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Michael Mann, the writer/director behind films such as "Miami Vice", "The Insider", and "Collateral", is launching his own publishing label, Michael Mann Books. One of the first projects is going to be a novel based on the characters from Mann's film "Heat", starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The book label will produce both fiction and non-fiction, with an eye to developing projects for film and television. Mann's current film project is a bio-pic about Italian car maker Enzo Ferrari.

Update: Michael Mann announced that he will be working on a novel with Don Winslow, whose books include "The Cartel" and "Savages", to be published under his new imprint. They plan to write about the relationship between organized crime bosses Tony Accardo and Sam Giancana. Mann expects to develop a film based on the novel, as well.

Update: Harper Collins is the winner in a bidding war to be the publisher of Michael Mann Books. The multi-million dollar deal gives Harper Collins worldwide rights to multiple books from the director's new venture. The first two books will be a collaboration with Don Winslow (see previous post) and also a novel that is a prequel to Mann's film "Heat".