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‘Heat 2’ Movie Taps Odessa Young To Play Charlene

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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann looks to have found his Charlene for his upcoming sequel to Heat, as sources tell Deadline the director has tapped Odessa Young to play the character in Heat 2. Sources say it is unknown where things stand in negotiations but add she is the choice for the role originally played by Ashley Judd in the 1995 crime saga. Insiders also say Mann’s top choice to play Gabi is newcomer Maria Cid.

Reps for Amazon and the actor declined comment.

A recent report speculated Obsession star Inde Navarrette had landed the Charlene role but passed. Sources close to the production say Navarrette actually auditioned for the role of Gabi along with many other actresses and contrary to the rumors, Cid was Mann’s first choice for the Gabi part with Young being the first choice for Charlene.

If deals close, Young and Cid would join Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale, Adam Driver, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke in the upcoming pic.

Mann will direct Heat 2 from his own script, based on his and Meg Gardiner’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel. Producers include Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ Jerry Bruckheimer and UA’s Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbitt. Eric Roth and Shane Salerno will exec produce, with Amazon MGM to release the film in theaters.

Mann’s classic 1995 crime thriller Heat follows master thief Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) as he plans one last score while obsessive LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) closes in, with both men wrecking their personal lives in service of the job.

Mann wrote and directed that one and produced alongside Art Linson, with the film grossing over $187 million — what would be close to the $400 million range if released today — at the worldwide box office. Also starring Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, and more, the film from Warner Bros. and New Regency has influenced generations of filmmakers and retained major viewership on streaming and home entertainment for decades.

Published in 2022, Heat 2 is both prequel and sequel — examining Vincent Hanna’s Chicago years, Neil McCauley’s earlier criminal life, and the survival of Kilmer’s Chris Shiherlis after the original film’s bank-robbery climax.

Young most recently starred opposite Jeremy Allen White in the Bruce Springsteen biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. She recently wrapped production on the upcoming Netflix crime series Rabbit, Rabbit, starring Adam Driver.

Young is repped by CAA, Echo Lake Entertainment and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. Cid is repped by Lumo Artists Agency.

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‘Miami Vice ’85’ Movie Adds Danny Ramirez To Cast

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EXCLUSIVE: Danny Ramirez is the latest to join the cast of Universal Pictures and Joseph Kosinski’s Miami Vice ’85 movie starring Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler. Kosinski will direct the latest feature adaptation of the classic ’80s crime series, which has a script by Dan Gilroy. Alden Ehrenreich, Camila Morrone and Whitney Peak recently joined the cast.

Miami Vice ’85 explores the glamour and corruption of mid-1980s Miami in an all-new version of Miami Vice, inspired by the pilot episode of the landmark Universal Television series that influenced culture and set the style of everything from fashion to filmmaking. The movie will be filmed for Imax and is set for release on May 19, 2028. Production will begin this year. It us unknown who Ramirez is playing in the pic.

The film is produced by Dylan Clark/Dylan Clark Productions and Kosinski. Gilroy’s script is based on characters created by Anthony Yerkovich from the series he executive produced with Michael Mann; Eric Warren Singer wrote an earlier draft of the screenplay. EVP Production Development Sara Scott and Creative Executive of Production Development Christina Hoffrogge will oversee the project for the studio.

Ramirez recently wrapped production on Todd’s Haynes’ De Noche opposite Pedro Pascal as well as Baton, which he also directed and penned. He can be seen next in Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday.

He is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content, Brillstein Partners and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller, Hoberman, Newman, Warren, Richman, Rush, Kaller & Gellman.

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‘Furious’ Renewed For Season 2 By Hulu Ahead Of Season 1 Finale

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Hulu has renewed Liz Meriwether‘s thriller Furious, starring Emmy Rossum, for a second season. It is an unusually early pickup by the Disney streamer which (like other platforms) usually waits for long-tail viewership data before making renewal decision. Furious is still rolling out its first season, with the season finale, written by Meriwether, premiering Aug. 31.

Hulu had not released ratings data for the show yet but noted in the renewal announcement that viewership has been growing week over week.

Nieslen’s reporting is delayed, with numbers for Furious‘ launch week coming out later today. Despite premiering with only three episodes vs. full-season drops for many streaming series, Furious is rumored to have cracked the Top 10 for streaming originals, which is based on total minutes consumed.

Despite its staggered release, Furious also has been a consistent presence on Luminate’s weekly rankings, peaking at No.5 with 2.43M U.S. views for its first full week of release.

Additionally, Furious is believed to be the #1 series on Disney+/Hulu worldwide for the month of August and the #2 freshman drama on Hulu in the U.S. year to date, with 4B cross-media impressions.

Furious‘ solid performance, coupled with its 98% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and reasonable cost by streaming standards likely tipped the scale for an early renewal.

From creator and executive producer Meriwether, 20th Television and Searchlight Television, Furious follows an FBI agent, Alice Black (Emmy Rossum) on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer (Lola Petticrew). Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to blur.

Quincy Tyler Bernstine and Scoot McNairy star alongside Rossum and Petticrew; Jake Lacy, Rob Delaney, Hope Davis, Rob Yang and Steve Way guest starred in Season 1, which was also executive produced by Rossum for Composition 8, along with Ronald Bass, Matt Olmstead, and Sam Hoffman. Brian Kirk executive produced and directed episodes 101 and 102.

Furious is now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ in the US for bundle subscribers and on Disney+ internationally.

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‘Deadlocked’ Movie Cast: Sasha Calle Joins Jamie Foxx (EXCLUSIVE)

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EXCLUSIVE: Sasha Calle (The Rip) is set for a major role opposite Jamie Foxx in Deadlocked, the new action film from Amazon MGM Studios that we announced earlier this month.

Directed by Nikhil Bhat, Deadlocked follows a grieving former Marine serving jury duty who is forced back into action when the trial of the century turns into a deadly hostage situation as the defendant’s daughter seizes the courthouse to free her father.

The film, written by Eric Scot Anderson (The Black Fox) and Matt Takejiro Bosack (CBS’ NCIS: Hawai’i), and based on their original idea, is being made for streaming. Producers include Fred Berger for Range, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Dave Caplan for C2, and Jamie Foxx for Foxxhole Productions. AJ Bourscheid, Liz Destro, Paul Currie and Corinne Foxx serve as executive producers.

Booking one major studio gig after another in recent years, Calle is coming off a role opposite Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in The Rip, Joe Carnahan’s crime thriller for Netflix, which released in January and remained in the top 10 global film list for six weeks. She can currently be seen starring opposite Colin Farrell in the second season of Apple TV’s neo-noir series Sugar and will next be seen opposite Scarlett Johansson in Mike Flanagan’s take on The Exorcist for Universal, releasing in theaters on March 12, 2027.

Calle made her feature film debut as Supergirl in Warner Bros.’ The Flash, becoming the first Latina actress to portray the superhero in a major studio film. Other film credits include Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses, as well as Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s In the Summers, which won both the Grand Jury Prize and Directing Award for U.S. Dramatic Film in its 2024 premiere at Sundance.

Earlier in her career, Calle won a Daytime Emmy for her work on The Young and the Restless. She is repped by CAA, Luber Roklin, and Del Shaw Moonves.

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