Michael Mann was hospitalized after accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a shooting range in Los Angeles on Saturday, according to the LA Police Department.
The director was reportedly injured when the gun accidentally went off while he was trying to holster the firearm, according to TMZ, which first reported the news. The incident occurred at Range LA around 4pm and LA Police confirmed that he was in stable condition at the time of the search.
“On Saturday, a gun was accidentally discharged while holstered at the shooting range, causing superficial injuries to film director Michael Mann. He was treated and is being released,” Mann’s representatives said in a statement.
Mann is best known for directing films such as “Heat,” “Thief,” “Manhunter,” “Collateral” and “The Insider.” He most recently directed 2023’s “Ferrari,” a sports biopic starring Adam Driver as Enzo Ferrari and Penelope Cruz as his wife Laura.
The 83-year-old filmmaker is currently working on “Heat 2,” the long-awaited sequel to the 1995 crime drama starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The first blockbuster follows the explosive confrontation between Los Angeles Police Department detective Lt. Vincent Hanna (Pacino) and professional thief Neil McCauley (De Niro). Mann adapted the script of “Heat 2” from the 2022 novel of the same name, which he wrote with Meg Gardiner. Described as a sequel and prequel to the original, the sequel looks at the early lives of Pacino and De Niro’s characters. The cast is expected to include Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Adam Driver.
“The characters of ‘Heat’ are very alive to me,” Mann said during a 2025 masterclass at the Lumiere Festival in France. “Based on the closeness between two mortal enemies, Pacino’s Hannah and De Niro’s McCauley, I came up with an idea for how to act both before and after the events of ‘Heat’.”