police station, never hang with Crockett & Tubbs off-duty; these two are ALWAYS on duty. This is about two cops who are so undercover that they have the ability to go up an entire drug chain and find out how to tear it down. I enjoyed seeing these guys in world where everything is slippery and they have only themselves to count on. This is less about the world of money, women and cars than it is of backroom deals, amoral criminals and the constant fear of death in the air.
The action scenes are first rate, with one scene being a taut and tense standoff and the final shootout giving the impression of "COPS" episode coming to you live and on adrenaline. Mann seems to be trying more and more to be as real as he can in his recent films and it continues here. In the last fight, I dig the fact that the guns in movie don't sound like howitzers going off but actually have a more realistic sound. I'm surprised at the fact that there are only three really "big" shootouts in the movie, two nearly coming back to back.
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx step up well, given the gaudy, sock-less versions of the 80's that people remember. There's a great bond established between the two, giving the feeling of comrades who've been depending on each other for many years. I was especially worried about getting the Jamie Foxx who was TRYING to be so suave and charming (see STEALTH). The supporting cast, though relatively unknown to me (which was GREAT!), does a great job, though I think Elizabeth Rodriguez's Det. Gina Calabrese stands out for me. She is one HARD woman in a fight; I love a woman who can handle a G-36!
Now that isn't to say Miami Vice doesn't need more work.
From last week's screenings, I think the film has been cut down some, as the running time was around 2 hr 15 min. Even still, it needs to be trimmed down to be a faster paced, leaner movie. I think it'll finally wind up at two hours.
This was a "digital work print" but seemed pretty clean to me (PLEASE don't take out that digi-camera, sitting next to Farrell. driving fast feel), with some effects to be added in. Music was temp, though I guess they added the Linkin Park/Jay-Z song back in from last week's showing. I'll be interested in hearing the final music and score.
I also wonder why several plot points are brought up and never resolved, especially as they are brought up as the instigating factor for the plot! This is an important thing that needs to be corrected quickly. Reviewers have talked about the problem with the ending. I agree, though it more about getting an idea of what's going to happen to Crockett and Tubbs than anything else.
So, I went in with low expectations and came out looking forward to seeing the final work. Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to chat with you, Mr. Mann. Guess you left before I finished filling out the card!
Thanks all!

[terry78]

I sense this will be the sleeper hit of the summer. People are immediately going to think Miami Vice remake and dismiss it, but it may surprise people more than likely.

[Darthphere]

Man im amped for this movie. I would be lying if I said I liked that its pretty different than the hsow, but its 2006 some chnages are necessary.

[NOFX]

So I get a flyer for a "Unnamed R-rated drama" with a bunch of movies I'm supposed to have seen including SWAT, COLLATERAL and TRAINING DAY. Sounds intriguing. So I head down to the Edwards 26 in Long Beach to see what it is... which turns out to be Miami Vice, as I figured it would be.
Now I'm not going to go over the plot, as previous reviews have already gone up.
I will say that I went in with VERY low expectations. I was none too thrilled with the trailer, thought the cast was so-so and, like you, I wondered why this TV show needed to be turned into a movie. But I was pleasantly surprised!
If you're expecting the same feel as the original series, well you'll know you're NOT in that movie when you see what a Barrett fifty-cal sniper rifle does to body parts! This is a movie that has more in common with Collateral and Heat than it does Band of the Hand! I LOVE that it's a "hard" R movie coming out in the summertime.
Michael Mann continues his recent trend in films, going for a grittier, street level movie. It seems like the past ten years of filmmaking has been done to get to this movie. I know several reviews claim that the story is like an episode of the old show. I think that's not accurate. I think the story goes down deeper into what the series was doing. We never see the inside of a police station, never hang with Crockett & Tubbs off-duty; these two are ALWAYS on duty. This is about two cops who are so undercover that they have the ability to go up an entire drug chain and find out how to tear it down. I enjoyed seeing these guys in world where everything is slippery and they have only themselves to count on. This is less about the world of money, women and cars than it is of backroom deals, amoral criminals and the constant fear of death in the air.
The action scenes are first rate, with one scene being a taut and tense standoff and the final shootout giving the impression of "COPS" episode coming to you live and on adrenaline. Mann seems to be trying more and more to be as real as he can in his recent films and it continues here. In the last fight, I dig the fact that the guns in movie don't sound like howitzers going off but actually have a more realistic sound. I'm surprised at the fact that there are only three really "big" shootouts in the movie, two nearly coming back to back.
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx step up well, given the gaudy, sock-less versions of the 80's that people remember. There's a great bond established between the two, giving the feeling of comrades who've been depending on each other for many years. I was especially worried about getting the Jamie Foxx who was TRYING to be so suave and charming (see STEALTH). The supporting cast, though relatively unknown to me (which was GREAT!), does a great job, though I think Elizabeth Rodriguez's Det. Gina Calabrese stands out for me. She is one HARD woman in a fight; I love a woman who can handle a G-36!
Now that isn't to say Miami Vice doesn't need more work.
From last week's screenings, I think the film has been cut down some, as the running time was around 2 hr 15 min. Even still, it needs to be trimmed down to be a faster paced, leaner movie. I think it'll finally wind up at two hours.
This was a "digital work print" but seemed pretty clean to me (PLEASE don't take out that digi-camera, sitting next to Farrell. driving fast feel), with some effects to be added in. Music was temp, though I guess they added the Linkin Park/Jay-Z song back in from last week's showing. I'll be interested in hearing the final music and score.
I also wonder why several plot points are brought up and never resolved, especially as they are brought up as the instigating factor for the plot! This is an important thing that needs to be corrected quickly. Reviewers have talked about the problem with the ending. I agree, though it more about getting an idea of what's going to happen to Crockett and Tubbs than anything else.
So, I went in with low expectations and came out looking forward to seeing the final work. Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to chat with you, Mr. Mann. Guess you left before I finished filling out the card!
Thanks all!
What is that?

