A film that cannot arrive soon enough is “Public Enemies,” the new film from director Michael Mann. While just having Michael’s name attached would get me interested, the fact that he’s recruited Johnny Depp and Christian Bale as his two leads…as I said…the film cannot arrive soon enough.

For those that don’t know about the movie yet, according to a script review that we posted a few weeks back:

Public Enemies focuses on John Dillinger from around the time he meets Billie Frechette to his death at the hands of law enforcement.  This is also the story of the lawman, Melvin Purvis, set to task by J. Edger Hoover to bring him in. 

Johnny Depp is set to star as John Dillinger and, on the opposite side of the coin, Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.  Fresh off the Oscar win, Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose) is going to raise her status instantly in her turn as Dillinger’s squeeze Billie Frechette.  Channing Tatum (Step Up, GI Joe), Giovanni Ribisi (My Name is Earl, Friends) and Stephen Dorff (Blade, S.F.W.) are set to round out the cast and some of Dillinger’s criminal cohorts.

Anyway, the movie has recently started to film and the first images from the set have been put online. I’ve posted two below, but you can go here and here to see more.