Austin Butler is in early talks to star in Joseph Kosinski‘s “Miami Vice” reboot for Universal Pictures.

If the deals ultimately close, Butler would play James “Sonny” Crockett opposite Michael B. Jordan as Ricardo “Rico” Tubbs, the suave South Florida detectives portrayed by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in the classic ’80s TV series. (Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx played the roles in the first big-screen adaptation, 2006’s “Miami Vice,” directed by Michael Mann.)

Butler soared to the top of Hollywood’s leading man list after playing rock and roll legend Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” which earned him a Golden Globe and BAFTA award, as well as an Oscar nomination for best actor. Butler began his career on teen shows like “Zoey 101,” “Switched at Birth” and “The Carrie Diaries,” then made his Broadway debut in the revival of “The Iceman Cometh,” and landed his big-screen breakout role in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.” With projects like “Dune: Part Two,” where he played the sociopathic villain Feyd-Rautha, and, most recently, Darren Aronofsky’s crime thriller “Caught Stealing” on his résumé, Butler has become one of the industry’s most versatile stars.

Kosinski, whose recent forays into existing IP with “Top Gun: Maverick” and “F1: The Movie” proved both innovative and lucrative, now explores the “glamour and corruption of mid-80s Miami” with a reboot of “Miami Vice.” The film, an official logline explains, is “inspired by the pilot episode and first season of the landmark television series that influenced culture and set the style of everything from fashion to filmmaking.” Production on the project, which will be filmed for Imax, is expected to begin next year. “Miami Vice” is dated for Aug. 6, 2027.

Dylan Clark and Kosinski serve as producers, while Eric Warren Singer and Dan Gilroy penned the script, based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the series executive produced by Yerkovich and Mann.