The 44-year-old Gerard Butler looks very buff, having pumped a lot of iron for “Gods of Egypt,†which he just finished shooting in Australia for Alex Proyas (“Dark Cityâ€). At one point, the actor says, he did 12 straight days of sword fighting, sometimes 15...
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Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson on Scotland and dragons
As two of Hollywood's prominent Scotsmen, actor Gerard Butler and comedian Craig Ferguson relished the chance to embrace their inner Vikings and ride dragons. Butler and Ferguson reunite as Stoick and Gobber, two burly best friends in Dreamworks' animated fantasy...
Gerard Butler: ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ is ‘moving, emotional’
Video: The actor joins TODAY to talk about his new animated film, “How to Train Your Dragon 2,†wherein he plays a Viking leader reunited with his wife. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
First Look At Cate Blanchett’s How To Train Your Dragon 2 Character
After thrilling critics, proving 3D can be a worthwhile and wondrous storytelling device, and smashing box office records, how could How to Train Your Dragon go bigger for its sequel? Well, adding fantasy royalty to the cast is a great start. Director Dean DeBlois had...
New Holiday Special ‘Dreamworks Dragons Gift of the Night Fury’ to Premiere Monday, December 17 on FOX
FOX UNWRAPS THE WORLD BROADCAST PREMIERE OF “DREAMWORKS DRAGONS: GIFT OF THE NIGHT FURY,†A MUST-SEE HOLIDAY SPECIAL INSPIRED BY THE HIT ANIMATION FILM “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON†MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 On Monday, Dec. 17 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), FOX presents the...
Gerard Butler Will Return for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Seq
As we reported back in October, Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig will reprise their roles in DreamWorks Animation's sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. Empire now reports that Gerard...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Dominates Annie Award Noms With 15
With 15 nominations, DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon dominated the noms for the 38th annual Annie Awards, announced Monday by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. It will contend in the best animated feature category against...
“Dragon” fires up DVD charts
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The DreamWorks Animation hit "How To Train Your Dragon" topped the national home video sales charts for a second consecutive week on Wednesday -- and was also the No. 1 renter in its first full week in stores. Coming in at No. 2 on...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ fires up Oscar race
DreamWorks Animation has officially launched the Oscar race for 2011. This week, the company took the unusual move of mailing out For Your Consideration fliers of its highly-regarded "How to Train You Dragon," throwing the movie in contention for not only best...
How To Train Your Dragon heading to Blu-ray on October 15th (Blog)
Dreamworks Animation has announced HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is hitting store shelves on October 15th of this year. The film was well received by critics and audiences alike, featuring a warm-hearted tale of a boy befriending a dragon and attempting to change the...
Despicable Them: 5 Underrated Voice Performances In Modern Animated Films (Blog)
This week the new animated feature film "Despicable Me" opens in AMC Theatres everywhere. As is the trend in modern animated films, the voice cast is a star studded line up featuring Steve Carrell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand and many others. Many of today's animated...
‘Dragon’ Wings It Back To No. 1 With $15 Million
“How to Train Your Dragon†continues to breathe fire at the box office, while newer releases are mostly blowing smoke. The DreamWorks Animation adventure took in $15 million to reclaim the No. 1 spot in its fifth weekend of release. “How to Train Your Dragonâ€...
‘Dragons’ Dominate by Default
How to Train Your Dragon continued to do its thing over the weekend, and that was all it needed to return to the top spot. New releases The Back-Up Plan, The Losers and Oceans generated little interest, while Dragon's photo finish rival from last weekend, Kick-Ass,...
Dragon’ makes weekend debut at No. 1
3D's rising star got another boost at the North American boxoffice this weekend as Paramount's release of DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" flew to the top spot, and Disney's "Alice in Wonderland" held on to enough screens to emerge a solid number two....
‘Dragon’ flies to top of box office
Paramount and DreamWorks Animation's 3D toon "How to Train Your Dragon" saw healthy returns this weekend at the domestic B.O., but failed to set the frame ablaze, with an estimated $43.3 million at 4,055 playdates. The frame's other wide release, MGM's laffer "Hot Tub...
‘Dragon’ ship charts new course for Wal-Mart
Wal-Mart is setting up thousands of "How to Train Your Dragon" displays in stores A 40-foot-long Viking ship is set to dock in Times Square on Monday. It will come courtesy of DreamWorks Animation and Wal-Mart for the purpose of advertising "How to Train Your Dragon,"...
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF DREAMWORKS ANIMATION’S “HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON”
WHEN: Sunday, March 21, 2010, Promptly at 3:00 p.m. Arrivals begin at 2:00 p.m. Photo call for dragon training is at 1:30 p.m. Press invited to "train dragon" at: 12:30 p.m. WHERE: GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City, CA 91608 WHO: Cast members...
DreamWorks’ “Dragon” has no fire
"How to Train Your Dragon" pits dragons against Vikings with one small child standing between them crying, "Why can't we all just get along?" The Vikings are all brawn and matted, bushy hair -- and there's an implication of not much brains -- while the dragons are a...
How to Train Your Dragon Review
How to Train Your Dragon, the new 3-D digital fable from DreamWorks Animation (it opens March 26), has a kinetically dreamy, soaring-through-the-air effervescence. On some level, though, it's just the sweetly simple tale of a boy and his dog. The boy, Hiccup (Jay...
Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson: Vikings at Heart
Hilarious. Outlandish. Scottish. Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson, friends for over two decades, finally come together (well, sort of) on the big screen through Dreamworks' latest animated adventure, How to Train Your Dragon, opening March 26. Their vocal...
Review: How To Train Your Dragon
When I saw the first trailer for How To Train Your Dragon, I must admit it didn't pique my interest. A non-Pixar film is automatically fighting an uphill battle in the animation industry, and Dragon just didn't seem that interesting to me. So I practically surprised...
INTERVIEW: GERARD BUTLER & CRAIG FERGUSON DRAWN TOGETHER
[i Fellow Scots Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson have been pals for more than two decades. But it took How to Train Your Dragon, an animated movie about Vikings and dragons, to bring them together on screen [/i Gerard Butler's fierceness may have frightened the...
How to Train Your Dragon – Q&A with the Author, Directors and Producer (Blog)
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be invited along to a super early screening of How to train your Dragon. The movie wasn't in it's finished form but was 90% complete with a few wire frame models with shading in some parts. The audio wasn't 100% complete...
NBC Heats Up DreamWorks “Dragon” (Blog)
DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. report they have entered into a televised promotional partnership with NBC, debuting today (Tuesday, February 9th), three days before the start of NBC's broadcast of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. DreamWorks Animation produced...
Gerard Butler: Everyone says I sleep with my co-stars.. this time it’s a dragon
GERARD BUTLER has a history of being romantically linked to his co-stars. But he's hoping that won't be the case with his new film - even though it's a successful Scot. But although his fellow thespian is tall and good looking, Gerry is happy to keep Craig Ferguson as...