{"id":902411,"date":"2026-11-01T18:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902411\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T18:38:08","slug":"michael-mann-hospitalized-after-shooting-himself-at-gun-range","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/902411\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Mann hospitalized after shooting himself at gun range"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHeat\u201d director Michael Mann has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself at a Los Angeles gun range. <\/p>\n

The 83-year-old filmmaker was attempting to holster the firearm when it went off, striking his leg, around 4 p.m. at The Range LA on Saturday, sources told TMZ.<\/a><\/p>\n

Paramedics took him to the hospital in an ambulance.<\/p>\n

Michael Mann (seen here) has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the leg. Getty Images<\/p>\n

The \u201cHeat\u201d director (seen here with Al Pacino on the set of \u201cHeat\u201d) was at The Range LA when the firearm went off. \u00c2\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident to the outlet, stating that the victim was in the middle of firearm training when he accidentally discharged his gun.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Mann\u2019s reps told Page Six Sunday that the accident resulted in a \u201csuperficial\u201d injury and he was set to be released from the hospital soon.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re told by an insider the businessman has been practicing target shooting for decades.<\/p>\n

The Range LA is a members-only shooting club, curated \u201cfor serious enthusiasts, collectors, and beginners alike,\u201d on the Westside of the city, per their website.<\/a><\/p>\n

The incident occurred around 4 p.m., and Mann (seen here) was transported to the local hospital. Formula 1 via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Per TMZ, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed the incident and stated the victim was in training when the accident occurred. (Seen here: Mann.) Getty Images<\/p>\n

Annual memberships range from $2,000 to $5,400.<\/p>\n

Mann, meanwhile, has directed several hit films since he got his start in Hollywood back in the 1960s. <\/p>\n

One of his many beloved films is the 1995 crime action movie \u201cHeat,\u201d starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer, in a story about LAPD detectives and a master criminal.<\/p>\n

The screenwriter also rejoined forces with Pacino in the 1999 Golden Globes-nominated thriller \u201cThe Insider.\u201d The crime biographical drama about Jeffrey Wigand, a tobacco industry whistleblower, also stars Russell Crowe and Christopher Plummer.<\/p>\n

A rep for Mann (seen above) also confirmed the incident to Page Six. \u00c2\u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

The spokesperson told us Sunday that the injury was minor and Mann (seen here) would be released from the hospital soon. (Seen here: Mann.) \u00c2\u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

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Additionally, another highly acclaimed movie of his is the 2004 thriller \u201cCollateral\u201d with Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.<\/p>\n

Mann also recently produced the award-winning 2003 drama \u201cFerrari\u201d with Adam Driver, Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Shailene Woodley.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s now in the production phase of \u201cHeat 2,\u201d starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale.<\/p>\n

A separate source told Page Six that Mann (seen here with Chris Hemsworth) has been practicing firm arm target shooting for decades. \u00c2\u00a9Universal\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Mann is seen above with Adam Driver and Patrick Dempsey on a red carpet for the movie \u201cFerrari.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n

Pacino and De Niro are rumored to star in the forthcoming production based on the 2022 Meg Gardiner-written crime novel <\/a>of the same name.<\/p>\n

Filming for the upcoming movie is allegedly set to begin in January.<\/p>\n

Michael married movie art director Summer Man in 1974, and the couple shares four children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHeat\u201d director Michael Mann has been hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself at a Los Angeles gun range. The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,91,88,126776,206,4382],"class_list":["post-902411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-michael-mann","tag-movies","tag-shootings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}