I believe a sequel to Ryoo Seung-wan’s 2015 hit action comedy, Veteran, is still in toe, so I guess we’ll see what happens from there. In the meantime, you can rely on Variety’s Elsa Keslassy and Patrick Frater to gin up the chatter among Asian film fans as word of a remake makes the rounds as of Wednesday.
Deadline’s Andreas Wiseman is exclusively reporting confirmation of the long-awaited sequel to Michael Mann’s 1995 hit crime thriller, Heat, as of Friday. The filmmaker made the announcement at the news firm’s Contenders Event in London while currently campaigning his latest banner work, Ferrari, starring Adam Driver.
Word via Deadline’s Justin Kroll on Monday came that a follow-up to Michael Mann’s epic 1995 crime thriller, Heat, is in the works at Warner Bros. Pictures. What’s more, actor Adam Driver (65) is in talks to star in the film as a young version of Neil McCauley with Mann in negotiations with the studio to direct, and with Arnon Milchan’s New Regency optioning to board the film when it “is in a good place to move forward”.
Immersive crime narratives have been, and continue to be, a staple for director and author Michael Mann; Say what you will about Blackhat – I say it was a disservice for it to bomb the way it did four years ago and personally, I’m glad it hasn’t tripped him since.
The last few years have seen the celebrated Heat helmer move forward with several projects, including at least a few through his his publishing imprint, Michael Mann Books. HarperCollins is just the latest to catch on with exclusive reports last week at Deadline on their acquisition of publishing rights for a new book from author Elaine Shannon, for which Mann has himself nabbed television and film rights.
As Mike Fleming Jr. reported last week, the forthcoming book stems from four years of Shannon’s own research into Paul Le Roux who went from developing encryption software in the late 1990s and early 2000s to becoming hailed one of the foremost dangerous international criminals of the 21st century. The crux of the book will entail Le Roux’s terrorist-linked global enterprises in drugs, guns, murder-for-hire and mercenary operations, and his coinciding manhunt and arrest in 2012.
Fleming Jr.’s report follows up on Le Roux’s recent testimony in the last few weeks at Manhanttan Federal District Court for the murder trials of three gunmen involved in the 2011 murder of real estate agent Catherine Lee. Mann, said to have been quietly following Le Roux for sometime, was present at the hearing.
“Elaine Shannon’s book,” Mann said, “took me into the actual people and places, the language and attitudes as powerfully as great fiction. Deeply and vividly, it illuminates the mind of LeRoux and the dark frontier of transnational crime.”
Michael Mann Books is also home to a series of upcoming books, including a prequel to the 1995 crime classic, Heat, and a book with a film to follow centered on crimeboss Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana based on Mann’s script co-penned with Shane Salerno.
The announcement from Wednesday has more:
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta.
Once again, director Michael Mann‘s style of filmmaking has taken on a life of its own! If you enjoyed the gritty, urban, down and dirty worlds seen in films like Collateral and Miami Vice, you’ll probably enjoy what he’s got lined-up for the upcoming release of the international cybercrime thriller, Blackhat.
The film has taken a few years as a project once left untitled, leaving curious netizens in the dark about just what it really was until some facts started trickling online. Fortunately, that trickle goes much deeper this week, with the help of a fresh new trailer and synopsis to boot.
SYNOPSIS:
Set within the world of global cybercrime, Legendary’s Blackhat follows a furloughed convict and his American and Chinese partners as they hunt a high-level cybercrime network from Chicago to Los Angeles to Hong Kong to Jakarta. Directed and produced by Michael Mann, the film stars Chris Hemsworth, Viola Davis, Tang Wei and Wang Leehom, and it is written by Morgan Davis Foehl and Mann. Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni produce alongside Mann, while Alex Garcia and Eric McLeod serve as the executive producers.
Watch the new trailer (courtesy of JoBlo via City On Fire) below and stay tuned for more info!
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