He's already been king -- so where does Gerard Butler go from here? The Scottish-born star of '300' has mixed it up since putting his chiseled frame on full display in the epic sensation, dabbling in rom-com ('The Ugly Truth'), rom-dram ('PS I Love You'), family fare...
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Gerard Butler is crazy for ‘Law Abiding Citizen’: ‘This is the Hannibal Lecter role’
Is Gerard Butler making a movie every month or does it just feel that way? Los Angeles Times Calendar writer Rachel Abramowitz talked to him not long ago for "The Awful Truth" and "Gamer" and got a tidbit, too, about Butler's upcoming vendetta fantasy, "Law Abiding...
‘Law Abiding Citizen’ to screen here
Law Abiding Citizen -- a thriller shot here earlier this year and starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler -- will be the opening film at the 18½ Philadelphia International Film Festival. Director F. Gary Gray is tentatively scheduled to attend the Oct. 15 screening at...
The Urbanworld Film Festival Presented by BET Networks Showcases the Opening Night Premiere of Overture Films’ Law Abiding Citizen
WHAT: New York Premiere of Law Abiding Citizen WHO: Cast in attendance include Gerard Butler, Viola Davis,and Director F. Gary Gray with celebrity guests to follow. . . WHEN: Wednesday, September 23rd Press Check-in: 5:30 PM Arrivals: 6:30 PM Screening: 7:30 PM WHERE:...
Gerard Butler fights system in ‘Law Abiding Citizen’
[i]Originally presumed to play the role of the lawyer, the actor gravitated toward that of the vengeful man outside the law.[/i] Reporting from Philadelphia - Gerard Butler narrowly escaped being a lawyer twice over. Before he began his acting career in earnest,...
The Deeper Meaning of The ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ Poster (Blog)
The new poster for the Gerard Butler/Jamie Foxx thriller Law Abiding Citizen has appeared over at Cinematical. The poster depicts Foxx against a mottled gray to white background and Butler against blood red. Both actors look out from the poster, intense, focused and...
Final Destination sustains fear factor with $12M
LOS ANGELES — Fear has trumped romance at the box office over Labor Day weekend. The fright flick "The Final Destination" remained the No. 1 movie for the second-straight weekend with $12.4 million for the first three days of the long holiday weekend. "The Final...
Gerard Butler reveals why he likes being a muscle-bound man of action
Gerard Butler is well aware that he tends to get cast as macho guys who usually have at least one bare-chested scene in a movie. But the Scottish actor (who had his breakthrough role as a Spartan warrior in the 2007 film "300") clearly doesn't have a problem with...
The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Announces F. Gary Gray’s ‘LAW ABIDING CITIZEN’
The 13th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival Announces F. Gary Gray's 'LAW ABIDING CITIZEN' as the 2009 Opening Night Film Official Selections for America's Largest Multicultural Film Festival To Be Presented in New York City on September 23 - 27, 2009 NEW YORK, Sept. 3...
Exclusive Interview: Writer/Director’s Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor GAMER
If you read Collider, you know how I feel about Neveldine/Taylor's movies. As the writer-director's behind “Crank†and “Crank: High Voltageâ€, I think these two are absolutely pushing the boundaries of mainstream movies and I love it. So it gives me great...
‘Law Abiding Citizen’ to open Urbanworld
[i]Four-day fest to screen 68 films[/i] Helmer F. Gary Gray's thriller "Law Abiding Citizen," starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx and Viola Davis, is set to kick off the 13th annual Urbanworld Film Festival held Sept. 23 in New York. Set in Philadelphia, pic tells the...
Brutal truth
[i In Gamer, Gerard Butler inhabits a sci-fi world that's frightening close to our own future[/i NEW YORK -- In the online "virtual world" called Second Life, users create avatars -- 3-D alter egos -- who socialize, shop and have sex with other avatars. In the new...
