Heat 2

I re-watched the original only last night on RTE2! Such a great movie.

I can’t see how a “sequel” would work though, it’s not really a film that left itself open to a sequel, I’d be surprised if any of the original cast would appear and obviously many of the characters, including DeNiro’s, definitely cannot reappear.

Cheers OP, I'd considered starting a thread for this!

I’ve preordered the book and read the first 30/40 pages from a sample available on iBooks for anyone interested in doing the same. It starts right from where the first one left off with Hanna on the hunt for Shiherlis (Kilmer’s character) and the rest of McCauley’s crew; it’s got a really good pace to it so far and I’m looking forward to reading the rest of it when it arrives later this month.

The first one is one of my favourite films, I’ve watched it countless times and all these years later it still remains one of the standout cinema experiences for me. Over the years I’ve bought it on video (I used to use it to demo my first Dolby Prologic system in the late 90s!), DVD, BluRay, 4k digital and have the 4k BluRay preordered (it’s out next Monday, disappointed it doesn’t seem to have an Atmos track). I absolutely love it!

So. Am I anxious that Mann could get this one wrong after so all these years and so potentially tarnish the original (it wouldn’t for me but might for others)? You bet I am. However, I really do hope he gets to make it and in the way it deserves to be made - for big screen cinema, none of your steaming crap please (from a financing perspective it’ll probably be Netflix with a small cinema release I’d fear though)!

He’s said he’ll be re-casting the roles rather than going the de-aging route (thank Christ!). For the pre-95 sections that’s fine by me but how can he do the 95-00 sections with all of the original actors (those who survived at least) so advanced in years without the audience being ‘taken out of it’? As I said above, it starts right from where the first one left off; it might require all of our ‘suspension of disbelief’ powers 😀 In this way the book works best as the characters look the same in your head.

Looking forward to seeing how it develops anyway.

Yeah, I don't really have fears about the prologue aspect. I've not read the book, but assume we learn what drove Mccauley to become so disciplined. Maybe serving time beccause he didn't walk away, getting burned and decided to never let himself get in that situation again. DeNiro's performance might be the more understated of the two, but he really did tell you everything about who he is in that movie, a credit how it was filmed.

The post-Heat stuff, I'm more skeptical of. Firstly, casting. It can't be Al, I don't know who it can be playing Hannah. Maybe just give it to Michaal Shannon. He's of a decent age, could definitely provide the menace and unpredictability, and is usually solid with the right material (which he'd have)

Equally unsure of who replaces Val Kilmer. Guy Pearce if one that comes to mind, but dunno. I am interested in how the story develops, and why Chris remains on Hanna's radar etc.Assume it's done well in the book.

Oh I hear you. While he made clear his intention to make this into a film part of the publicity for the book launch I did wonder if it really would happen. But, it's encouraging casting discussions appear underway at least. Folks were skeptical Gladiator 2 would happen too and for good reason, but (for better or worse!) that's also now going ahead.

In both cases there's so much that could go wrong but I'll remain hopeful they can pull it off.