Two of Universal’s most highly anticipated reboots are shifting release dates: “Miami Vice ’85,” starring Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler, is moving to May 19, 2028, taking the previously announced release date for the next instalment of “The Mummy,” which features the return of Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz.
The yet-to-be-titled fourth “Mummy” movie, from Radio Silence’s Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, will now hit theatres on Oct. 15, 2027. Academy Award winners Fraser and Weisz will reprise their roles as adventurer Rick O’Connell and Egyptologist Evelyn O’Connell in the movie, plot details for which are being kept — not unironically — under wraps.
Production on the “Miami Vice” update, from “F1” and “Top Gun: Maverick” director Joseph Kosinski, will start later this year. On Thursday, Variety reported that newly minted Oscar winner Jordan and Oscar nominee Butler closed their deals to play Miami detectives Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs and James “Sonny” Crockett. The movie, previously scheduled for release on Aug. 6, 2027, will be filmed for Imax.
Universal won’t vacate that August date, setting an untitled event film on the calendar instead. The studio also scheduled a new Blumhouse movie for a wide theatrical release on Oct. 8, 2027.
From Variety US