Gong Li & Colin Farrell in Mann's Miami Vice

Gong Li has signed to play in Michael Mann's next film, Miami Vice, for Universal Pictures.

Collin Farrell and Jamie Foxx will play detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs, in the big screen adaptation of the 1980 television series.  Mann, who was executive producer of the series, wrote the screenplay, and directed the film.

Gong Li will play Isabelle, the woman who steals Crockett's heart, and who is also the daughter of a crime boss.