‘Gamer,’ ‘Steve’ vie for box office bucks
Labor Day weekend pits geeks against gals as Lionsgate opens Gerard Butler actioner "Gamer" in 2,502 theaters and 20th Century Fox goes out with Sandra Bullock-Bradley Cooper comedy "All About Steve" in 2,251. The third new wide entry is Miramax's Mike Judge comedy...
‘Gamer,’ ‘Surrogates,’ ‘Avatar’ and the meaning of (second) life
In the old days, Hollywood tried to make thrillers that got under your skin -- today it's more about films that get you out of your skin. In a sign of the times, this Friday the blood-splattered "Gamer" begins a wave of sci-fi films that take the concepts of second...
Gerard Butler Returns To High-Adrenaline Action With ‘Gamer’ (Blog)
Gerard Butler Returns To High-Adrenaline Action With 'Gamer' 'Between takes, he's working out,' Milo Ventimiglia says of pumped-up star. In 2006's graphic-novel adaptation "300," Gerard Butler was a loincloth-wearing, six-pack-baring Spartan king of blood-spilling...
Director wants ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ to have ‘noir-ish vibe’
F. Gary Gray says he wants a “noir-ish†approach to Law Abiding Citizen. The upcoming film, Law Abiding Citizen, stars Gerard Butler as a man who goes on a vengeance crusade, from his jail cell, after his daughter is killed in a home invasion, and the man...
The Movie Watcher’s Guide To September 2009 (Blog)
And that's a wrap for the summer 2009 movie season! We should have a recap coming up shortly, but I think it's safe to say that it was a damn good summer for movie lovers. (Anyone who claims different not only hates movies but hates babies, puppies, ice cream, and...
Gerry Butler tries to get back on his Gamer (Blog)
Ubiquitous sports commercials aside, there are four things that will sell the upcoming "Gamer," and they all start with Gerry and end with Butler. The actor who catapulted to fame as an action star in "300" has been toiling in Nora Ephron territory recently, with...
A New Gamer TV Spot: “Let’s Rock” (Blog)
Friday is coming soon! And finally we will be able to see the movie Gamer starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall and Milo Ventimiglia. It should be interesting to see how the whole super virtual reality concept plays out in theaters. Don't forget to check out the...
Butler Bringing The Action Back for “Gamer”
It was Gerard Butler's first UFC event, and the star of the upcoming film “Gamer†(which opens in theatres this Friday, September 4th), and as he makes clear, being in Philadelphia for UFC 102 earlier this month was quite an eye-opening experience. “It's pretty...
Gamer Directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on Wanting to Be Abused
The twisted minds behind the Crank series turn their attentions to human video games and real-life Second Life in Gamer. They talk about their controller fantasies and the top secret sequel they can't talk about. Q: Where did you get the inspiration for Gamer? MN: We...
This week’s new movie releases – Sept. 4, 2009 (Blog)
**** GAMER (with Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Ludacris) Synopsis: Humans control other humans in a mass-scale, multiplayer online game. Reclusive billionaire Ken Castle has created the controversial form of entertainment, "Slayers," a hugely popular game that...
Gamer Get in the Poster at Facebook (Blog)
Gamer Get in the Poster at Facebook The movie website for Gamer is like a world in itself. Once the website finally loads, you can use your mouse to navigate around and explore the world - different bulls eyes become available navigating you to the cast and crew,...
The Fast and Furiously Lampooned
THE filmmaker Mark Neveldine sat in a booth at Rudy's Bar & Grill, a dimly lit dive in Hell's Kitchen in Manhattan, working on a pitcher of beer. Looking the part of a happy-hour regular on this late July afternoon, he wore a mustache and a trucker cap. “My...
Check out a ‘Gamer’ clip featuring Gerard Butler
Gerard Butler's been spending his summer with Jennifer Aniston — rumor is they're even dating — filming the new movie The Bounty in New Jersey and New York, and that's where our Brian Truitt found him when he talked with Butler for a feature in this weekend's...
