Michael Mann’s ‘Heat 2’ Has Found Its Cast. And It Is Great for the Film Bros
Everyone is a film bro
The news that a Heat 2 was in the works delighted fans of Michael Mann’s original film. But then came the important question: What would a story for Heat 2 look like? Luckily, there’s a book for that!
The novel, written by Mann and Meg Gardiner, is both a prequel and a sequel to the original film. Now though, the new film is starting to feel a lot more real with some pretty exciting casting. We don’t yet know how the novel will play into the film but we do know that both Leonardo DiCaprio and, reportedly, Christian Bale will join the Mann picture.
Bale was speaking with journalist Jake Hamilton for the film The Bride when he gave some exciting information to Hamilton. “I’ll be back in Chicago soon for Heat 2!” Bale also spoke with Chalice Williams for Black Girl Nerds and hinted at his role in Heat 2. When he saw the posters she had hanging up on the wall behind her, he said “You know what’ll go great up there? Heat 2!”
The original film is described as follows: “Master criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) is trying to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last big heist before retiring. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Hanna (Al Pacino) attempts to track down McCauley as he deals with the chaos in his own life, including the infidelity of his wife (Diane Venora) and the mental health of his stepdaughter (Natalie Portman). McCauley and Hanna discover a mutual respect, even as they try to thwart each other’s plans.”
We don’t yet know who DiCaprio and Bale would play respectively but there have also been rumors that Stephen Graham, of Adolescence fame, would play Neil McCauley in this new film.
It feels great having Christian Bale back in the fold
DiCaprio has been consistently working for most his life, with him releasing roughly one film a year for the last few years. Bale, on the other hand, takes a bit longer between projects. As someone who loves Bale’s work as I do, it is nice to see him working on projects more regularly now.
With the release of The Bride and the release of Madden later this year, Bale is back in a way we haven’t seen in a while. For most of the 2000s and into the 2010s, Bale had multiple movies out a year. But in the last 6 years, the amount of films he’s been working on has shifted. The last release was Pale Blue Eyes on Netflix.
So for someone like me, who grew up in the age of Christian Bale films, it is exciting to see him “back” and arguably better than ever.
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