Los Angeles, May 19, 2025 — Rockstar Games has finally lifted the curtain on one of the most ambitious crossovers between gaming and cinema: the official live-action trailer for Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2025). The trailer, which premiered on YouTube and quickly surged past 10 million views within hours, stars Ryan Reynolds and Will Smith in a neon-drenched, high-octane reimagining of the iconic 2002 video game.
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In this live-action vision, Reynolds plays a sharp-tongued former mob enforcer trying to reclaim power in the criminal underworld of Vice City, while Smith takes on the role of a corrupt detective walking a razor’s edge between justice and survival. The trailer is packed with explosive car chases through pastel-lined boulevards, nightclub brawls, and the unmistakable synth-heavy soundtrack that defined the original game.
“Vice City isn’t just a place — it’s a lifestyle, a battlefield, and a memory,” Ryan Reynolds narrates in the trailer’s opening, as a flaming sports car flies through the air and crashes into a beachside motel. Will Smith’s character counters with a darkly humorous line: “You think you run this city? Nah. This city runs you.”
Directed by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day, The Equalizer) and produced in collaboration with Rockstar Films, the project aims to blend gritty realism with the over-the-top style the franchise is famous for. The trailer teases appearances by other surprise cast members, including rumored cameos from Pedro Pascal, Megan Fox, and even Tom Holland as a rookie hacker caught in the crossfire.
Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser commented, “This trailer is just a taste of what happens when storytelling, chaos, and charisma collide. Vice City has always been larger than life — now it is life.”
While the full-length film hasn’t been confirmed, insiders report that the trailer may be part of a broader multimedia push for the Vice City brand, including a Netflix miniseries and an upcoming GTA game expansion also set in Vice City.
Whether it’s a prelude to a blockbuster movie or just a jaw-dropping promotional campaign, one thing’s certain: Vice City is back — and it’s never looked so dangerously good.
🎥 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Live Action Trailer 2025 is now streaming on Rockstar’s official YouTube channel.
