Public Enemies Will Begin Filming in Chicago this Winter

The movie "Public Enemies," a crime drama set in 1930s Chicago, is currently being created with director Michael Mann and stars Johnny Depp. According to Reuters, Christian Bale will also be starring in this Universal Pictures film.

Based on Bryan Burrough's book "Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-43," the film follows the government's effort to stop criminals John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd.

Depp will play Dillinger while Bale will play the character of Melvin Purvis, who led the FBI manhunt for these dangerous gangsters. The real Purvis captured more public enemies than any other agent in FBI history. He also was the one who confronted the real Dillinger in 1934 and uttered the famous expression "Stick 'em up, Johnny" moments before FBI agents shot the criminal to death.

Production of the film will start later this winter in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.