‘Miami Vice ’85’ Movie Adds Andrew Schulz To Cast

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew Schulz is set to join Universal and Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice ’85 pic starring Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler. Kosinski is directing the pic which also stars Whitney Peak, Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone, John Leguizamo and Danny Ramirez.

Miami Vice ’85, with a screenplay by Dan Gilroy, explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of Miami Vice, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark 1984-90 NBC series. The movie will be filmed for Imax and is set for release on May 19, 2028. Production will begin this year.

The film is produced by Dylan Clark/Dylan Clark Productions and Kosinski. Gilroy’s script is based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the series he executive produced with Michael Mann; Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay. EVP Production Development Sara Scott and Creative Executive of Production Development Christina Hoffrogge oversee the project for the studio.

Schulz as had himself quite a year as his acting slate has heated up. He has a role in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Street Fighter, and his credits include Netflix’s comedy series Tires, MGM’s Underdoggs alongside Snoop Dogg, The Thicket with Peter Dinklage, Netflix’s You People with Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill and White Men Can’t Jump with Jack Harlow.

He also recently wrapped production on the Apple sports pic Running.

Schulz recently completed his sold-out global Life Tour, an arena run that included back-to-back sellouts at Madison Square Garden; Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena; two nights at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena; and more than 70 arenas and theaters across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. The tour culminated in his latest Netflix special Life, filmed at New York City’s Beacon Theatre.

In the podcast world, Schulz co-hosts Flagrant, the culture-shifting podcast that has generated more than 1.5 billion YouTube views. He also co-hosts the long-running Brilliant Idiots with Charlamagne Tha God.

Schulz is repped by CAA, manager Dov Mamann, and Cary Dobkin and Gregg Gelman at Yorn Levine.