Heat director Michael Mann rushed to hospital after shooting himself

Director and producer Michael Mann was rushed to hospital for treatment after accidentally shooting himself at a gun range yesterday.

Mann, an experienced target shooter for decades, suffered the injury at The Range in Los Angeles after target practice as he attempted to holster his firearm and the weapon fired, resulting in him being shot in the leg.

His rep later confirmed: "On Saturday, at a gun range, a weapon accidentally discharged while holstered resulting in a superficial injury to film director Michael Mann. He was treated and is being released," further describing the injury as "subcutaneous and minor".

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The Los Angeles Police Department said that officers responded to The Range LA at around 4pm following a call about shots being fired.

“Responding units’ investigation determined the shooting to be accidental. The subject was transported to a local hospital in stable condition,” they later confirmed.

Mann is currently working on the sequel to his much-celebrated crime drama Heat, which starred Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer and Jon Voight.

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Heat 2 is based on his own novel, written with Meg Gardiner.

The follow-up film will see him assume directing duties while also writing the screenplay, with the project being teased as "extraordinary" by an insider, according to TheWrap, and the scale of the project being described as "John Wick times 1,000" and "Spartacus with machine guns".

Variety previously reported that British actor Stephen Graham had joined the cast, with him believed to be playing a younger version of Neil McCauley, the character famously portrayed by Robert De Niro in the original film.

He later confirmed his casting, while c0nfirming that he's set to appear alongside Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio, who will undertake the roles of Al Pacino's Vincent Hanna and Val Kilmer's Chris Shiherlis, respectively.

Speaking on Heart Breakfast with Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden, Graham said: "I’m really looking forward to it. Fear and excitement live in the same place so there is a little bit of fear which is healthy."

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