Michael Mann has been cooking up some Heat with the sequel to his iconic 1995 film. Now, as the project enters casting the casting stage, they’ve found a new star. Per WorldofReel, Austin Butler is in final talks to join Mann’s Heat 2, where he’ll play Chris Shiherlis, the character made famous by Val Kilmer […]
Michael Mann on the difficulties of recasting for Heat 2, teases Adam Driver again
After confirming last week Heat 2 would be his next production, Michael Mann is once again speaking about his plans for adapting his and Meg Gardiner’s novel which they published last year. In an interview with Vulture, Mann spoke about the difficulties of recasting Heat‘s iconic characters, which were led by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, […]
Heat 2 officially in the works as Michael Mann’s next film, teases Adam Driver as a young De Niro
Michael Mann’s Heat is one of the most acclaimed and beloved crime thrillers ever made, uniting legendary actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino onscreen together for the first time. Now over 25 years after the film’s release, Mann has revealed his next project after the release of Ferrari will be Heat 2, an adaptation of the prequel/sequel he […]
Michael Mann says he wants Adam Driver for Neil McCauley in Heat 2
Earlier in the year it was reported that Michael Mann was looking to adapt his New York Times Best-Seller Heat 2 for the big-screen, and that Adam Driver had been in discussions to play the younger version of Robert De Niro’s iconic L.A. criminal, Neil McCauley. Well, now that the 80-year old director is parking […]
Michael Mann in talks with Adam Driver to play a young Robert De Niro in Heat 2
Once Michael Mann has parked his Adam Driver-led Enzo Ferrari biopic, he hopes to convince the actor to play a young Neil McCauley in his sequel to revered 1995 crime-epic Heat. Deadline reports that Heat 2 is starting to gain some real traction at Warner Bros. and that Mann wants to adapt the New York […]
