It was lights, camera, action with virtually all of Market Street shut down Thursday night for the latest segment of the action thriller Law Abiding Citizen. "It's kind of exciting you don't see this everyday," said Joshmin Ray of East Oak Lane. The movie, which stars...
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Overture Films announces March 26, 2010 release date for ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ with Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx
We just received the following release date announcement. Overture Films - **RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT ** “Law Abiding Citizen,†Wide Release Release: March 26, 2010 Directed by: F. Gary Gray Cast: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Viola Davis LAW ABIDING CITIZEN is a...
Foxx hurt in hoops action
JAMIE FOXX injured his leg Tuesday night playing basketball at the Sporting Club at the Bellevue. Foxx was playing ball with a group of guys when he got hurt, and limped off the court. Eyewitnesses say Foxx, in town shooting "Law Abiding Citizen," was good-natured...
Gerard planning to cash in as a movie producer
GERARD Butler is banking on his latest movie winning, or losing, him a fortune. The actor has got together with a group of investor pals - Lucas Foster, Mark Gill, and Alan Siegel - and sunk more than a staggering GBP 50million into Law Abiding Citizen, in which he...
Green Lantern, Little Ashes, Potter 7 and Several More Release Date Updates
A slew of new and updated release dates have arrived as Cinematical points us to an update at ERC Box-Office with all the following Warner Bros. titles finding a place on the release schedule. * Sherlock Holmes (December 25, 2009) * Clash of the Titans (March 26,...
At the movies
Explosions from Holmesburg Prison in Northeast Philly tomorrow and Tuesday? The crew from Law Abiding Citizen will blow up a couple of cars on the set of the psychological thriller, starring Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. Regina Hall (Scary Movie) will visit toward the...
Philly goes Hollywood
[i]'Law Abiding Citizen,' starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, had a day shoot at a local bridge Tuesday. [/i] Assistant district attorney Nick Rice arrives on the South Philly scene where a missing cop may be buried. The west side of the George C. Platt Memorial...
The Recession That Ate The Art Films
[i]Independent movies are getting crushed right now. Will they survive?[/i] LOS ANGELES--The hottest film to emerge from this year's Sundance Film Festival is such an uncommercial movie that even the festival's programming director didn't think it was going to sell....
Filming wraps at Broadmeadows prison for Foxx movie
THORTON — Actor Jamie Foxx and his colleagues finished their sentences in the old Broadmeadows prison Friday. Shooting at the old jail for “Law Abiding Citizen†was expected to wrap up Friday, and movie crews were to move on to another Philadelphia area...
Law Abiding Citizen: We may love Jamie and Gerard, but we are really lovin the $50 million… thank you! (Blog)
When Law Abiding Citizen began filming in Philadelphia January 23rd, most people were excited to see the likes of Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler on the our city's streets. As exciting as that may have been to some, City officials and other surrounding townships were...
Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler Visit A Delaware County Prison
Today, we have an update on “Law Abiding Citizen†starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. They are currently filming at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County, Penn. The prison plays a central role in the movie as the plot revolves around a...
Lights . . . camera . . . Schuylkill
Law Abiding Citizen, F. Gary Gray's thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, will shoot scenes early next week under the Platt Memorial Bridge in South Philly. The company is doing interiors this week at the old Broadmeadows prison in Thornton, Delaware County....
Michael Irby Joins Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Irby (“The Unitâ€) has signed onto Film Dept.'s vigilante thriller “Law Abiding Citizen.†Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx star; F. Gary Gray directs.
Old Delco jail brings movie stars to Delco
[img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/delcotimes-1.jpg[/img] There was a shooting at the former county prison this weekend involving some fairly well-known celebrities. No need to worry, though — it was only principle photography for the film “Law Abiding...
Del Frisco’s serves up meaty role in a thriller
SWAT teams and sharpshooters took over a corner of 11th and Somerset Streets in North Philly for two days of drama last week. And this coming week, look out for the steak-out unit. It's all for Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller being filmed in town with Jamie Foxx and...
Mayor Nutter is demoted
Michael Nutter, master thespian. The mayor plays a mayoral aide in Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Viola Davis, an Oscar nominee for Doubt, stood up as Philly's mayor in scenes shot Friday night at City Hall. In one, Nutter...
Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx Law Abiding Citizen Filming In Philadelphia (Blog)
It's over for filming across the street from where I work, filming ended yesterday at Philadelphia's City Hall. Throughout the day filming went on in the 6th Floor Caucus room. People were texting me of Gerard Butler sightings. He even stopped and signed a few...
LAC Filming News
Eyewitness News anchor Dave Huddleston will play a reporter doing a stand-up from prison in Law Abiding Citizen, the Jamie Foxx-Gerard Butler flick filming here. (LAC will finish two weeks at City Hall tomorrow, head to private homes, and emerge later in the week at...
Viola Davis a ‘Law Abiding Citizen’
Oscar nominee Viola Davis has joined psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" alongside Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. F. Gary Gray is directing the pic, which began shooting Jan. 21 in Philadelphia, for the Film Department. It's set for domestic release in 2010...
Overture deals with Film Department: Companies pact for ‘Citizen’
Overture and The Film Department could be the latest minimajor and production company to hook up. The Liberty Media production/distribution company has finalized an agreement to release "Law Abiding Citizen" from Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's Film Dept., and the two...
Dan Gross: Gerard Butler invites the risque remark
GERARD BUTLER says that most women that he's met in town have been nothing but polite to his face, but he does enjoy hearing their more-risque remarks second-hand. The "300" and "PS, I Love You" star drove women wild at City Hall Friday when Mayor Nutter presented a...
Local actress Brooke Stacy Mills is playing the part of Gerard Butlers wife in the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen
Local actress Brooke Stacy Mills is playing the part of Gerard Butlers wife in the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen staring Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, and Leslie Bibb. Filming started this month and is taking place in our very own Philadelphia. It's always a...
VIDEO: Jamie Foxx Puts on a Show At City Hall
[b]Click the link above to view the video.[/b] [img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/6abc.jpg[/img] Jaime Foxx is in Philly to party, but also to work on a new movie. Jaime Foxx is in Philly to party, but also to work on a new movie. "I...
Nutter Gives Jamie Foxx Liberty Bell, Hijinks Ensue
Mayor Nutter just formally welcomed Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler and other cast members of "Law Abiding Citizen" -- currently shooting in Philly -- to the city. During a brief ceremony in City Hall, Nutter presented them with a miniature liberty bell replica as...
Foxx and company charm City Hall, tease Nutter
Rarely do City Hall press conferences feature appreciative catcalls, whistles and quality impressions of Mayor Nutter, but that was the scene minutes ago, as Jamie Foxx and other crew members of the film now taping in City Hall appeared with the mayor for a few...