Time to catch up with the release dates the studios have announced over the last couple weeks. Via Box Office Mojo: Lionsgate pushed the Jason Statham actioner Safe from October 28 to March 2, 2012. The move explains why we haven't seen a trailer yet. Focus Features...
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The Actors: Gerard Butler, ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
He gets choked up about playing real-life character Sam Childers. Gerard Butler is crying. It's a sunny afternoon and the actor best known as King Leonidas in "300" had just sauntered into a Los Feliz eatery, fresh off his Harley, adorned in a black T-shirt, army...
Relativity Music Group to Release Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for Relativity’s Machine Gun Preacher, Featuring Lead Track “The Keeper” Written & Performed by Chris Cornell
Score composed by Asche & Spencer Soundtrack available September 20th, 2011 (Beverly Hills, Calif.) August 29, 2011– Relativity Music Group is pleased to announce the release of the original motion picture soundtrack for Golden-Globe® nominee Marc Forster's...
‘Machine Gun Preacher’: Gerard Butler reams out his banker — EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
In the true-life thriller Machine Gun Preacher, Gerard Butler plays Sam Childers, an ex-biker gang member who worked as an aid worker in East Africa and took on the Lord's Resistance Army, a military group that forced children to become soldiers and left a trail of...
‘Machine Gun Preacher’ Trailer Is ‘Tricky,’ Says Director (Blog)
There is certainly an art to cutting a excellent movie ad. A filmmaker shouldn't want to give too much away, but naturally reveal sufficient of the film's plot so as to entice an audience to buy tickets opening weekend. For director Marc Forster (“Quantum of...
‘Machine Gun Preacher’…for Christians
Studio releases "secular" and "faith-based" versions of poster for film Coming to theaters next month, Machine Gun Preacher is a movie that will appeal to some Christians because of its subject matter. It will also disgust some Christians . . . because of its subject...
Machine Gun Preacher’ premieres in Richland Township
Family and friends of the Rev. Sam Childers were treated to special pre-premiere previews of “Machine Gun Preacher†at Richland Cinemas in Richland Township on Thursday. The film stars Gerard Butler, of “300†fame, as the Reels Corner reverend who has worked...
First Look: ‘Coriolanus’ Poster Featuring Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler (Exclusive)
[i]In The Weinstein Company film, the actors play sworn enemies who are forced to work together for the sake of revenge.[/i] A new poster for The Weinstein Company's Coriolanus reveals a dramatic face off between two leading men, Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler. The...
Machine Gun Preacher’ and ‘Coriolanus’ to premiere in Toronto
Gerard Butler's Machine Gun Preacher and Coriolanus will make their North American debuts at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in September it was announced today. Continue reading on...
Toronto International Film Festival announces 2011 line-up – Machine Gun Preacher and Coriolanus to Premiere
The Toronto International Film Festival, which has become an increasingly important platform for awards-seeking titles in recent years (Both The King's Speech and Black Swan played there last year), announced its 2011 line-up this morning. The 11-day festival, set to...
Sneak peek: Gerard Butler in ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
[i Gerard Butler has never shied away from real-life warriors, both heroic (Spartan ruler Leonidas in 300) and villainous (the heinous Hun in Attila).[/i Gerard Butler stars as Sam Childers, a former criminal turned crusader for Sudanese orphans. Souleymane Sy Savane,...
First Look at Gerard Butler in ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ (Blog)
A first look at Gerard Butler in an upcoming Marc Foster-directed action biopic film, "Machine Gun Preacher", has been unveiled. The photo sees Buttler as Sam Childers, a man who dedicates his life to rescue children who are kidnapped to become child soldiers in Sudan...
Relativity Acquires Forster’s Machine Gun Preacher
Studio to Release Biopic Starring Butler This Fall (Beverly Hills, CA) July 7, 2011 – Relativity Media announced today that it has acquired North American rights from Lionsgate to theatrically market and distribute Machine Gun Preacher. Directed and produced by DGA...
‘Machine Gun Preacher’ gets limited release
Deborah Giarratana, a producer for Machine Gun Preacher, reported on her Twitter (http://twitter.com/#!/DeborahGGFilmz) that a limited release date of September 30 has been set by Relativity. She says, "the movie will come out starting 9/30 in various cities and each...
Does Gerard Butler Have Oscar Chances For Marc Forster’s ‘Machine Gun Preacher?’ (Blog)
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...
Relativity to Distribute Marc Forster’s ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
[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...
CORIOLANUS | Shakespeare’s super-soldier enters The Hurt Locker for Ralph Fiennes ferocious directorial debut… (Blog)
It's got more battles than any other Shakespeare play and its Rambo - it mught be the bard, but you won't be bored. For his directorial debut, Ralph Fiennes charts the path of destruction of a brilliant, fearless general undone by pride and arrogance. Updated to a...
Ralph Fiennes to Open Belgrade Film Festival
[i]Oscar contenders dominate the lineup at this year's International Film Festival FEST in Belgrade.[/i] The British actor and director is to open the International Film Festival FEST in Belgrade, which runs from February 25 to March 6. Among the most eagerly...
DFI Film Review : Coriolanus (2011) (Blog)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cos, Vanessa Redgrave Widespread civil unrest. Riots over food prices. Politicians banished. Who says Shakespeare isn't relevant? Set in Rome (though the film was shot in Belgrade with a...
Gerard Butler, Ralph Fiennes in Coriolanus (Blog)
Ralph Fiennes is no stranger to the title role of “Coriolanus,†having played it in 2000 on the London stage at the Almeida Theatre, Gainsborough Studios. Fiennes says he's been determined to reprise the demanding role on the big screen ever since. This is,...
Fiennes modernizes Shakespeare’s ‘Coriolanus’
Ralph Fiennes has pulled Shakespeare tragedy "Coriolanus" into a present-day world of 24-hour news television and modern warfare for his debut as a director. Fiennes takes the lead role as a great but flawed Roman general in the movie, which has its premiere Monday at...
Fiennes directorial debut a hit in Berlin
BERLIN — British actor Ralph Fiennes won applause at the Berlin film festival Monday for his directorial debut, "Coriolanus", a modern adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy about a vengeful Roman general. The all-star cast includes the two-time Oscar nominee in the...
Ralph Fiennes: Shakespeare Would Make a Great Screenwriter (Berlin)
[i]Courtesy of Berlinale 2011 At a press conference at the European Film Market, where the actor-director's "Coriolanus" screened, he said that he would like to do another contemporary-set version of one of the playwright's works.[/i] BERLIN -- Ralph Fiennes, whose...
Gerard Butler Will Return for HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Seq
As we reported back in October, Jay Baruchel, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T.J. Miller, and Kristen Wiig will reprise their roles in DreamWorks Animation's sequel to How to Train Your Dragon. Empire now reports that Gerard...
Weinstein Co. buys Ralph Fiennes’ ‘Coriolanus’
[i]Berlin competition pic stars Gerard Butler[/i] BERLIN -- The Weinstein Co. has snapped up U.S. rights to Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, "Coriolanus," in Berlin. Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave and James Nesbitt star in the $10 million pic, which is...