{"id":315109,"date":"2025-10-19T04:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315109\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T04:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T04:15:10","slug":"michael-mann-says-heat-2-will-use-ai-and-de-aging-technology-plans-2027-release-in-4000-screens-world-of-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315109\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Mann Says \u2018Heat 2\u2019 Will Use AI and De-Aging Technology \u2014 Plans 2027 Release in 4000+ Screens \u2014 World of Reel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollywood is eating itself alive over AI, and Michael Mann has decided to jump straight into the fire. <\/p>\n

Speaking during a masterclass at the Lumiere Film Festival (via Variety<\/a>), Mann confirmed that AI and digital de-aging tools will play a key role in \u201cHeat 2. If there\u2019s a way for Mann to destroy any goodwill he had with the online mob then this will surely do it.<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t experiment with technology gratuitously. When I have a dramatic or aesthetic need for it, then I go deep into what I need [\u2026] aging and de-aging may be very important in the next film.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Is this a good idea? It\u2019ll put Mann squarely in the center of one of Hollywood\u2019s fiercest cultural wars. Add in de-aging technology, which divided audiences in \u201cThe Irishman\u201d and \u201cIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,\u201d and you have a perfect storm of controversy<\/p>\n

Mann went on to confirm that \u201cHeat 2\u201d would jump across timelines, exploring both before and after the events of the original film. \u201cIt picks up one day after the movie ends \u2014 only Val Kilmer\u2019s alive, and he has to flee the United States,\u201d Mann revealed.<\/p>\n

Production-wise, Mann confirmed \u201cHeat 2\u201d made the jump from Warner Bros. to Amazon MGM\u2019s United Artists, with producer Scott Stuber, which in his own words will ensure the \u201cproper size and scale\u201d for what he implies is a very costly movie.<\/p>\n

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Heat 2 is\u2026 an expensive movie to make, but I believe it should be made at the proper size and scale. It\u2019s going to shoot in Chicago, Los Angeles, Paraguay, and possibly some parts in Singapore.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In case anybody\u2019s worried about Amazon\/MGM not giving \u201cHeat 2\u201d the proper release in theaters, Mann responded by saying it\u2019ll be quite the opposite\u2014 expect a robust rollout in 2027:<\/p>\n

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We moved from Warner Brothers to Amazon and United Artists, but it will be absolutely released theatrically, in the United States, probably in about 4,000 cinemas and for at least 45 days.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Beyond \u201cHeat 2,\u201d Mann is also eyeing a Vietnam War project based on Mark Bowden\u2019s Hue 1968, a multi-perspective epic he described as \u201clike Rashomon.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, for now, all eyes are on \u201cHeat 2.\u201d If Mann wants backlash from an industry that\u2019s already triggered by any mention of the technology, then he\u2019ll experiment with AI, and aim to legitimize the technology as a new cinematic tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood is eating itself alive over AI, and Michael Mann has decided to jump straight into the fire.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":315110,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[691,738,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-315109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-technology","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115398896807804420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}