British Actor, Gerard Butler (35) who had a major screen success in "The Phantom Of The Opera" arrived in Narita Airport (Tokyo) on JAL flight from LA on the 29th to promote his latest film "Dear Frankie" (directed by Shona Auerbach, opens on 6/25). As his sweet face,...
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Dear Frankie is a heart-warming journey of unconditional love and sacrifice, Dear Frankie stars Emily Mortimer (Bright Young Things, Young Adam) and Jack McElhone (Young Adam) which will be released on DVD on May 23rd by Pathé Distribution Ltd. What's is all about:...
Scared Every Night
Sturla Gunnarsson moved to Canada at the age of six but has returned to make his dream of making a film in Iceland come true. When Sturla is asked whether he speaks his mother tongue he answers, in icelandic: “Not a word!” The interview then takes place in icelandic....
The New Beowulf
On the southern coast an international group of moviemakers and world famous actors are working on themost expensive movie ever made here. The film is caledBeowulf and Grendel and is inspired by ancient norse stories, with ealborate scenography, costumes, and fighting...
KATHLEEN FACES UP TO BIRTHMARK
SCOTS actress Kathleen McDermott can't wait to see how her face will look for the new Burns film with Gerard Butler. Kathleen, who plays Burns' lover Jenny Clow in the multi-million pound biopic which will be filmed in July, has discovered that her character has a...
BUTLER’S EPIC TALE OF TERROR
HOLLYWOOD star Gerard Butler yesterday told of his terror after being hit by hurricane winds in Iceland while filming his latest movie. The Phantom of the Opera star revealed that production of Beowulf & Grendel was almost scrapped after four actors were blown off...
Actor quickly endeared to role of stranger
NEW YORK - Gerard Butler didn't waste any time saying "yes" to "Dear Frankie." "When I read that script, I thought, 'Isn't it great?' " recalls the Scottish actor. "When I connect with something, I already imagine me playing that role." Although Butler has made his...
BBC’S BURNS DRAMA LOSES POETIC LICENCE
A NEW television drama which paints a somewhat unflattering portrait of Rabbie Burns has been quietly shelved by the BBC. Loving Burns, which had Robert Carlyle, below, earmarked for the starring role, portrays the famous bard as a predator who sexually abused his...
A Press Conference with the Director, Screenwriter and Actors of Dear Frankie
The Dear Frankie press conference took place at the 2004 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Present were the film's director and director of photography Shona Auerbach, screenwriter Andre Gregg, actor (The Stranger) Gerard Butler, actor (Marie) Sharon Small. "Dear...
Frankly teardrop
Shona Auerbach weighs out a frugal Scot weepie DEAR FRANKIE Starring Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone. Written by Andrea Gibb. Directed by Shona Auerbach. (PG) 105 min. Opens Mar 25. The tale of a desperate mother, her deaf son and a mysterious stranger, Dear Frankie...
INTERVIEW: Inside Dear Frankie
MovieWeb sits down with Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler to discuss Dear Frankie Dear Frankie tells the story of a mother who hires a stranger to pose as her son's long lost father. The real father was an abuser from whom she has run away and hid her child. She does...
Stranger is a lifeline to family
On paper, the Scottish drama "Dear Frankie" sounds suitable only for adults who collect Hallmark cards: A single mother raising a deaf child attempts to keep him from learning that his father was so physically abusive she had to leave him and that they remain...
EMBRACING MOTHERHOOD
A little back story before the focus moves to the star of this yarn, the lovely and amazing Emily Mortimer. That's not showbiz puffery -- it's how she was described in a film with those adjectives in the title. Mortimer's new movie, "Dear Frankie," was set to be in...
Double dose of Beowulf set to run rings round rivals
He is the original action hero, a fearless Norse warrior who slew a vicious troll and helped inspire Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. And he is coming to a cinema near you. The race to turn Beowulf, the hero of the first great poem written in English, into a box-office...
Film notoriety awaits Beowulf
He is the original action hero, a fearless Norse warrior who slew a murderous troll and helped inspire Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. And he is coming to a multiplex near you. The race to turn Beowulf, the hero of the first great written English poem, into a box-office...
Beowulf Cuts Loose
s Gerald Butle worth 900 million krour? Visitors to Skógar have up until now usually come in small groups and go there for the stunning Skógarfoss waterfall or visiting the Skógar Folk Museum. These days, however, hovering around the waterfall you will find hundreds...
Interview with Beowulf and Grendel Screenwriter Andrew Rai Berzins
Famed was this Beowulf: far flew the boast of him, son of Scyld, in the Scandian lands. M&C talked to Andrew Berzins, who adapted the poem Beowulf for the forthcoming Beowulf and Grendel movie. He chats about the problems of adapting such a poem, the relevancy of...
Iceland Films
Chances are most Canadians know very little about the ancient or even modern history of the North Atlantic island called Iceland. But a Toronto-based, Iceland-born movie director is hoping change all of that next year as he brings an early chapter of Iceland's ancient...
Very First Stills of Gerard Butler as Beowulf
We have the very first look at Gerard Butler (Phantom of the Opera) as Beowulf, from the forthcoming Beowulf and Grendel. You can see two still in the gallery for the movie, here. The second one show Beowulf fighting off some theives. We also had a peek at some more...
Some Exclusive Shots from the Filming of Beowulf and Grendel
We have the first looks at Beowulf and Grendel currently being filmed in Iceland. You can check out some images of the Viking ship replica on the Ice Lagoon on the south coast of Iceland, director Sturla Gunnarsson and actors onboard Islendingur and Irish monk Brendan...
Beowulf goes to Hollywood
Hollywood's never-ending quest for epic material has taken it back to "the first horror story" - Beowulf, the Old English poem of monster versus man. Two film versions of the eighth-century Saxon work are under way as studios rush to capitalise on the fascination with...
Gerard Butler Signs to Play Beowulf in Epic Medieval Adventure, BEOWULF & GRENDEL
May 17, 2004, Toronto. The Film Works, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Goodweird Inc, Spice Factory and Bjólfskvi›a are pleased to announce that Gerard Butler (Timeline, Phantom of the Opera) has signed to play the lead role of Beowulf in the part-fable, part-horror story...
‘Beowulf’ Pic Set to Slay Hollywood
[color=darkred]GB.Net Note - This is [b]NOT[/b] the project [i][b] Beowulf & Grendel[/i][/b] that Gerard is appearing in.[/color] LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - One of the oldest poems in English literature is being turned into a Hollywood movie. "Beowulf,"...
Official Beowulf & Grendel Website Now Online
ON AUGUST 16, 2004, SHOOTING WILL BEGIN ON BEOWULF AND GRENDEL, WRITTEN BY ANDREW BERZINS AND DIRECTED BY STURLA GUNNARSSON PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE SOUTH COAST OF ICELAND, IN AREAS THAT HAVE REMAINED UNTOUCHED SINCE THE TIME OF THE WRITING OF THE...
Gerard Butler to Star in Beowulf & Grendel
Scottish actor Gerard Butler has signed to play the lead in the Canada/U.K./Iceland co-production Beowulf & Grendel, reports Variety. Butler starred in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Timeline, and stars in the upcoming Phantom of the Opera. Part...