Michael Mann still plans to adapt his novel Heat 2 in a movie. The filmmaker recently gave an update on the upcoming sequel, revealing that he is still working on the script.
Talk with Collider about the 25th anniversary of his film The insider, Mann gave an update on the sequel to his 1995 crime thriller Heatwhich will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. “I’m finishing the scriptand at 2:30 this morning, it woke me up in the middle of the night. So, I’m writing the script, and I ended up driving through Los Angeles at 3 a.m., which is fantastic, there are no cars, and I ended up at Canter’s Delicatessen because “that it’s the only restaurant open 24 hours a day,” the filmmaker said, adding that he was sitting in the same booth he sat in while working on Starsky and Hutch and the original Heat. “Then I sat in a booth and wrote there until about 9 this morning, trying to finish the fourth act.”
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Published in August 2022, Heat 2co-written by Mann and Meg Gardiner, takes place before and after the events of the original film. The book moves between three periods – 1988, 1995-96 and 2000 – with the previous setting following “Neil McCauley, Chris Shiherlis and their high-flying team taking scores on the West Coast, on the border between the United States and the Mexico and in Mexico. Chicago At the same time, Vincent Hanna cuts his teeth as a rising star on the Chicago police force chasing an ultra-violent gang of home invaders. Meanwhile, the next period follows “Shiherlis as he attempts to escape the LAPD and Hanna after the bank robbery gone wrong and advances into new territory in the Tri-Border Area and Southeast Asia.” East.”
Who could star in Heat 2?
While production on the sequel is still some way off, no casting has been officially announced for the highly anticipated project, although there have been several rumors that Mann is eyeing Adam Driver, with whom the director worked on his biopic of 2023. Ferrariand Austin Butler for key roles. In August 2023, Mann even confirmed that he had spoken to Driver about the possibility of playing the role of Neil McCauley, played by Robert De Niro in the original film. Heat. “Adam and I talked about it at length before the attack started, while we were still shooting. Ferrari“, he admitted. Meanwhile, Butler is rumored to be the top choice to succeed Val Kilmer in the role of Chris Shiherlis.
As for who could play young Lt. Vincent Hanna, Al Pacino, who played the character in the 1995 film, said in June 2022 that Timothée Chalamet would be his dream casting, noting that he is “a wonderful actor ” with “good looks”. “.
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What Heat fans want to see in the upcoming sequel
As the long-awaited sequel to Michael Mann’s Heat enters production, fans are hoping to see a lot in the film.
Mann previously said in January 2024 that he hoped the sequel could begin production by late 2024 or early 2025, so that it could be released in 2025 to coincide with HeatIt’s the 30th anniversary. Whether this will ultimately happen is still up in the air, although Mann later said in August that Heat 2 would shoot on location in Paraguay, Mexicali, Chicago, Los Angeles and Batam. Of course, it is still possible that Heat 2 That may not happen at all, with Mann telling Collider: “Nothing is definitely going right because the sky may fall. But Heat 2 is at Warner Bros. I’m writing the script for them, and I hope we We will move forward as soon as possible.”
Heat is currently streaming on Paramount+.
Source: Collider
A group of high-end professional thieves begin to feel pressure from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a verbal clue about their latest heist.
- Director
- Michael Mann
- Release date
- December 15, 1995
- Cast
- Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora
- Writers
- Michael Mann
- Runtime
- 170 minutes
- Production company
- Budget
- 60 million dollars
- Studio(s)
- Warner Bros.
- Distributor(s)
- Warner Bros.