Sinners Star Michael B. Jordan Allegedly Wants Huge Miami Vice Payday After Oscars Win

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Michael B. Jordan has starred successful truthful galore deed films, it's astonishing. He astir precocious won an Oscar for playing nan copy brothers Smoke and Stack successful Ryan Coogler's jazz-era vampire movie "Sinners," which grossed complete $370 million. Coogler and Jordan intelligibly activity good together; nan brace besides made "Creed" successful 2015, which grossed $173.6 million, and that movie spawned 2 Jordan-starring sequels that grossed $214 cardinal and $276 million, respectively. 

Jordan besides played nan villainous Killmonger successful Coogler's ultra-hit "Black Panther," which made $1.35 cardinal (!). Jordan's characteristic moreover had a cameo successful nan follow-up, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," which made complete $859 million. Heck, Jordan moreover starred successful nan found-footage superhero movie "Chronicle" backmost successful 2012, which made complete $126 cardinal connected a $15 cardinal budget. There's nary doubting that Jordan is simply a valuable beingness successful Hollywood. 

This is apt nan logic why nan character asked for a salary summation to prima successful nan upcoming movie adjustment of "Miami Vice." The latest "Miami Vice" movie was announced back successful October of 2025, pinch Jordan successful talks (at nan time) to play nan characteristic of Tubbs, pinch "F1" helmer Joseph Kosinski directing. The InSneider precocious reported that Jordan whitethorn look successful "Miami Vice" but would for illustration an $18 cardinal paycheck for nan gig. This is simply a reasonable demand, fixed nan numbers listed above. Jordan knows his value, and nan accrued paycheck makes cleanable sense. Especially since "Miami Vice" is simply a well-known I.P., and Kosinski besides tends to nonstop hits ("F1" and "Top Gun: Maverick" were some blockbusters). It seems that Jordan's typical astatine his talent agency, James Farrell, told Jordan to prime up negotiations aft Oscar night. Now that Jordan won, he was wrong his authorities to inquire for much money.

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For those unfamiliar, "Miami Vice" was a basking crime TV bid that aired for 5 seasons and 114 episodes betwixt 1986 and 1990. It was incredibly sexy and stylish, and starred Don Johnson arsenic Crockett and Philip Michael Thomas arsenic Tubbs, a brace of constabulary detectives pinch absorbing backstories. Crockett was a erstwhile shot player, while Tubbs was a erstwhile NYPD detective who knowledgeable civilization daze connected nan beaches of Florida. The show was famed for its usage of popular civilization references and popular music. Noted filmmaker Michael Mann served arsenic nan show's executive producer, and moreover adapted nan show into a 2006 characteristic movie starring Colin Farrell arsenic Crockett and Jamie Foxx arsenic Tubbs. 

A root astatine nan InSneider noted that Michael B. Jordan wanted $18 cardinal to play Tubbs, but besides that Tom Cruise — whom head Kosinski worked pinch on "Top Gun: Maverick" and "Oblivion" — would want to play nan film's villain. The ultra-handsome prima of "Elvis," Austin Butler, was announced arsenic being successful talks to play nan film's Crockett. With those 3 actors involved, and that head astatine nan helm, there's small uncertainty that "Miami Vice" would beryllium a hit, truthful Jordan was wise to inquire for more. 

This benignant of net summation pursuing a notable deed is communal successful Hollywood. The InSneider pointed retired that Leonardo DiCaprio did thing akin backmost successful 1997. After starring successful James Cameron's "Titanic" — still 1 of nan biggest films of each time — DiCaprio asked for a whopping $20 cardinal to adjacent look successful Danny Boyle's 1998 movie "The Beach." 28 years later, Jordan's $18 cardinal seems downright reasonable. There's nary uncertainty he'll get what he asked for.