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M&I Bank in Richland Center, which was built in the 1920s and features chandeliers and marble floors, is one of four banks to be robbed on camera, the Richland Observer reports. The other three have yet to be determined.
Scouts visited the Wells Fargo and Baraboo National banks in Baraboo, Wis., a month ago, but seem to be broadening their search, visiting communities across Wisconsin, Illinois and parts of Indiana. Universal Pictures location scout Adam Boor told the Observer that the studio has verbally committed to shooting in Richland Center, but no contract has been signed. The only other Wiscon-sin site chosen is the Little Bohemia Lodge in Manitowish Waters, the scene of the John Dillinger gang’s 1934 shootout with federal agents.
“That means that we’re still in the running,” said Gene Dalhoff, executive director of the Baraboo Area Chamber of Commerce. “That’s better than the alternative.”
The film is set to star Johnny Depp as Dillinger and Christian Bale as the FBI agent who hunted him down. The Observer reports filming in Richland Center is scheduled for one day in early March.
Filmmakers will conduct a casting call for vehicles to appear in the movie. People with cars, trucks and buses from 1930 to 1935 can bring them, or pictures of them, to Milwaukee’s Miller Park from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Ben Bromley is a reporter at the Baraboo News Republic.
