`` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with FBI , police help . Bullock plays an FBI agent working with a Boston cop , played by Melissa McCarthy . `` The movie is such a love letter to Boston , '' director Paul Feig says . `` The movie is such a love letter to Boston , '' Feig said . It's about the city that gave us Bill Walsh and Babe Ruth, but also has its own unique culture of crime fighting, corruption, and politics. "
`` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with FBI , police help . Bullock plays an FBI agent working with a Boston cop , played by Melissa McCarthy . `` The movie is such a love letter to Boston , '' director Paul Feig says . It's about the city that gave us Bill Walsh and Babe Ruth, but also has its own unique culture of crime fighting, corruption, and politics. "