`` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with a lot of help from law enforcement there . ` `` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with Bullock , police help . Bullock plays an FBI agent working with a Boston cop , played by Melissa McCarthy . `` The movie is such a love letter to Las Vegas , '' director McCarthy says . `` It 's a remarkable place , an amazing city , '' Paul Feig says .
` `` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with Bullock , police help . Bullock plays an FBI agent working with a Boston cop , played by Melissa McCarthy . `` The movie is such a love letter to Las Vegas , '' director McCarthy says . `` It 's a remarkable place , an amazing city , '' Paul Feig says .