{"id":11650,"date":"2026-07-10T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T16:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/?p=11650"},"modified":"2026-07-11T21:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T18:24:57","slug":"heat-2-stephen-graham-expected-to-take-over-robert-de-niro-role-in-michael-mann-sequel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/2026\/07\/10\/heat-2-stephen-graham-expected-to-take-over-robert-de-niro-role-in-michael-mann-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat 2: Stephen Graham Expected To Take Over Robert De Niro\u00a0Role In Michael Mann Sequel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/heat-2-stephen-graham-expected-to-take-over-robert-de-niro-role-in-michael-mann-sequel.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<hr class=\"preferredSourceCTA_divider__FIEES\" \/><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>Things are heating up again on <em>Heat 2<\/em>. The long-awaited follow-up to Micheal Mann\u2019s seminal crime story \u2013 which he\u2019s already written up as a best-selling novel, co-authored with Meg Gardiner \u2013 continues to gather pace with another heavyweight set to join the cast. For a while now, an exciting crew has been circling the film, including A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Christian Bale \u2013 and it looks like Stephen Graham is set to join their ranks.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>While no cast deals have been officially confirmed yet, <em>The Wrap<\/em> reports that Graham is in talks to take on the role of Neil McCauley, De Niro\u2019s iconic gangster from the original film. The first <em>Heat<\/em> saw career criminal McCauley trying to outpace Al Pacino\u2019s veteran LAPD cop Vincent Hanna, a cat-and-mouse game between two men on opposite sides of the law with more in common than they realised.&nbsp;That dynamic will be further explored in <em>Heat 2<\/em>, with a dual prequel\/sequel story that sees Hanna and McCauley as their younger selves in the 1980s; Christian Bale is thought to be playing Hanna. The sequel strand follows Hanna\u2019s pursuit of McCauley\u2019s crime partner, Shiherlis \u2013 played originally by the late great Val Kilmer, and thought to be portrayed this time by DiCaprio.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s still some way to go on <em>Heat 2<\/em> \u2013 casting news should firm up as the film nears production, expected to begin before the end of 2026. Here\u2019s hoping Michael Mann \u2013 with Stephen Graham\u2019s assistance \u2013 can cook up something special.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"content_content__i0P3p\" data-test=\"content\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things are heating up again on Heat 2. The long-awaited follow-up to Micheal Mann\u2019s seminal crime story \u2013 which he\u2019s already written up as a best-selling novel, co-authored with Meg Gardiner \u2013 continues to gather pace with another heavyweight set to join the cast. For a while now, an exciting crew has been circling the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-47"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11652,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11650\/revisions\/11652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imdbnews.ir\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}