Christian Bale is in early talks to star alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in Heat 2!
Last month, it was revealed that a long-awaited sequel to the 1995 film is in the works at Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists. Michael Mann is set to direct the movie with Leo, 51, attached to star.
It is now being reported that Christian, also 51, is circling a co-starring role in Heat 2, according to Deadline.
Keep reading to find out more…As of right now, it’s unclear what role Christian would play.
If Christian does sign on to star in Heat 2, this would be the second collaboration for him and Michael Mann, who previously worked together on the 2009 crime drama Public Enemies.
The first Heat movie starred Al Pacino as Los Angeles cop Vincent Hanna who is obsessed with tracking down career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) before his last heist.
Michael Mann and co-writer Meg Gardiner released the crime novel Heat 2 in 2022, which was a hit.
Here’s a synopsis: “Acting as both a prequel and a sequel, the sprawling Heat 2 story is set in several timelines. One follows a younger McCauley and his crew pulling off daring heists and living the high life. Another tells of what happened to Shihirlis, the lovelorn thief played by Val Kilmer in the 1995 movie, in the aftermath of the first movie’s climactic robbery, and his multi-year quest to reunite with his former girlfriend (who was played by Ashley Judd in the original). One part of the book is set in a lawless South American drug zone. And there is also an overarching bad guy more brutal than anything seen in the first movie, a murderer and rapist named Otis Wardell.”
Christian will next be starring alongside Jessie Buckley in The Bride, which hits theaters on March 6, 2026. Watch the teaser trailer here!