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Michael Mann plans to make the 'Heat' sequel later this year. The 81-year-old filmmaker previously teased a sequel to the 1995 crime drama was in the works and he's now offered an update to explain he is "deep into" writing the screenplay adaptation of his and Meg Gardiner's 'Heat 2' novel and wants to start shooting either late 2024 or early 2025. It has been rumoured that his 'Ferrari' star Adam Driver and 'Dune' actor Austin Butler will take on the roles played in the original movie by Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer, but Michael refused to be drawn on the speculation. He simply told the Los ...
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Will Smith has revealed the hardest he’s ever been hit on a movie set. The ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ actor’, 55, who is still dogged by the fallout from his infamous on-stage assault on Chris Rock, 59, at the 2022 Oscars, said he was struck with such force while making boxing biopic Ali his neck was “compressed” into his spinal cord. He told the ‘Hot Ones’ YouTube talk show about getting battered while playing boxing icon Muhammad Ali in director Michael Mann’s 2001 film: “My trainer was trying to get me to get the angle of my spine forward. And in this second I just was like, ‘You know what? Co...
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Penelope Cruz “cried” because of the “sad energy” in Laura Ferrari’s bedroom. The 49-year-old actress found a visit to the apartment where her ‘Ferrari’ alter ego lived incredibly helpful for informing her role in the biopic because it made her understand how the woman felt following the end of her marriage and the death of her son. She told Empire magazine: “It was a lot of colours that were supposed to be happy but to me it had a very sad energy. “I started to cry, understanding what it would be like for this woman spending so much time hiding in that room, missing her son and missing what s...
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Adam Driver “craves some kind of structure” in his life. The 40-year-old actor – who has two children with wife Joanne Tucker – portrays Enzo Ferrari in his new movie ‘Ferrari’ and he related to what he read in the car maker’s diaries when doing his research because he is also a “creature of habit”, which he believes is due to the “wild and inconsistent” nature of his career. Speaking about the diaries, which were all written in purple ink, Adam told Empire magazine: “To me, that was very telling about how paranoid he was, and how exacting he was with every little detail. “He didn’t want anyon...
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Adam Driver felt it was essential that 'Ferrari' was filmed in Italy. The 40-year-old star features as Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann's biopic about the founder of the iconic car company and appreciated the value of shooting in the homeland of the Prancing Horse. Speaking at the film's UK premiere on Monday (04.12.23) night, Adam said: "We couldn't have done it, I don't think, in Brussels. It just wouldn't have worked. "We shot in the locations where the things actually happened. It's all kinda helpful." Adam had the opportunity to meet with Enzo's son Piero Ferrari and got a unique insight into...
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Michael Mann insists that Adam Driver's role in 'House of Gucci' had no influence on his casting in 'Ferrari'. The 40-year-old star portrays Enzo Ferrari in Mann's biopic about the founder of the iconic Italian car manufacturer but the director explained how Driver's performance as the murdered Italian fashion designer Maurizio Gucci in Sir Ridley Scott's 2021 film had "nothing to do" with his casting choice. Michael told Entertainment Weekly: "No, the Gucci movie had nothing to do with it. I met with him well before I saw 'House of Gucci'. "There's a real-world, factual intelligence to Adam. ...
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Adam Driver shocked fans by saying “f*** you” to an audience member who called crash scenes in his new ‘Ferrari’ film “cheesy”. The 39-year-old actor plays Enzo Ferrari in Michael Mann’s biographical drama, which follows the life of the sports car magnate in 1957 as his company prepares to enter the Mille Miglia, a 100-mile, open-road motorsport race. Despite a cast that also includes Penelope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Gabriel Leone, Sarah Gadon and Patrick Dempsey, it has been slammed with negative reviews and Adam brutally hit back at more criticism of the movie at a paid-for question and answ...
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Michael Mann has confirmed 'Heat 2' will be his next movie. The 'Ferrari' director has confirmed an adaptation of the novel - which he wrote with Meg Gardiner - will be his next project on the big screen, and he's looking forward to getting to work. He told Deadline: "Yes. Meg Gardiner and myself wrote the novel 'Heat 2', which came out right when we were shooting 'Ferrari'. "It did very well. I plan to shoot that next.” Before the Hollywood writers and actors strikes, it had been reported that Adam Driver - who starred in 'Ferrari' - was in talks to play a young version of Neil McCauley, the ...
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'Ferrari' producer Andrea Iervolino has hit back at criticism of the decision to cast Adam Driver in the lead role. The 35-year-old producer claimed that Italian cinema has not produced enough high-profile stars to play the part of Enzo Ferrari – the founder of the legendary car company - and rubbished suggestions of "cultural appropriation" by film star Pierfrancesco Favino. Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, Iervolino – who is Italian-Canadian – said: "Italian cinema needs to look beyond Italy and come up with synergies with the international film industry, which wants to invest in Italia...
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Michael Mann takes full responsibility for the failure of his film 'Blackhat'. The 2015 thriller - starring Chris Hemsworth as a paroled cybercriminal pursuing a hacker stealing data - was a critical and commercial flop and director Michael has admitted that the script wasn't ready when he started shooting. He told Variety: "It’s my responsibility. The script was not ready to shoot. The subject may have been ahead of the curve, because there were a number of people who thought this was all fantasy. Wrong. Everything is stone-cold accurate.” One of Mann's best-known films is the 1995 crime film...
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