Hollywood has long had a fascination with notorious gangster, Al Capone. And, at least over at Warner Bros., that fascination is alive and well.

The studio has decided to pick up a screenplay, “Cicero,” on the origins of the infamous public enemy by writer Walon Green (“The Wild Bunch,” “Robocop 2”).

“Cicero” focuses on Capone’s meteoric rise from the slums of Brooklyn to the kingpin of Chicago’s dark underbelly, running casinos and speakeasies throughout the city during Prohibition. Capone famously setup his headquarters in suburban Cicero, Ill. and took over the city government in 1924.

The script is described as a “throwback to the shoot-’em-up gangster films that Warner released during the 1930s” —  films like Edward G. Robinson’s “Little Caesar” and James Cagney’s “The Public Enemy” and “Angels With Dirty Faces.”