{"id":954502,"date":"2026-11-06T08:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954502\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T08:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T08:08:15","slug":"adam-driver-shares-michael-mann-shooting-update-talks-heat-2-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/954502\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Driver Shares Michael Mann Shooting Update, Talks ‘Heat 2’ Role"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAdam Driver<\/a> is speaking out about his role in Michael Mann<\/a>\u2019s Heat<\/a> 2 \u2014 and sharing an update on how the filmmaker is doing following his accidental shooting over the weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tMann, the 83-year-old director of the sequel to the 1995 crime thriller, was hospitalized Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a Los Angeles gun range Saturday. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOn Saturday, at a gun range, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann. He was treated and is being released,\u201d a rep for Mann shared in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile appearing on The Rich Eisen Show Wednesday, Driver shared an update on the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker, explaining that he reached out to Mann as soon as he heard about the incident.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s good,\u201d Driver said. \u201cI texted him immediately; he responded, and he was at work the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe\u2019s done that same motion 20,000 times; he used to shoot competitively, so I\u2019m not sure exactly what happened,\u201d Driver added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe incident comes as Mann prepares to film Heat 2, a follow-up to his 1995 crime classic starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and the late Val Kilmer. The upcoming film is based on Mann\u2019s 2022 novel of the same name, which serves as both a prequel and sequel to the original.<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the interview, Driver confirmed that he will play Otis Wardell, the film\u2019s main antagonist, in Heat 2. The Hollywood Reporter first reported in October 2025<\/a> that Driver was circling the project.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLeonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Stephen Graham have also reportedly joined the cast, while Jerry Bruckheimer and Scott Stuber are producing.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love Michael. I loved working with him on Ferrari, but working on this, I\u2019m excited,\u201d Driver said. \u201cThe cast is so awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDriver also praised Mann\u2019s screenplay. \u201cAs a script, it\u2019s even more condensed and streamlined [than the novel]. The film is a missile,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe will begin working on the film next month. Driver said, \u201cI kind of join top of December and we start shooting the top of next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adam Driver is speaking out about his role in Michael Mann\u2019s Heat 2 \u2014 and sharing an update…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":954503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[38318,64,63,447,134,1678,136402],"class_list":["post-954502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-adam-driver","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-heat","tag-michael-mann"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/954503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}