As His First Novel ‘Heat 2’ Hits Shelves, Michael Mann Shares Great Crime Stories

EXCLUSIVE: Italian firm Iervolino and Monika Bacardi Entertainment has boarded Michael Mann’s big canvas car racing drama Ferrari.

Gabrielle Union is always down for a return to the  universe and she's got a great idea for the next installment! Last week, the 49-year-old actress teased fans on Twitter when she shared an idea for a sequel to the 2000 film that kicked off a cheerleading phenomenon.Union starred as Isis, the head cheerleader for the East Compton Clovers, opposite Kirsten Dunst's Torrance Shipman, newly minted head cheerleader for the Toros from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego. Isis and Torrance locked horns when Torrance learned that her team had been stealing their winning routines from Isis' Clovers. was followed by six direct-to-video sequels, none of which featured appearances from the original cast. Thursday marked the 22nd anniversary of the film's release, and Union responded to a tweet celebrating the occasion by noting that the length of time had interesting implications for the film's characters.

Michael Strahan often shares family photos of his children – but fans were left stunned when he posted an extremely rare picture of his older brother on Thursday.READ: Michael Strahan pens emotional tribute following tragic death – fans send supportThe GMA star looked elated in the sweet snapshot, which was taken when they reunited in Italy recently. In the image, Michael has a huge smile on his face while his "big bro" Gene Strahan Jr looks just as happy as he wraps his arms around his sibling.WATCH: Inside Michael Strahan's family lifeCaptioning the touching moment, Michael wrote: "BIG BRO hug from my big bro Gene Strahan Jr!! Always a good time when I get to see him.

EXCLUSIVE: Start spreading the news! A new musical loosely based on Martin Scorsese’s 1977 film New York, New York will begin performances on Broadway, theater to be announced, in March 2023. Opening night will be in April, with Tony and Olivier Award winner Susan Stroman on board to direct and choreograph.

In the year 2000, the late literary critic Robin Wood put forth the concept of “hysterical realism,” a then-emergent micro-genre in which the delirious overstimulation of modern life is expressed through a hoarder-caliber accumulation of detail. At the time, he was talking about the likes of Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, and Zadie Smith, and their doorstopper works’ endless minutiae on land surveying or tennis strategy or the ethics of lab rat usage.

This month saw the release of “Heat 2,” the novelization sequel to Michael Mann‘s acclaimed 1995 heist flick “Heat” that the filmmaker co-wrote with Meg Gardiner. The book wasn’t just an exercise for the director as Mann is planning to turn it into one big feature film, essentially giving us a sequel/prequel given how the story jumps between events before and after the original movie.

Heidi Klum is back to work — and remembering her shocking worst date ever. Appearing on! on Thursday with guest host Nicole Byer, Klum recalls a NSFW story from her single days. «I had one weird date where we went to a movie theater,» Klum begins her story, noting that her date was holding a large bucket of popcorn. «Which I thought was already strange, like, why do I always have to reach over? Why don't you reach over?»«And I'm reaching over and I'm eating the popcorn,» she continues, «and then, all of the sudden, there's a hot dog in the popcorn — but it was attached.

Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Michael Mann is having quite a week.

Yesterday was a good one for filmmaker Michael Mann. He began production in Italy on Ferrari, and learned that his first novel landed atop The New York Times Bestseller hardcover list. Heat 2 fleshes out the events before and after Mann’s 1995 crime classic Heat, and lands atop the NYT list in its first week in publication. Mann wrote his novel debut with co-writer Meg Gardiner in a book published through Mann’s William Morrow imprint. Heat 2 is the first book in a three book multi-million dollar deal between Michael Mann books and the Harper Collins division, In a Deadline feature on the book last week, Mann said that he plans to lean into continuing the crime story, which in the present focuses on the criminal exploits of Chris Shiherlis, played by Val Kilmer in the original film, and Detective Vincent Hanna, played by Al Pacino in the film. Mann hopes to adapt Heat 2 into a theatrical feature, after he completes Ferrari with Adam Driver, Penelope Cruz and Shailene Woodley starring.

#FerrariMovie @FerrariMovie pic.twitter.com/aUOr5C0U4G“Ferrari” is set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing 10 years earlier.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentPenelope Cruz and Adam Driver, who are both expected to be attending the upcoming Venice Film Festival, are already in Italy shooting Micheal Mann’s long-gestating “Ferrari” drama, in which Cruz appears as the wife of auto racing impresario Enzo Ferrari, played by Driver.First images are surfacing of Cruz (see above photo) as Ferrari’s wife Laura after cameras started rolling Aug. 1 in central Italy.The big-budget biopic kicked off physical production in the town of Maranello, known worldwide as the home of Ferrari and the iconic car’s Formula One racing team.

Leonardo DiCaprio was almost cast as James Dean in a biopic after an “amazing” screen test aged 19.Director Michael Mann revealed there was a “brilliant screenplay” about the late actor which he was going to direct before 1995’s Heat, but he moved onto the crime epic because his choice for the role, DiCaprio, was “too young” for the part.Speaking to Deadline, Mann said: “That was so weird about James Dean. It was a brilliant screenplay. And then it’s who the hell could play James Dean? And I found a chap who could play James Dean, but he was too young.

It’s Michael Mann mania this week with the new release of the director’s prequel/sequel novel to his 1995 crime film masterpiece “Heat.” The book comes hot on the heels of Mann starting production on his “Ferrari” biopic in Italy.  And Mann has “Heat 2” on deck as his next movie after he finishes “Ferrari.” READ MORE: Michael Mann Confirms His ‘Heat’ Sequel Is Already Underway & Will Be A “Very Large Movie” But Deadline wanted to hear about other projects the director had in mind over the years in their interview with Mann about his new novel.

star Angus Cloud told the story behind the curved scar that runs along the left side of his scalp, an injury that almost killed him before his career even began. The 24-year-old actor opened up about the harrowing injury in the 2022 Power of Young Hollywood issue of . «It's real,» he told the outlet. «I broke my skull on Friday the 13th.»In 2013, Cloud was walking down a darkly lit street in his hometown of downtown Oakland when he fell into a construction pit below. «I woke up 12 hours later at the bottom,» he said.

Michael Bublé is ready to meet “Daddy’s Little Girl!”