Michael Mann confirms that he finished the Heat 2 screenplay, and he is now in Warner Bros. “Mani

Michael MannThe acclaimed director behind the iconic criminal epic of 1995 Heat has officially finished the screenplay for its longtime sequel, Heat 2. During a recent chat with vulture, Mann revealed: “I just finished the script and delivered the first draft”.

He continued by saying that Warner Bros., the same study behind the original, has the script, and this is almost what was willing to share. He added: “I can’t speak. But it’s an exciting project”.

Heat 2 It was a project of passion that Mann was easily developed by the release of the best -selling novel Heat 2co-script with Meg Gardiner. It is both a sequel and a prequel of the original film, expanding the world of the master thief Neil McCauley and the detective Vincent Hanna.

While discusses its wider approach to narration with VultureMann reflected why his films resonate again: “I am not a director of journalists; I would like to be, because I love filming. But I put a lot in a movie, and therefore I think they sometimes have layers of relationships.”

“They are not simple,” he continued. “They can be totally accessible – not all my films, but some of them could be accessible just like something that will flow, it will take care of only for two hours, or two hours and 45 minutes in the case of Heat AND Insider – But there is also a lot there, because my ambition was to put a lot of depth. “

Heat 2 He will tell the story of what led to the events in the first film, which is set in 1989 and what happened after, which is set in 2002.

Covers “the training years of the detective of the murder Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and elite criminals Neil McCauley (De Niro), Chris Shiherlis (Kilmer) and Nate (Jon Voight) and presents the same extraordinary ambition, scope, rich characterizations and attention to the details of the epic film “.

This new story “leads to the events of the film and then moves further, with new characters on both sides of the law, new high -line robberies and breathtaking action sequences.

“Ranging from the streets of Los Angeles to the inner sanctuary of the Taiwanese crime rival in Paraguay to a huge money laundering operation of the drug cartel just beyond the border in Mexico, Heat 2 illuminates the dangerous features of international crime organizations and the agents who pursue them while providing a net portrait of the men who establish both worlds.

“Operating in the context, Heat 2 is compelling, moving and tragic: a masterpiece of the criminal narrative of one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers of American cinema.”

It is explained that the book jumps between two periods of time, “the first following Chris Shiherlis while trying to evade the lapd and detective Vincent Hanna after the bank robbery went badly and moves to a new territory in the Tri-Border area and in Southeast Asia.

“The second plot reports readers in Chicago in 1988 when McCauley, Shiherlis and their high -line crew are taking scores on the west coast, the border between the United States and Mexico and Chicago.

“At the same time, Hanna is cutting her teeth as a nascent star in the Chicago police department chasing an ultraviolent band of domestic invaders. The repercussions of McCauley scores and Hanna’s pursuit cause unexpected repercussions in a parallel narrative.”

This year marks the 30th anniversary of HeatThe compelling saga of the Los Angeles crime that gave us the iconic confrontation between Al PacinoRelentless cop Robert De Nirocriminal disciplined. It has become a high filigree of the genre.

Aside Heat 2Mann is also shooting a project of the Vietnam War focused on the Battle of Hué in 1968 and an American remake of the South Korean criminal thriller Veteran.

Now we will just have to wait and see if WB is going to Greenlight Heat 2.