Gamer opens September 4. The film looks like it will walk the line between science fiction and horror, one of my favorite genre combos. Through in a little gladiator, and this movie has a lot going on. The premise is simple and has been done before — video games...
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GERARD BUTLER: HEY GAMER, WHERE’S THE BEEF? (Blog)
Gerard Butler didn't beef up for Gamer the way he did for 300 – even though his character, Kable, is going into battle. But, he won't look wimpy either. According to the actor he wanted to have a more wiry appearance – which is fitting considering the plot calls...
New ‘Gamer’ TV Spot – Play to Live (Blog)
Gerard Butler stars as death row inmate Kable in Gamer, a man who has become the champion of an online game called 'Slayers'. The story takes place in a future where mind-control technology has become the norm and the game 'Slayers' provides humans the ability to...
Gerard Butler Gamer interview (Blog)
I don't often write about straight reviews or behind the scenes promotional clips, but this one of Gerard Butler has two things. First it has Gerard Butler who seems such a cool, rounded bloke, and who I'm a bit biased towards for various reasons, but also because the...
Gerard Butler: ‘Gamer’ action makes ‘300’ look like ‘a walk in the park’
After a brief jaunt through chick-flick land, Gerard Butler is going back to the bloody battlefields. The actor who so memorably led the Spartans to a dinner date in hell in "300" is starring this September in "Gamer," the latest movie from "Crank" codirectors Mark...
Interview with Gamer co-creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Blog)
At San Diego Comic Con Lionsgate Pictures, let a group of us ask questions to co-creators, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor about their upcoming film, Gamer. Based on what we covered, the film promises to be a wild ride based on the worst case scenario of video games....
New Gamer Film Clip — It’s Cool, Yeah (Blog)
Lionsgate released a new clip for their upcoming Gerard Butler film Gamer and they asked me to share this clip with you. Butler is the badass of the week with this clip, telling the teenager “If you want to win this game, let me go.†Gamer opens September 4, 2009....
SDCC 09: Gamer Talk from Neveldine and Taylor
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor are not known for quiet, thoughtful dramas, taylor made for the Lifetime channel. Crank 2 can easily be described as an all out orgy of carnage and psychotic behavior, but Gamer is a whole different animal. This is a near future in an...
Deauville reveals line up for 35th edition
The Deauville Festival of American Film has unveiled its line-up for the upcoming 35th edition. It has also announced that Jean-Piere Jeunet will be president of the competition jury, which so far includes nine US indie titles. European and French premieres include...
Comic Con : Saw 6, Gamer Event
This Thursday at Comic Con San Diego, Lionsgate will be distributing tickets at the Lionsgate booth (located at Booth 3729) – the first 100 people to hit the booth will be able to grab a ticket to a talent signing with COSTAS MANDYLOR (Detective Hoffman) and BETSY...
Exclusive: Gerard Butler talks GAMER (Blog)
While Gerard Butler has been making a lot of romantic comedies since playing King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's “300″, he's about to return to the action genre in Neveldine/Taylor's “Gamerâ€. If you aren't familiar with the name Neveldine/Taylor, they made...
Gerard Butler Describes Gamer as Violent and Beautiful
With all the summer blockbusters hitting theaters there hasn't been much buzz for director Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's upcoming sci-fi thriller, Gamer starring Gerard Butler, but it sounds like this may be the thriller we've been looking for all summer. In a...
Gerard Butler on what makes Gamer a winner
Gerard Butler always talks a good game, but the 300 star sounds truly jazzed about his upcoming sci-fi action movie Gamer, in which humans manipulate other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online games. The film won't be released until Sept. 4, but Butler just...
Gamer Augmented Poster Debut
US, July 7, 2009 - IGN Movies is excited to present you with this exclusive first look at the augmented reality movie poster for Lionsgate's upcoming action film, Gamer! This is the first time that augmented reality technology has been utilized for a movie poster, and...
Gamer International Trailer (Blog)
The last news about Gamer. Gerard Butler has to play to live! Watch the movie trailer. The more footage of Gamer is shown by Lionsgate the more I want to see the movie. Especially with the latest international trailer of Gamer which gives a much better look at what to...
Mimi Michaels talks ‘Gamer’ with Blast
This is the first in a two-part interview with Mimi Michaels. Check back in next week for the last part of the interview, where we talk about Mimi's new show “Meteor: Path to Destruction†which comes to NBC in July. In the future, video games have evolved: Only...
Maintain The High Voltage Action In Gamer World (Blog)
Actually there's no anything new about futuristic blood sport theme in sci-fi genre, previously it has been applied in such films as “Rollerball†(1975) and its remake (2002), Arnold Schwarzenegger's “The Running Man†(1987, based on a Stephen King story),...
Movies About Where Virtual and Real Worlds Collide (Blog)
Two movies are being released this fall that in some way deal with elements associated with virtual worlds in some way, in some form, become activated as part of the real, physical world. I have already written about the Bruce Willis movie, Surrogates, in which people...
EXCLUSIVE Image for Neveldine/Taylor’s GAMER (Blog)
I dug the “Crank†movies so much that all you really have to say to me is “A film by Neveldine/Taylor†and I'm on board. I think their upcoming film “Gamer†is going to be much better than the recent trailer would have folks believe because while the...
How John Leguizamo got funny in the sci-fi action movie Gamer (Blog)
John Leguizamo, who plays the character Freek in the upcoming sci-fi film Gamer, told SCI FI Wire that he provides the film's comic relief. Freek joins Kable (Gerard Butler) in a video game in which players control actual human beings in a battle to the death. "I'm...
Trippy New Batch of Photos From Gerard Butler’s (Blog)
If you weren't already convinced to see this movie this fall, then maybe these new photos will change your mind. Reader Christopher M sent over a new batch of photos from Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor's Gamer starring Gerard Butler. In addition to the plethora of...
DreamWorks Animation’s Line-Up Through 2012 Announced (Blog)
Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced the line-up for DreamWorks Animation through 2012 today. The studio plans to release five feature films every two years, which is a step up from their two films per year previous release schedule. They will release one or two sequels...
Gamer Trailer (Blog)
Cluster of Thuggery Blog Before catching Terminator Salvation last week, those of us in the audience were treated to Gerard Butler's (he of 300 fame) next hot dose of thuggery, care of the trailer for the upcoming movie Gamer. There's been buzz on the internet about...
Hype over upcoming
Ive heard about this film, and just recently I saw a trailer for it. At first the idea seems too farfetched and I had quite a few WTF moments. The "simulation" of the people controlling the avatars looked about as cheezy as the simulated gameplay of Xbox in Michael...
“Gamer” movie reinforces the idea that MMO’s are the root of all evil
Like the man said, "This has all happened before and it will all happen again". Over the years filmmakers have enjoyed envisioning sadistic, police-state-style doings resulting from the public's fascination with electronic entertainment and this year's incarnation of...