Filmmaker Michael Mann is re-teaming with his “Public Enemies” star Christian Bale for “Heat 2” at Amazon MGM Studios and United Artists.
Bale is said to be circling a major role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the film, which will start shooting next year. What role specifically isn’t clear.
At last report last month, no formal offers have been made to any talent yet, so we’re still a long way from signed deals. Austin Butler, Adam Driver, and Bradley Cooper’s names have all been suggested for roles.
The new film, based on a 2022 novel, serves as a prequel-sequel hybrid that follows events in 1988 for Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro in the original) and Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino in the original), and a few months after events in 1995 with Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer in the original) in the tri-border zone in South America.
Thus, a guessing game is now underway over which role Bale might play as he’s currently 51 – DeNiro was 52, Pacino 55 and Kilmer 35 in the original.
Mann wrote the script based on the bestseller he authored with Meg Gardiner. Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer, Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt produce.
Source: Deadline
