Whitney Peak, one of the stars of the recent Gossip Girl reboot, has joined the cast of Universal’s Miami Vice ’85, being directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Peak joins Michael B. Jordan, Austin Butler and Alden Ehrenreich in the feature, which is eyeing a November production start in and will shoot in New York and Miami.
The new feature will explore the glamour and corruption of mid-’80s Miami in a new version of the property, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark television series that influenced culture and set the style of everything from fashion to filmmaking.
Miami Vice began life as the Anthony Yerkovich-created TV series starring Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two undercover Miami police officers known for their love of fast boats and pastel suits.
Jordan is playing Ricardo Tubbs while Butler is playing James Crockett, the two swagger-strutting detectives.
Peak is said to be playing Tubbs’ love interest.
Vice ‘85 will be filmed for IMAX and is set for release by Universal Pictures on May 19, 2028.
Producing is Dylan Clark via his Dylan Clark Productions and Kosinski, who previously helmed Top Gun: Maverick and F1.
Dan Gilroy is writing the script, based on characters created by Yerkovich. Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay.
Peak, who is Ugandan and Canadian, broke through with a leading role in the 2019 reboot of soapy teen drama Gossip Girl and recurred on Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Apple TV’s Home Before Dark.
The actress had a leading role in Disney+’s Hocus Pocus 2, which had set the record for biggest opening weekend for a made-for-streaming movie on the platform. And she recently appeared in the Netflix shark thriller Thrash opposite Phoebe Dynevor, which was a surprise hit on Netflix which released worldwide in April.
Peak is poised to reach a wider audience this fall as she will next be seen playing a key role in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, which Lionsgate releases Nov. 20.
The actress is repped by CAA, Canopy Media Partners, Play Management, and Jackoway Austen.
