The director of the cult “Fights” with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino writes a novel prequel and wants to make a movie on it

In 1995, Michael Mann directed the cult crime drama “Scramble” with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino starring. The tape talked about the confrontation between the impudent raider Neil McCowley and the experienced police officer Vincent Hannah, who decided at all costs to track down and put a gang of thieves behind bars.

Almost five years ago, Mann announced plans to write a novel that would serve as a prequel to The Fight and delve into the early years of McCowley and Hannah. Now, in a recent conversation with the publication Deadlinehe said that not only continues to work on the book, but also wants to turn it into a feature film.

“On my desk now lies a 10-inch stack of text. The work is ongoing, and I devote a lot of time to it, and I’m also writing a script that I can’t tell you about yet. But I definitely want to make a prequel movie“ Contractions ”from this.”

It is noteworthy that initially in the quote from Mann, in addition to the prequel, a sequel was also mentioned, but then Deadline material was edited without a word about the continuation. As for the potential prequel adaptation, the network is already talking about how the creators will solve the problem with young heroes: will they invite new actors or go along the way “Irish“using digital rejuvenation of De Niro and Pacino.

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