10 Movies That Are FINALLY Happening

10. Heat 2

Michael Mann's Heat is one of the most acclaimed crime thrillers of all time, and with damn good reason, though for about 20 years it seemed like Mann's film would be that rarest of things - a brilliant one-off.

But in 2016, Mann surprisingly revealed that a follow-up novel was in the works, and in 2019 the filmmaker proclaimed that he also intended to adapt the finished novel into either a TV show or movie.

Heat 2, which ultimately served as both a prequel and sequel to the original film, was finally released in August 2022 to rave reviews, shortly after Mann confirmed that he would be directing a feature film adaptation. By spring 2023, Heat 2 was officially set at Warner Bros. with Adam Driver in talks to play a young Neil McCauley (played by Robert De Niro in the 1995 movie).

The prequel-sequel's momentum has largely cooled since that initial announcement - at least until last December, when Mann announced that the screenplay was close to finished and it will indeed be his next film.

Michael Mann sure sounds optimistic about how things are coming along, so it's looking likely that Heat 2 will actually start shooting sometime this year, three decades after the original landed in cinemas.