This is quite a surprise. While the official ‘Public Enemies‘ is scheduled for next Tuesday, there will be a red carpet event at 6pm tonight prior to a screening of the film at AMC River East, 322 E. Illinois. Director Michael Mann and stars Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard are among the principals scheduled to walk the red carpet and talk to the press about the film.

Illinois Street will be blocked off in front of the multiplex, but there will be a few sidewalk and bleacher seats for fans eager to see Depp and the other actors.

Also, the 12 minute featurette PUBLIC ENEMIES: HBO FIRST LOOK starts airing on HBO this afternoon. Check out the complete schedule here.

Marion Cotillard is also featured in the July issues of US magazines GQ and InStyle.

Preview the stunning InStyle pictures here. I’m pretty sure that this is the previously mentioned Moroccan photoshoot.

005 Sessions from 2009 – GQ

How Marion Cotillard went from a subtitled French bio-pic about Edith Piaf to starring as Johnny Depp’s moll in ‘Public Enemies’

One way to gauge the seriousness of any newly minted star is to watch what he or she does with all the attention. Two days after accepting an Oscar for her shape-shifting turn as Edith Piaf in La Vie en Rose—and delivering a speech so adorably gracious it could bump Sally Field from the official Oscar highlight reel—Marion Cotillard ditched the warm glow of Hollywood for a snowbound place where no one cared: a Menominee reservation in Wisconsin, to research her role as John Dillinger’s girl in this month’s gangster bio Public Enemies. The 33-year-old never asked the tribeswomen if they’d seen the Oscars or La Vie en Rose, in which Cotillard conjures Piaf’s fragility and ferocity so unnervingly, even regular Joes were drawn to the subtitled film. She brings the same nuance and energy to Billie Frechette, who was part Menominee, part French, and 100 percent aware of the company she kept. “She knew exactly what she was involved in,” Cotillard says of Frechette, who was married to a convicted robber when she took up with gentleman gangster Dillinger, “but what can you do against love?”

According to the Calgary Sun filming for Marion’s next Hollywood production, the Christopher Nolan directed ‘Inception‘ – also starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Caine and Ellen Page among others – will start November 2009 in Kananaskis (Alberta, Canada). The article also reveals that the mysterious sci-fi movie has a budget of $200-million (!) and will be filming in 5 different countries.

I’ve added many scans to the gallery. HQ scans from the previously mentioned May 16 issue of French Elle magazine, a special picture of Marion together with Hilary Swank in the June issue of French Premiere, Marion on the cover of L’Express Styles, dated June 4-10, as well as the Public Enemies feature in July’s UK Empire magazine. Enjoy!

• Même loin, je me sens très parisienne, L’Express Styles, June 4-10

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

008 Elle (France) – May 16
001 Premiere (France) – June
005 L’Express Styles (France) – June 4-10
009 Empire (UK) – July

While we know that ‘Public Enemies‘ will have its world premiere at the LA Film Festival June 23 it has now been announced that the movie’s European Premiere will take place in London, Leicester Square, on June 29 ahead of its UK theatrical release on July 3. Marion Cotillard together with Johnny Depp and Michael Mann are scheduled to attend. (source)

Then, thanks to Stéphanie for directing me to a thread in the Allociné forums. Apparently the official French premiere will take place July 2 at the UGC Normandie cinema in Paris. All the actors – incl. Marion – and the director are scheduled to attend. Here’s your chance to win 2 tickets to that exclusive event. Probably only if you’re a resident of France, though.

[Edit:] Apparently, this Paris screening of ‘Public Enemies‘ will open the Paris Film Festival, which runs July 2-14.

Ecran Large has new ‘Public Enemies‘ stills with Marion Cotillard.

003 Public Enemies – 2009 > Stills

Courtesy of Voici.fr a lovely picture of Marion Cotillard out & about in Cannes.

Presumably, this was taken on May 18, the day of the ‘Nine‘ reception, the interview on Le Grand Journal as well as the Chopard Trophy Ceremony & Party.

001 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival – Out & About

Mariana sent in scans from the May 28 – June 3 issue of French Paris Match as well as 3 new HQ photos from the amfAR event at Cannes. Thank you so much!

004 Paris Match (France) – May 28-June 3
003 62nd Annual Cannes Film Festival – amfAR Cinema Against AIDS

While I’m awaiting the arrival of my own copy of the new BlackBook Magazine that my friend in the US is buying for me the magazine’s website released the very interesting interview with Marion Cotillard and the pictures from the inside of the magazine. I’ve added those and some outtakes to the site’s gallery. Merci Marion-Cotillard.fr for the info on how to find them.

The New York photo shoot took place May 5, the day after the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Be sure to read this very insightful interview.

• Bonjour! Marion Cotillard on Conspiracies, Public Enemies, & Childhood

011 Sessions from 2009 > BlackBook Magazine

According to the Talk Show Lineup Marion Cotillard is scheduled to appear on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, June 22, 12:35am ET/PT on CBS. To avoid confusion, the interview will air during the night from Monday to Tuesday.

You may remember her successful appearance on the show back in January 2008 so this is most definitely something to look forward to.

The following day, June 23, at 7.30pm ‘Public Enemies‘ will have its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival and Marion is scheduled to attend.