Vincent Cassel will play Jacques Mesrine, France's former Public Enemy No. 1, in a two-part project set to begin shooting next summer with Jean-Francois Richet directing from a script by Abdel Raouf Dafri says The Hollywood Reporter.

The two French-language films, with a total budget of $53.6 million, entitled "Death Instinct" and "Public Enemy Number One," are based on the true story of a French criminal known for his clever disguises, womanizing and audacious bank robberies and jail-breaks.

Born to a prosperous family in 1937, Mesrine became a legend in his lifetime, reportedly wearing designer clothes and displaying impeccable courtesy to those he robbed.

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