Michael Mann Injured When Weapon Accidentally Discharges; Filmmaker OK
Filmmaker Michael Mann sustained a superficial injury when a weapon discharged while holstered at a gun range on Saturday. He was treated and is being released, and the incident is not expected to delay production of *Heat 2*.
Mann is scheduled to direct the sequel to his crime thriller *Heat* in January. The report gives no further details about the weapon or how it discharged; comments beneath the article speculate about firearm safety, but do not establish what happened.
In short
- Michael Mann was superficially injured at a gun range.
- He was treated and is being released.
- The incident is not expected to delay *Heat 2*.
Explained simply
Michael Mann is a film director and screenwriter known for crime dramas, including Heat, a 1995 film about a detective and a bank robber whose lives become entwined. He is due to direct Heat 2, a planned sequel to that film.
The reported incident took place at a gun range, where people practise shooting under controlled conditions. The report does not explain how the weapon discharged, so it does not establish what caused the incident or whether any safety rules were breached.
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