Michael Mann is seeking to develop a film adaptation of Heat 2, the novel sequel of the 1995 classic film Heat.
Heat 2, published in August 2022 went on to become a New York Times No. 1 bestseller, and Deadline has claimed that Warner Bros. are negotiating with Mann to join the film adaptation.
Additionally New Regency, who financed the first film, will reportedly be given the option to help finance the project once it is solidly underway.
Adam Driver, who recently worked on Ferrari with Mann, has been slated to play the young version of Neil McCauley that appears in the sequel.
Written by Mann and Meg Gardiner, Heat 2 follows two different time periods. In the first, Chris Shiherlis is evading the LAPD and Det. Vincent Hanna follows a botched bank robbery. The second, which will take audiences back to 1988, follows Neil McCauley and Shiherlis as they take a series of scores along the West Coast as Hanna rises through the Chicago PD.