[Hunter Rider]

What is that?

:confused: the guys review

[The Storm]

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4423/movieposter43389rc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)



http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/6461/movieimage50466ps.jpg

Hatsumomo!!!! I was impressed with Gong Li in Memoirs so I'm even more excited for this film. I'm loving the Foxx/Farrell duo.

[Hunter Rider]

http://uk.filmforce.ign.com/articles/707/707116p1.html

Exclusive: Miami Vice Images
Standees and still from the forthcoming flick starring Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell.
by IGN FilmForce (ff_mail@ign.com)


May 10, 2006 - We've got some new Miami Vice hotness for ya today in the form of a first look at some new standees that will promote the film in theaters nationwide. And there's also a never-before-seen still from the film! Vice, from filmmaker Michael Mann, stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell as Miami-Dade P.D. vice detectives. Foxx plays Det. Ricardo Tubbs and Farrell is Tubbs' partner, Sonny Crockett.
The movie (http://uk.filmforce.ign.com/articles/707/707116p1.html#) is based on the classic TV series of the same name, but filmmakers have gone for a vibe more like Collateral (http://uk.filmforce.ign.com/articles/707/707116p1.html#) than the show viewers might remember. As Foxx recently told the press, "Just don't go expecting any damn flamingos."
You'll get another new look at Vice when the full trailer arrives in theaters on Friday with Poseidon!
The standees below will also appear in theaters this weekend. The images feature cast members Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell, Gong Li and John Ortiz along with the taglines, "No Rules," "No Law," and "No Order."

[NOFX]

You'll get another new look at Vice when the full trailer arrives in theaters on Friday with Poseidon!
:eek: :up:

[Hunter Rider]

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/7369/miamivice200605100434585650007.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/6726/miamivice200605100434592060009.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/5536/miamivice200605100434566750007.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3776/miamivice200605100434577530001.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://imageshack.us/)

http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/5215/2324fp0006fb050c1crop114730457.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/9513/miamiviceonboat11471109669zb.jpg (http://imageshack.us/?x=my6&myref=http://www.imageshack.us/)

[The Apatow Crew]

so when's the release date for this?

[NOFX]

so when's the release date for this?
....

[BruceforLizard]

so when's the release date for this?

I think it comes out July 28th.

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506

Exclusive: Miami Vice Images!

Source: Universal Pictures
May 11, 2006



Universal Pictures is bringing Miami Vice (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=8238) to the big screen on July 28, and ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at six new images from writer-director Michael Mann's crime-drama, starring Jamie Foxx (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#), Colin Farrell (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#), Gong Li, Naomie Harris and Ciarán Hinds. Also, be sure to stay tuned to Apple (http://www.apple.com/trailers/) for the new trailer, coming later today!

Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#) analyst Trudy (Harris) as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Farrell) [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker.

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#) pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.


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[NOFX]

Trailer later on today????!!! I have to go to work now!!! :mad: :down :rolleyes: But expect a pm hunter rider later on tonight! :D

[Cinemaman]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506

Exclusive: Miami Vice Images!

Source: Universal Pictures
May 11, 2006



Universal Pictures is bringing Miami Vice (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=8238) to the big screen on July 28, and ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at six new images from writer-director Michael Mann's crime-drama, starring Jamie Foxx (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#), Colin Farrell (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#), Gong Li, Naomie Harris and Ciarán Hinds. Also, be sure to stay tuned to Apple (http://www.apple.com/trailers/) for the new trailer, coming later today!

