Michael Mann Announces Prequel/Sequel Novel To Heat
Acclaimed film director Michael Mann has announced that he will be publishing a book sequel to his seminal 1995 crime thriller Heat. The novel, titled Heat 2,will be written by Edgar award-winning author Meg Gardiner and will focus on an original story about the lives of the characters depicted in Heat, both before and after the events of the film.
Mann announced the news on his Twitter account with a short 1-minute trailer set to Moby’s God Moving Over the Face of the Water, which is the song used at the end of the original Warner Bros. film. Heat 2 is the debut novel from Michael Mann Books, which has signed a multi-million dollar deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow.
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The original film starred acclaimed actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro as police lieutenant Vincent Hanna and master thief Neil McCauley, respectively, who are ensnared in a cat and mouse game in the criminal underworld of LA. The film marked the first time that Pacino and De Niro were featured together on screen. Both actors starred in The Godfather Part II,but their characters' stories took place during different time periods, so they were never featured in any scenes together. Heat also starred Val Kilmer, Ashley Judd, Diane Verona, and Jon Voight.
Speaking to Deadline, Mann said of the new novel, “It’s been my intention for a long time to do the further stories of Heat. There was always a rich history or back-story about the events in these people’s lives before 1995 in Heat and projection of where their lives would take them after.” The novel reportedly begins with a wounded Chris Shiherlis (The character played by Kilmer inthe film) as he attempts to escape LA. From
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