UPDATE: HBO has now gone beyond halting production of scenes involving animals; due to increasing animal safety issues, accidents, and the fact that “it is impossible to guarantee they won’t [happen] in the future,” HBO has cancelled Luck entirely.

“Luck” isn’t exactly a quality shared by the HBO series of the same name—the new Dustin Hoffman-starring drama, which is set in the world of horse raising, has accidentally caused the death of a third horse over the past year of filming.  And, understandably, PETA is enraged, and all filming of animals on Luck has been halted.

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With 3.3 Million viewers tuning into the pilot of Luck, HBO feels confident enough to order a second season of ten episodes. The show, which was written by Deadwood‘s David Milch and executive produced by Michael Mann, stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte (among others) in a series about a horse track and getting even. Though many shows have been cancelled after a high profile pilot failed to bring in viewers, rare is the show that is renewed so quickly renewed out the gate.

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Michael Mann and David Milch make one heck of a combination. The creator of Miami Vice – and one of the greatest filmmakers on crime – and the creator of Deadwood working together? Sold American. Then there’s their cast: Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, Dennis Farina, John Ortiz, Richard Kind, Kevin Dunn, and Michael Gambon. It’s now hard to wait until 2012 for the new series Luck on HBO, but here’s a tease. Check it out.

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Not much has been heard from Michael Mann after Public Enemies came and went two years ago, failing to live up to the promise of his earlier films like Heat, The Insider, and Collateral.  Now that the director has the HBO project Luck looming in the near future, attention has been to turn to what the methodical director’s next big project will be.   And /Film has it that Mann may be moving into The Treasure of the Sierra Madre territory.

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Bradley Cooper and Sam Worthington are everywhere these days, nipping at the heels of every major film that’s going into production. According to Pajiba, there’s word that the Australian and the American are on board for the Michael Mann produced film, The Texas Killing Fields.

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Columbia Pictures has teamed up with director Michael Mann for a biopic of famed photographer, Robert Capa. According to Variety, the director will helm a feature based on the adaptation of “Waiting for Robert Capa,” a Spanish language novel by Susana Fortes. The period drama is the first major project announced for Mann since the release of this summer’s Public Enemies.

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This weekend the serious versus the not so serious will be battling it out at the box office. Although both Public Enemies and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs made their debut on Wednesday across North America, both films have a third “summer fun” (as Michael Bay likes to call it) film to compete against, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

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New in theaters in legendary filmmaker Michael Mann‘s new film Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard. Although this film is being marketed as another action-thrill ride, it’s not, it’s more than that, it’s a solid film.

Check out the good, the bad, and the plot below…

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Finally, we’ve gotten the first official trailer for Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. Just one day after the release of the film’s first movie poster , Universal Pictures have released the following action packed promo. Is it just me or can Johnny Depp do no wrong? I really do love that man. Anyway, without getting all sentimental you can check out the trailer and judge for yourself. 

Public Enemies is set for release on July 1, 2009 and co-stars Christian Bale, and Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard.

View the trailer after the jump.

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