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Post by burtoniteadam on Dec 6, 2007 14:11:11 GMT -5
What will Johnny Depp be doing this winter? Preparing to play notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger in Michael Mann's film PUBLIC ENEMIES, which is scheduled to begin shooting on March 10, 2008 in Chicago. Windy City Deppheads, rejoice!
Yes, it's official; Variety reports that Johnny and Michael Mann met and settled the deal yesterday in Los Angeles. "Meeting hours before the Hollywood premiere of Depp's SWEENEY TODD, the director and actor shook hands on a deal that triggers a March 10 start for PUBLIC ENEMIES in Chicago," says Variety. " [The] drama is set during the great crime wave of 1933-34, when the government's attempts to stop Depression-era criminal legends such as John Dillilnger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd transformed J. Edgar Hoover's FBI into the country's first federal police force."
PUBLIC ENEMIES will be made for Universal, Variety reports, with Mann and his Forward Pass producing along with Kevin Misher and his Misher Films. Tribeca's Jane Rosenthal will be executive producer.
The current writers' strike will pose no problem for PUBLIC ENEMIES; director Mann is likely to be satisfied with the script in its current state, as he wrote it himself. The screenplay is based on Bryan Burrough's 2004 book, PUBLIC ENEMIES: AMERICA'S GREATEST CRIME WAVE AND THE BIRTH OF THE FBI, 1933-34.
Hollywood Reporter Dec 07
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Post by whoajohnny on Dec 8, 2007 1:58:17 GMT -5
Yaaayy! Thanks for posting!
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Post by melbell on Jan 3, 2008 0:59:26 GMT -5
Excellent news! Chicago eh? I wonder where exactly they will be shooting...
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Post by MAZBALLZ! on Jan 11, 2008 21:01:39 GMT -5
omg how exciting!!!!! i wonder the same thing melbel!
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Post by Spoons on Feb 21, 2008 14:48:30 GMT -5
So it is official?
Cool.
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Post by dreamer2johnny4e on Feb 21, 2008 19:57:45 GMT -5
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Post by princess2942 on Feb 23, 2008 14:49:05 GMT -5
Another Johnny movie to look forward to!!! Works for me!!
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Post by blackpearl1stmate on Feb 26, 2008 17:50:40 GMT -5
YAY!!!!! sounds a little donnie brasco-ish =D i hope shantarum is still in the making though...
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Post by Spoons on Feb 26, 2008 19:03:10 GMT -5
I can't wait to see Johnny Depp in 1930's garb.
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Post by princess2942 on Feb 26, 2008 21:19:00 GMT -5
By the way, I am almost done reading Shantarum. I hope the movie is as amazing as the book! Okay.........back to the original topic! sorry.......
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