"Heat 2" is happening! Michael Mann gets the green light

The first "Heat" came out in 1995 and instantly achieved cult status. What does its prequel have in store for us?

As World of Reel reports, the film's cast should be announced in the coming weeks, with the lead role going to after lengthy negotiations.
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Heat
Michael Mann to Direct Heat Prequel
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Austin Butler and Adam Driver are also likely to appear in the film. The Heat prequel's fate was hanging by a thread not too long ago, since Michael Mann requested a hefty $200 million budget from Warner Bros. – a big ask for an action flick. But the studio's doing well right now, and producers aren't worried about box office failure anymore. Mann, by the way, plans to shoot the film on actual film stock. The zoomboola.com editorial team reminds readers that Heat told the story of a showdown between a professional thief and a cop. Robert De Niro played the former, while Al Pacino took on the latter. Heat 2 is set to reveal the backstory of these two adversaries.