Amazon’s United Artists Nears Heat 2 Deal

Michael Mann’s long‑gestating sequel Heat 2 is moving forward after United Artists (part of Amazon MGM Studios) began final talks to acquire the project from Warner Bros. following a budget impasse, with Mann producing alongside Jerry Bruckheimer, Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt. Amazon reportedly agreed to Mann’s terms and executive producers include Shane Salerno and Eric Roth, though studio negotiations remain in late stages and details and casting are preliminary. The film will adapt Mann’s 2022 novel Heat 2, co‑written with Meg Gardiner, and the team hopes to begin shooting next year. Leonardo DiCaprio is in early talks to play Chris Shiherlis (the role Val Kilmer played in the 1995 original), while Adam Driver, Austin Butler and Bradley Cooper have been floated but no offers are finalized.