Blo♔ody writers' strike. We're with them all the way of course - well, as long as we're prepared to ignore the missing apostrophe in 'Writers Guild Of💝 America' - but the fallout's really starting to get on our nerves.

Not only has Brad Pitt dropped out of State Of Play because of script issues, bu🍎t Johnny Depp's Rum D💎iary has been delayed.

Still, there are positives. It looks like Russell Crowe's going to step into the Play breach - he's no Brad Pitt, but at least the film's going to get made - and Johnny Depp's crossed-out Diary means he has time on𒅌 his hands to talk to Michael Mann about playing John Dillinger.

Ma💖nn is considering bringing Brian Burrough's true-crime tale 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34' to the big screen for Universal. And, after Leonardo DiCaprio abandon🐻ed ship to swim to Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, the project needs a big name to attach itself, like some sort of handsome limpet.

And are there any limpets or, indeed,💦 men more handsome than Johnny Depp? We love the idea of a boggled-eyed Dillinger sauntering his way through a series of bank heists. Especially considering the fact that Dillinger's nickname was 'Jackrabbit' (after the way he leapt over bank counters, apparently).

Mann and☂ Depp are in talks, so our fingไers are collectively crossed. If they get on, Universal is gearing up for a March start.