Heat 2: Almost 30 years later, Michael Mann wants to make a sequel to his masterpiece

Robert de Niro and Al Pacino playing at cat and mouse for almost 3 hours in a film with a grandiose stagingobviously scores. Good news: almost thirty years after the phenomenon came out Heat at the cinema, Michael Mann wants to continue explore the mythology of his characters and their universe.

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For this, the director is ready to consider all artistic forms. He also collaborated with author Meg Gardinier to write Heat 2 in the form of a novel which will be released in August 2022.

Suffice it to say that the release of the book reactivates a question on everyone’s lips: Heat 2 will it be adapted, in series or in the cinema? During the screening of Heat at the Tribeca festival in June, Al Pacino got excited when he imagined Timothée Chalamet detect. According to Pacino, Chalamet would be the ideal actor to take on the role of Vincent Hanna, because ” looks good and looks good. “

“A great movie” at the cinema?

In an article dated July 5, 2022, the American magazine Empire revealed that in the midst of all these trial, error and suspense, Michael Mann had great projects regarding the sequel to his cult urban thriller.

“It is completely planned that we make a movie of it. It will be a mid-range feature, right? A series that requires a lot of money? Not anymore. It will be a movie, and what’s more, a great movie.

The original film is still known. You might think I’m wrong in thinking the whole world knows about the film, but when I see how ubiquitous it is still among what has been seen in homes for the past 20 years, I think to myself, “No, this stuff is still solid. People are still watching it, people are still talking about it. ” […] It’s kind of an extended universe of Heat, in a way. This largely justifies a large-scale and very ambitious film. “

Michele Mann

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