Rumor has it that Universal Pictures wants to reboot Miami Vice on the big screen.

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LIL' TWITTER SCOOP: Universal is rebooting MIAMI VICE & are out to writers for takes. Thoughts?



— Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) December 11, 2014

The studio previously brought the 1980s TV series to life as a 2006 feature film directed by Michael Mann, who also exec produced the original show.The film, which starred Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx as undercover narcs Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, respectively, was deemed an underperformer. It made $163.8 million worldwide, but cost at least $135 million to produce and more to market.The rumor comes via Latino-Review 's "El Mayimbe":No word yet on whether Mann, who has the hacker film Blackhat coming out soon via Universal, will be involved with the new Miami Vice movie or not.