‘Public Enemies’ starts shooting in Chicago

Source: thedailypage

After weeks of speculation, visits by Hollywood scouts and casting calls, Governor Jim Doyle officially announced a deal with Universal Pictures to bring the film Public Enemies to the Badger State this spring. The production will be shot in multiple locations around Wisconsin.

Based on the book of the same name by Bryan Burrough, the movie will follow the exploits of John Dillinger, the original “Public Enemy Number One,” as he and his gang are pursued by the FBI across the Upper Midwest from 1933-’34. It is being produced and directed by Academy Award nominee Michael Mann.

Public Enemies boasts an impressive cast, one that is growing in profile week by week. Leading the way as Dillinger is Johnny Depp. Christian Bale will be playing FBI agent Melvin Purvis, and Marion Cotillard, is playing Evelyn “Billie” Frechette, a young Wisconsin-born woman who was Dillinger’s main squeeze during his final year in action.

Rounding out the cast is Channing Tatum as Pretty Boy Floyd, Giovanni Ribisi as Alvin Karpis, and Stephen Dorff as Homer Van Meter.

Dorff is currently in Chicago for pre-production and has been all over the place, including catching shows at the House of Blues and rockin’ out with DJ Whiteshadow at Manor. The film will shoot in Chicago and around Wisconsin from March through June.