Heat 2 Gets An Exciting Update From Michael Mann (Including A Massive Estimated Runtime)

Fever 2 Get an exciting new update from director Michael Mann, who teases his filming schedule. Released in 1995, FeverWhich chronicles the showdown between obsessed cop Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) and slick bank robber Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro), has become one of Mann’s most beloved films. In 2022, Mann and author Meg Gardiner released a follow-up in the form of a sequel/prequel novel that charts the formation of McCauley’s crew and Shiherlis’ escape to South America after their heist goes wrong, and Mann has since expressed his interest In fitting it into a Fever 2 Movie.

In a video shared by Courtney HowardMann, during a recent screening of his 2006 crime thriller, Miami ViceShares a promising update on Fever 2.

Although the project is still not quite certain, the filmmaker reveals that he has already planned various filming locations and that Audiences can expect the film to have a runtime similar to the original of two hours and fifty minutes. Check out Mann’s comment below:

“I’m working on the script seven days a week, and it’s great. It’s as great as the original, which was two hours and forty-five minutes. Some of what the characters do has evolved beyond that. The novel itself, especially the Christian Hurley character in the fourth part of it, the last act of it.

“So it’s great. And it will go, you know, we would shoot in Paraguay, and shoot the last day where we shot a number of days in [Miami Vice]And it was a very wild place. And then also in Mexicali, in Chicago, in LA, and then in Southeast Asia. Probably Batam, which is right across from Singapore.

Heat 2 seems likely to happen

What else is said about the heat follow-up

Fever 2 is still in the script stage and there has been no confirmation that it actually has financing yet. Despite this, Mann’s recent comments suggest that he is quite confident that the movie will happen. Man said LA Times Earlier this summer that He plans to start filming Fever 2 Either at the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025. The clock is ticking, therefore, and the script should be completed in the coming months, apart from the cost and other production work.

Fever 2 Casting rumors have pegged Adam Driver as a top choice for a young McCauley, while actor Austin Butler is reportedly being eyed to play a young Chris Shiherlis, the role played by Val Kilmer in the original. So far, the casting has not been confirmed, but firearms expert and instructor Taran Butler said recently Corridor crew That he trained Butler for his audition. “I don’t see them going with anyone else“, he told the YouTube channel.

Despite the promising signs, there is still reason to approach Fever 2 With some skepticism due to Mann’s recent films. 2023s Ferrari Reviews may have been positive, but the film was a box office failure, like his divisive 2015 crime thriller, Black hat. Still, though, the original Fever has only become a more beloved film with age, and it’s the response from audiences that can help make it Fever 2 A fact.

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