EXCLUSIVE: Mission Impossible and Captain America star Hayley Atwell is joining Gerard Butler in hostage crisis action-thriller Empire City, which is due to begin filming this month. Michael Matthews (Love & Monsters) is newly aboard to direct the pic scripted by...
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Gerard Butler’s Underrated Revenge Thriller Quietly Destroys Streaming Competition
Gerard Butler is coming hot off the success of How To Train Your Dragon. The actor brought his character Stoic from animated form to live-action and gave a stellar performance as the strict yet considerate father of Hiccup (Mason Thames). Butler has given us some...
Gerard Butler-Narrated Wild Horse Movie Blue Zeus Gets Trailer | Exclusive
ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive trailer for Blue Zeus, the upcoming documentary about one woman’s relentless fight to reunite a wild mustang with his family after they were unjustly captured by the government. Narrated by How to Train Your Dragon star Gerard...
Gerard Butler Dodges More Earth-Killing Meteors in ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ Trailer
Ric Roman Waugh’s sequel sees the Garrity family leave their doomsday Greenland bunker to find a new home in a shattered Europe. The Garrity family faces an apocalyptic road trip where they dodge more meteors, a radiation storm and giant tidal wave, among other fresh...
Gerard Butler’s New Action Thriller Soars to #2 on Netflix—Here’s Why Everyone’s Watching
Gerald Butler has done it again, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, I’m talking about another hit movie of his on Netflix. The 55-year-old actor is certainly no stranger to success, as just two months after seeing his 2023 action movie Plane climb to the third spot on the...
Gerard Butler Says Live-Action ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Was Destiny
Gerard Butler didn’t see a live-action remake of How to Train Your Dragon coming, but it feels like it was always meant to be. "When I was voicing the original movies, I didn't imagine making a live-action version, but I was wondering what it must be like to be in...
Gerard Butler admits it was a struggle to bond with co-star on set of latest action film
The 300 actor had to punch, kick and choke his co-star. GERARD Butler admits it was a struggle to play nice with co-star O’Shea Jackson in action-packed sequel Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. The Scots hunk, 55, has reprised his role as elite copper Big Nick O’Brien as he...
Gerard Butler Says Actors Were Sent to the Hospital ‘Every Day’ During Filming of 300: ‘Insane’ (Exclusive)
"You'd be doing a fight, you turn around, there's a guy down there, a spear went in his eye," Butler recalls of making the 2006 action-adventure film Gerard Butler says his experience on 300 was not without its battle wounds. In a chat with his Den of Thieves 2:...
Watch: Mason Thames stands up to Gerard Butler in ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
Mason Thames stands up to Gerard Butler in a new trailer for the How to Train Your Dragon remake. The upcoming live-action and CG-animated feature offers a new take on the 2010 animated movie of the same name. Thames portrays Hiccup, while Butler portrays Chief Stoick...
‘Den of Thieves 3’ in the Works at Lionsgate, Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. to Return
Lionsgate, Tucker Tooley Entertainment and G-BASE are moving a third film in the “Den of Thieves” franchise into active development. “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” opened in the No. 1 spot at the North American box office and has grossed more than $32 million at the...
Gerard Butler shot action-packed Den of Thieves 2 on ‘a freshly torn ACL’: ‘It was a nightmare’
"And I was a whiny little bitch!" the actor jokes. If Gerard Butler's onscreen pain looks especially convincing in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, there's good reason. It turns out the Scottish actor, 55, essentially shot the entire action-packed heist sequel on one leg....
Gerard Butler Leads a Diamond Heist in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Trailer
Lionsgate has shared the final Den of Thieves 2: Pantera trailer for the upcoming action thriller sequel to 2018’s Den of Thieves. The film is currently scheduled to arrive in theaters on January 10, 2025. “Big Nick (Gerard Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and...
Gerard Butler goes from action hero to singing Santa in Christmas mash-up
LONDON — Gerard Butler fans are used to seeing the Scottish actor swoop in to save the day in action films like Olympus Has Fallen and Plane. But in his latest movie, the 55-year-old takes on a somewhat different role — a singing, sometimes rapping, Santa Claus. Mr....
Gerard Butler hopes to sing more after ‘joyful’ experience with Christmas musical
The Phantom of the Opera star tells Yahoo UK about rekindling his love for singing after playing Santa Claus in Sky's The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Gerard Butler has rekindled his love for singing after making The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland,...
Gerard Butler brings Scottish Santa to life
Scotland can claim James Bond, Shrek and Hagrid as its own, but now Gerard Butler has brought Scottish Santa to life in his latest role. He plays St Nick in a new TV animation, The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland. Butler said a Scottish accent "really lends...
Gerard Butler announces new Christmas single and it’s dropping tomorrow
Scottish acting star Gerard Butler stars a leading role in animated festive film The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland alongside Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke. From the King of Sparta to the leader of the North Pole, Gerard Butler has impressed in his new role in...
How To Train Your Dragon’s Live-Action Teaser Includes The One Scene I Needed To Convince Me This Remake Will Work
This is Berk (live-action version.) We’re about to see a lot of first looks at the upcoming 2025 movies that will hold our minds and hearts captive with imagination. What we know about How to Train Your Dragon’s live-action remake has that picture squarely poised to...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Live-Action Trailer: Hiccup and Toothless Come to Life After Hit Animated Trilogy
Hiccup and Toothless are finally in live-action for the first time ever. Universal Studios has released the first trailer for its live-action adaptation of “How to Train Your Dragon,” after the popular DreamWorks Animation trilogy was released in the 2010s. The new...
Gerard Butler Details How His Live-Action How To Train Your Dragon Costume Helped Him Deal With The Freezing Weather
Filming for How To Train Your Dragon has not been a simple process for star Gerard Butler. The upcoming How To Train Your Dragon remake is currently in development and is expected to be released in June 2025. Filming wrapped in May 2024, and the months since have been...
How To Train Your Dragon Is ‘Dialled-Up In Terms Of Stakes’ In Live-Action
Across nearly a decade, the How To Train Your Dragon trilogy unspooled a heart-swelling coming-of-age story centred on the bond between boy and beast. And now, director Dean DeBlois – who helmed all three animated instalments, co-directing alongside Chris Sanders on...
Gerard Butler Was “Chomping at the Bit” to Sing Again in ‘The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland’
Gerard Butler discusses voicing Santa Claus in The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland . He also discusses the physicality involved with voice acting. Butler talks about the How to Train Your Dragon live-action, and shares details about his costume. Right in time for...
‘The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland’ Producer Ruth Fielding & Director Peter Baynton Discuss Their Magical Holiday Movie
***This article was written for the January ’25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 346)*** What would Santa find if he went down the same rabbit hole that took Alice to Wonderland? That’s the fun premise behind the new animated musical feature The Night Before Christmas...
Gerard Butler Sings in First Trailer for THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND Musical
The film is slated to stream on Prime Video and Hulu on November 15 in the U.S. Hulu has released the first trailer for The Night Before Christmas in Wonderland, the upcoming animated musical featuring Emilia Clarke and Gerard Butler. The film is slated to stream on...
“The Night Before Christmas In Wonderland” Coming November 15, 2024
Christmas is the most wonderful time of year. Alice In Wonderland is a literary and media classic. What happens when you combine the two? You get “The Night Before Christmas In Wonderland”, which is based on the best-selling book from author Carys Bexington and...
‘Let them be Naked’ documentary premiers in Montana
Film director has strong ties to Montana and a mother who died of breast cancer BILLINGS — When you bring food into your home, there’s a label that tells you a lot when it comes to making healthy choices for you and your family. But what about the clothes we put on...