Ricardo Tubbs (Foxx) is urbane and dead smart. He lives with Bronx-born intel (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#) analyst Trudy (Harris) as they work undercover transporting drug loads into South Florida to identify a group responsible for three murders. Sonny Crockett (Farrell) [to the untrained eye, his presentation may seem unorthodox, but procedurally he is sound] is charismatic and flirtatious until-while undercover working with the supplier of the South Florida group-he gets romantically entangled with Isabella (Li), the Chinese-Cuban wife of an arms and drugs trafficker.

The best undercover identity is oneself with the volume turned up and restraint unplugged. The intensity of this case (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=14506#) pushes Crockett and Tubbs out onto the edge where identity and fabrication become blurred, where cop and player become one-especially for Crockett in his romance with Isabella and for Tubbs in the provocation of an assault on those he loves.


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AWESOME PICS!

[Cinemaman]

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I think the vissual style of posters is done right.

[Cinemaman]

So I get a flyer for a "Unnamed R-rated drama" with a bunch of movies I'm supposed to have seen including SWAT, COLLATERAL and TRAINING DAY. Sounds intriguing. So I head down to the Edwards 26 in Long Beach to see what it is... which turns out to be Miami Vice, as I figured it would be.
Now I'm not going to go over the plot, as previous reviews have already gone up.
I will say that I went in with VERY low expectations. I was none too thrilled with the trailer, thought the cast was so-so and, like you, I wondered why this TV show needed to be turned into a movie. But I was pleasantly surprised!
If you're expecting the same feel as the original series, well you'll know you're NOT in that movie when you see what a Barrett fifty-cal sniper rifle does to body parts! This is a movie that has more in common with Collateral and Heat than it does Band of the Hand! I LOVE that it's a "hard" R movie coming out in the summertime.
Michael Mann continues his recent trend in films, going for a grittier, street level movie. It seems like the past ten years of filmmaking has been done to get to this movie. I know several reviews claim that the story is like an episode of the old show. I think that's not accurate. I think the story goes down deeper into what the series was doing. We never see the inside of a police station, never hang with Crockett & Tubbs off-duty; these two are ALWAYS on duty. This is about two cops who are so undercover that they have the ability to go up an entire drug chain and find out how to tear it down. I enjoyed seeing these guys in world where everything is slippery and they have only themselves to count on. This is less about the world of money, women and cars than it is of backroom deals, amoral criminals and the constant fear of death in the air.
The action scenes are first rate, with one scene being a taut and tense standoff and the final shootout giving the impression of "COPS" episode coming to you live and on adrenaline. Mann seems to be trying more and more to be as real as he can in his recent films and it continues here. In the last fight, I dig the fact that the guns in movie don't sound like howitzers going off but actually have a more realistic sound. I'm surprised at the fact that there are only three really "big" shootouts in the movie, two nearly coming back to back.
Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx step up well, given the gaudy, sock-less versions of the 80's that people remember. There's a great bond established between the two, giving the feeling of comrades who've been depending on each other for many years. I was especially worried about getting the Jamie Foxx who was TRYING to be so suave and charming (see STEALTH). The supporting cast, though relatively unknown to me (which was GREAT!), does a great job, though I think Elizabeth Rodriguez's Det. Gina Calabrese stands out for me. She is one HARD woman in a fight; I love a woman who can handle a G-36!
Now that isn't to say Miami Vice doesn't need more work.
From last week's screenings, I think the film has been cut down some, as the running time was around 2 hr 15 min. Even still, it needs to be trimmed down to be a faster paced, leaner movie. I think it'll finally wind up at two hours.
This was a "digital work print" but seemed pretty clean to me (PLEASE don't take out that digi-camera, sitting next to Farrell. driving fast feel), with some effects to be added in. Music was temp, though I guess they added the Linkin Park/Jay-Z song back in from last week's showing. I'll be interested in hearing the final music and score.
I also wonder why several plot points are brought up and never resolved, especially as they are brought up as the instigating factor for the plot! This is an important thing that needs to be corrected quickly. Reviewers have talked about the problem with the ending. I agree, though it more about getting an idea of what's going to happen to Crockett and Tubbs than anything else.
So, I went in with low expectations and came out looking forward to seeing the final work. Oh, and I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to chat with you, Mr. Mann. Guess you left before I finished filling out the card!
Thanks all!

This movie looks and sounds better and better every day! Cant wait for it!

[Darth Elektra]

Yea, this film should rock. Sad how more people arn't excited to see this film.

[Hudson]

I am! :)

[terry78]

^If it was a spoof comedy, they would be. They want it in the vein of Starsky and Hutch, etc.