By Something has definitely blown the wind up Michael Mann’s skirt as the celebrated auteur is moving fast on racking up more cinematic works.
After releasing just one film in the 2010s, namely the poorly received “Blackhat” in 2015, the “Collateral” and “The Insider” director has been reinvigorated this decade.
In 2022 he directed the premiere and executive produced HBO’s well-received “Tokyo Vice” series, and last year opened “Ferarri” to good reviews and disappointing box-office.
He’s not slowing down though. As we know he’s set to adapt his recent novel sequel to his 1995 crime classic “Heat” into a film, a project he aims to shoot either end of this year or early next year.
Now, Variety reports Mann is already looking beyond what comes after the “Heat” sequel and it turns out a U.S. remake of the 2015 South Korean crime comedy “Veteran” could be in the cards.
That film sees a merciless police detective who investigates a truck driver’s suicide and ends up going against a young corporate scion who has been using his privilege to get away with running his own crime syndicate.
A source for Korea’s top Film/TV conglomerate CJ ENM says they are developing the script with Mann, but add “his role and our schedule are not fixed yet” so this is still very much in the development phase.
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