This announcement – that the book is set to be published next year by William Morrow/HarperCollins – doesn’t provide word either way on whether it will become a film.
He was also recently reported to be gearing up his long-gestating film about Enzo Ferrari, with Hugh Jackman in the role of the famed Italian car designer.
The possibility of a book prequel was first mooted last year with the announcement that the director was launching Michael Mann Books, at which time it sounded like it would provide the basis for a new movie.
So he and Coleman will have tons of material to draw upon.