The quick and practical answer to that question would be no, but stay with me. Gerard Butler's career has been mostly based on being a hunk of meat. Sometimes that hunk is used to charm the ladies (The Ugly Truth, The Bounty Hunter), and other times it is used for men...

[i The film, starring Gerard Butler and Michele Monaghan, is a biopic of Sam Childers.[/i Relativity Media is taking over U.S. distribution of Marc Forster's Machine Gun Preacher from Lionsgate. The film will be released in the fall. The film, starring Gerard Butler...

Gerard Butler's new movie 'Machine Gun Preacher' is already off to a flying start. The movie was screened in January and viewers are saying that they were very impressed with his acting and the movie as a whole. Gerard Butler plays Sam Childers in 'Machine Gun...

Asche & Spencer have been hired to score the upcoming action biopic Machine Gun Preacher. The movie tells the story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been forced to...

Hollywood heart-throb Gerard Butler will say goodbye to South Africa this weekend. The actor has been filming scenes for the movie Machine Gun Preacher for the past few weeks. Butler has been shooting parts of the movie, which is based on the life of drug addict...

MELVINDALE – The city is getting its first taste of Hollywood this month as filming for “Machine Gun Preacher” starts at a local mobile home park Monday. The film, starring Gerard Butler (“300,” “P.S. I Love You”) as lead character Sam Childers, will be...

[img http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/gerry2.jpg[/img Thanks to Heather who sent us these pictures from the set of Machine Gun Preacher in West Bloomfield, MI on Thursday, July 8. As you can see from the photos, the movie's star, Gerard Butler, was filming...

There are reports today that the Gerard Butler film "Machine Gun Preacher" has started filming in Metro Detroit. The film location website beforethetrailer.com is reporting that the film is shooting at the "Chevy dealership on Ford Rd." which they refer to as being in...

[i Motion picture to depict Reels Corners pastor[/i CENTRAL CITY — Sam Childers went from drug dealer to minister. Now, he's gone Hollywood. Film studio Lionsgate is making a major motion picture, “Machine Gun Preacher,” of Childers' life story as related in his...

[i Studio Acquires North American Distribution Rights To Fact-Based Action Drama Starring Gerard Butler Fall 2011 Release Planned - Principal Photography Begins In July[/i SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading...

Source: Lionsgate Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama Machine Gun Preacher, directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace). The film is the studio's first collaboration with Forster since the...

Actor Gerard Butler will be in Melvindale July 8-28 to shoot scenes from the new Lionsgate film "Machine Gun Preacher" before moving to South Africa to film the remainder. The film is based on the true story of Sam Childers, a missionary in southern Sudan who really...

Gerard Butler may be hanging out in Hollywood this weekend, but soon he'll have a whole new stomping ground- Melvindale, MI. The actor is set to start filming his next project, Machine Gun Preacher, in the city from July 8 to 28. Locations will include a trailer park...

"Machine Gun Preacher," a new Gerard Butler movie, has been approved for the state's film incentives and is expected to begin shooting here this summer. Based on a true story, it stars the versatile Scottish actor as a former drug-dealing biker who finds religion and...

With flicks like “Machine Gun Preacher” starring Gerard Butler, “30 Minutes of Less” by “Zombieland” director Ruben Fleicher, 50 Cent's “Love Me or Love Me Not” and Dreamworks' $80 million sci-fi flick “Real Steel,” with Hugh Jackman, all set to...

Machine Gun Preacher, the Mark Forster directed film about a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who've been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers in the Lord's Resistance Army, will begin...

Forget Stallone and Schwarzenegger. This year's Cannes market unleashed a tsunami of action movies starring 21st Century tough guys like Gerard Butler, Jason Statham and Clive Owen. The Cannes market this year had a serious injection of testosterone, namely in the...

Thankfully, the 63rd Cannes Film Festival marketplace is finally underway. Because who knew how much more pre-fest turmoil -- freakish waves that washed over the outdoor areas of beachfront restaurants, a belch from the Iceland volcano that rerouted air travelers, and...

Thankfully, the 63rd Cannes Film Festival marketplace is finally underway. Because who knew how much more pre-fest turmoil -- freakish waves that washed over the outdoor areas of beachfront restaurants, a belch from the Iceland volcano that rerouted air travelers, and...

Most of you may not remember hearing about a film called Machine Gun Preacher in December, but it's back in the news again. Deadline reports that Lionsgate has decided to develop and distribute the film and given them a greenlight to start shooting this summer. Gerard...

EXCLUSIVE: Back in January, I told you about the effort to mount Machine Gun Preacher, a fact-based drama directed by Marc Forster. Gerard Butler was keen to play reformed bad guy Sam Childers, a drug-dealing biker who found God and became the scourge of rebel forces...

Machine Gun Preacher, the film about Sam Childers, the biker preacher-defender of Sudanese orphans that James Bond vet Marc Forster wants to direct and Gerard Butler is slated to star in looks closer to a “go,” with a start date in June. They'll film this in...

"Up In The Air" star Vera Farmiga is pregnant with her second child. The actress, who gave birth to baby Finn just before starting work on "Up in the Air" in 2009, is due in October, according to In Touch magazine. The baby news has forced Farmiga, who is married to...

"Up In The Air" star Vera Farmiga is pregnant with her second child. The actress, who gave birth to baby Finn just before starting work on "Up in the Air" in 2009, is due in October, according to In Touch magazine. The baby news has forced Farmiga, who is married to...

Lionsgate will commence pre-sales in Cannes on the action drama Machine Gun Preacher that Marc Forster will direct starring Gerard Butler. Jason Keller's screenplay is inspired by the true story of former gang biker Sam Childers who turned his life around and...