Billy Crudup is J. Edgar Hoover in PUBLIC ENEMIES
Stephen Lang also cast as the leader of a group of Texas Rangers on the hunt for notorious gangster John Dillinger. Things don't look good for Depp in this movie!
Michael Mann is sure attracting some talented people for his John Dillinger biopic. Filming is already well under-way but Variety have informed us that Billy Crudup has joined the cast as J. Edgar Hoover, the first director of the F.B.I. in the 1930's whose number one target was Dillinger (Johny Depp) and his gang. As we already know the awesome Christian Bale will be the cop who becomes hell bent on chasing Dillinger down (think Russell Crowe in American Gangster). Recent Academy Award winner Marion Cotillard plays Dillinger's girlfriend - whilst Giovanni Ribisi, Channing Tatum, David Wenham, Stephen Dorff, John Ortiz, Stephen Graham and Jason Clarke make up the members of his gang. Also cast is Stephen Lang as Winstead, the leader of some Texas Rangers who are also on the hunt for Dillinger. This is one of my most anticipated movies in production right now and I'm hoping Mann can deliver the third great Gangster movie of recent times after The Departed and American Gangster which his peers Ridley Scott & Martin Scorsese revelled in.