The newly titled Playing For Keeps (formerly Playing The Field) remains set for a December 7 wide release from FilmDistrict, which acquired the title at the 20Interviews Cannes Film Festival. The Nu Image/Millennium Films comedy stars Gerard Butler as a retired soccer...

EXCLUSIVE: Riding high on the success of its inaugural releases, FilmDistrict has picked up US rights from Nu Image/Millennium Films to Gabriele Muccino's rom-com Playing The Field, starring Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel. Shooting is underway in Louisiana now for an...

The actor, best known for TV roles in Men in Trees and Grey's Anatomy, will appear alongside Jessica Biel in the romantic comedy. James Tupper, best known for his TV roles in Men in Trees and Grey's Anatomy, has booked a role in Playing the Field, the Gerard...

Uma Thurman and Jessica Biel have signed on to join Gerard Butler in Nu Image/Millennium Films' soccer comedy "Playing the Field." Gabriele Muccino is directing from a script by Robbie Fox. Butler stars as a former pro soccer player who finds himself dodging romantic...

It looks like two actresses have come aboard to add some flavor to a sports-world comedy that will find Gerard Butler weaving through relationships both on and off the pitch. Variety reports that Uma Thurman and Jessica Biel have joined “Playing The Field,” a...

Nu Image/Millennium has committed to a March start date for Playing the Field, the Gabriele Muccino-directed film that will star Gerard Butler. In the Robbie Fox-scripted comedy, Butler plays a retired world famous soccer star who tries to rebuild a relationship with...

Back during the wild days of Law Abiding Citizen, I asked Gerard Butler 19 questions about his ab routine and 1 question about his upcoming projects. This is what he had to say: “There's a few different projects that we've been working on, but there's one in...

Independent studio FilmDistrict is getting back into the theatrical distribution business with the hiring of a veteran MGM and Paramount executive. The company behind "Insidious," "Drive" and this weekend's science-fiction thriller "Lockout" has been without a...

About the Production Playing For Keeps is a romantic comedy about a charming, down-on-his luck former soccer star (Gerard Butler) who returns home to put his life back together. Looking for a way to rebuild his relationship with his son, he gets roped into coaching...

Time to break out your calendars, kids! A slew of new release dates have been announced. I'm going to rattle off the release dates right now and then you can hit the jump to briefly learn about the film (if you haven't heard about it already) and what it will be...

[i]'Field,' 'Gone,' 'Zodiac' added to slate[/i] BERLIN -- German distrib Splendid Film has bolstered its 2012 lineup with a slew of recent pick-ups, including Gabriele Muccino's romantic comedy "Playing the Field," starring Gerard Butler, and Heitor Dhalia's thriller...

Gerard Butler & Jessica Biel Headline Soccer-Mom Rom Com Star-Studded Cast Includes Uma Thurman, Judy Greer,Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones NEW YORK, May 12, 20Interviews – FilmDistrict has acquired all US rights to PLAYING THE FIELD from Nu...

[i]Gerard Butler and Jessica Biel star in romantic comedy about a retired soccer pro coaching a boys' team and fending off their mothers.[/i] CANNES -- FilmDistrict has scooped up all U.S. rights to Gabriele Muccino's Playing the Field, starring Gerard Butler and...

Shreveport is once again a star lover's paradise with the current filming of the first Nu Image/Millennium Films "Playing The Field," a romantic comedy starring Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Judy Greer and Dennis Quaid. Butler plays a...

Back when the World Cup was getting underway, my colleague John Horn asked in this sharp piece why there were so many movies about baseball but so few about soccer. The most successful soccer film in recent years is probably "Bend It Like Beckham," but the hits don't...

FilmDistrict moves romantic comedy from March FilmDistrict has moved back its opening of romantic comedy "Playing the Field" from March 9 to Christmas Day. "Playing the Field" would have faced competition on the earlier date from Disney's "John Carter," Sony's "Think...

[i]Lionsgate U.K. nabs a trio of films[/i] EXCLUSIVE-- Lionsgate U.K. has snapped up Brit theatrical rights to "Playing the Field," "Medallion" and "Trap for Cinderella." Gerard Butler starrer "Playing the Field," currently lensing, is a romantic comedy about a former...

A casting call for background extras will be held noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, March 12 for the upcoming film “Playing the Field,” starring Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman and Jessica Biel. Tara Duncil with BAM Casting will hold the casting call Millennium Studios, 300...

Blackfilm.com reports that Dennis Quaid has joined Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax in director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy Playing the Field. Butler will play a former professional athlete with a weak past who tries to redeem himself by...

Dennis Quaid has joined director Gabriele Muccino's sports comedy "Playing The Field", starring alongside Gerard Butler, Uma Thurman, Jessica Biel and Noah Lomax. In Playing the Field, Gerard Butler plays George Dryer, a former soccer player who goes back to try and...

There hasn't been a good soccer-based movie in a long time -- you have to go back to "Bend It Like Beckham" in 2003, if not before. Gerard Butler will try to change that. The Scottish actor (and Celtic fan) this week began shooting "Playing the Field," a story about...