Blackhat was released on January 15, 2015 (123 minutes) – the Theatrical Cut. This cut of the film had a last minute, last-minute restructuring of the original timeline of the film. Information on why these changes were made and the various versions of the films released over the years can be found here. The Director’s Cut (122 minutes) premiered at a special screening in February 2016, had a limited broadcast run in 2017, and will be released on home video for the first time on November 28, 2023. This is Mann’s preferred version of the film and restores the structure to its original chronology along with other changes.

The following is based on behind-the-scenes interviews, production documentaries, production notes, marketing materials and even one or two private conversations.

From 1981 to 2023, Michael Mann only made 12 feature films, with the gap between each film widening. However, over these three decades, Mann’s name has been attached to a myriad of fascinating projects. The range of these projects is startling - anywhere from a contemporary media mogul drama to a medieval archer story and everything in between. Below is a list of these projects with brief details, including when they were announced and if any news followed their announcements. There are likely even more films than mentioned here, and one can hope we, as an audience, get to see some of these one day.

After the very public failure of his 2003 film Gigli, Martin Brest disappeared from the public eye. An exhaustive 2014 Playboy article by Matt Patches attempted to track him down with limited results. Then, several years later, Brest miraculously and unexpectedly appeared for an in-person Q&A with Paul Thomas Anderson to discuss Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run in July 2021. Their friendly, banter conversation didn’t touch on Brest’s disappearance, save a throwaway joke by Anderson about how long people have to wait for a new Martin Brest film (akin to the wait people had to endure for a new Stanley Kubrick movie). However, that may now actually be a possibility.