` ` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with locals , police officers . The agents and police who are now busy with the bombing investigation gave the filmmakers `` so much help , '' Feig said . He 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 a remarkable place , an amazing city , '' McCarthy says .
` ` The Heat , '' which hits theaters June 28 , was filmed in Boston with locals , police officers . He 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 a remarkable place , an amazing city , '' McCarthy says .