Michael Mann is in negotiations for ‘Heat 2’.
Three decades after Michael Mann's Heat hit theaters, it looks like Mann and Warner Bros are in negotiations to develop Heat 2, a sequel to the 1995 crime classic. The news follows weeks worth of rumors and now adds that Adam Driver is in discussions with Mann to play a young Neil McCauley in the movie.
Heat 2, recently turned into a novel by Mann and Meg Gardiner which became a New York Times bestseller, will continue the storyline of the primary characters. According to an exclusive with Deadline, Warner Bros is in negotiations to fund the development of the project and no partner is currently involved. Mann has been passionate about making Heat 2 for decades, co-writing the novelization of the film and hinting at adapting it into a movie.
COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Heat 2 serves as a sequel and prequel as it jumps between the past and present. The novel focuses on four different years in a non-sequential structure taking place in 1988, 1995, 1996 and 2000. The first time period follows a wounded criminal Chris Shiherlis evading authorities. He makes his way to South America where he partners with new characters who ultimately introduce him to two rivaling Taiwanese crime families.
Though not many details have been released about Heat 2, nor do we know when we can expect it, enjoy a look back at the original theatrical trailer of the 1995 classic Heat: