[i]Guild aims to pact with indies[/i] After two days of contract negotiations with the majors, the Screen Actors Guild is looking to put some pressure on the studios by signing interim deals with indie feature producers that would allow actors to continue working on...
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Review Wrath of Gods (2007)
Wrath of Gods is an intriguing exploration into the rigors of plastic film making as seen through the troubled production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be confused with Robert Zemeckis forthcoming motion capture adaptation of the same famed fib). The action is...
SCOTS STAR: I’M THE FALL GUY FOR STUNT-DAFT DIRECTORS
ACTION hero Gerard Butler fears directors are putting him through too much hardship because he is willing to do most of his own film stunts. The Scots A-lister, 38, nearly drowned when he disappeared under a boat off the Australian coast as his Nim’s Island co-star...
Exclusive: Gerard Butler Talks Dating Older Women, Apocalypse Now
It comes as no surprise to the readers of Film School Rejects and the listeners of Fat Guys at the Movies that Neil Miller’s mom is Gerard Butler’s biggest fan. Recently, we had a chance to chat with Butler about his upcoming film Nim’s Island. In the process, he was...
My days of partying are over, reveals Gerard Butler
HOLLYWOOD has been fighting over Gerard Butler since he flashed his acting talent - and his amazing six-pack - in 300. Yet he can walk down the street unrecognised in his native Scotland. No doubt that is because the handsome actor has worn a mask in his two biggest...
Indie working on knight moves
The Film Department, the indie production outfit run by Mark Gill and Neil Sacker, has won a bidding war for "Galahad," a revisionist King Arthur spec from newcomer Ryan Condal. Gill and the company's Robert Katz will produce with Energy Entertainment's Brooklyn...
Gerard Butler would have dodged explosions in law school, too
[img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/nationalpost.jpg[/img] Gerard Butler can play a wily warrior or a sensitive sort. In Nim's Island, he gets to play both. Opening April 4, the action-fantasy film features Butler as a marine biologist living on a tropical...
Extra! Extra! More from Our April 2008 (Man)ifesto Interview with Gerard Butle
When we caught up with Gerard Butler, he had just wrapped up filming a movie in New Mexico and was on his way to the airport. Gerard didn’t have a lot of time to talk, but turns out you don’t need a lot of time to be completely won over by the outgoing, funny star....
Gerard Butler talks action heroes
Every now and then my magazine readers respond overwhelmingly to a particular actor. I'll be scrolling through the hundreds of questions I get each month and realize that I have dozens about one guy. When I first started writing my Who's News column it was Richard...
Movie review Wrath of Gods- 2007 (blog)
Wrath of Gods is an challenging exploration into the rigors of film making as seen through the riotous production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be confused with Henry M. Robert Zemeckis forthcoming motion conquer adaptation of the same famed narration). The...
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL (2005)…A Movie Review (blog)
I am a medievalist ... specifically, an Anglo-Saxonist. Don't panic ...all that means is that I am becoming something of an "expert" at the literature, and perforce, the history, of the Anglo-Saxons. And THAT means that among the things I must know is their greatest...
Movie review Wrath of Gods (2007)
Wrath of Gods is an challenging exploration into the rigors of cinema making as seen through and through the troubled production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be lost with Robert Zemeckis approaching motion catch adaptation of the same famed story). The natural...
34th Saturn Awards’ Noms, ‘300’ Dominates (Blog)
As the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced the nomination for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards, it was revealed that the Greek epic “300″ was leading the pack by garnering 10 nods. The action adventure drama based on Frank Miller’s graphic...
34th Saturn Awards’ Noms, ‘300’ Dominates (Blog)
As the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced the nomination for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards, it was revealed that the Greek epic “300″ was leading the pack by garnering 10 nods. The action adventure drama based on Frank Miller’s graphic...
The 34th Annual Saturn Award Nominations (Blog)
The Saturn Award nominations, announced by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films, always tend to pack that gore-filled genre-punch so needed at this time of year—when fans are prepping for a whole new year of supposedly fantastic titles while still...
The 34th Annual Saturn Award Nominations (Blog)
The Saturn Award nominations, announced by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films, always tend to pack that gore-filled genre-punch so needed at this time of year—when fans are prepping for a whole new year of supposedly fantastic titles while still...
“300” battles “Harry Potter” and “Sweeney Todd” at the 34th Annual Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards. [b]Leading the nominations this year is the groundbreaking film, “300” with 10 nominations.[/b] “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”...
Gerard Butler Interview in Magazine Première (France)
Translation by Chantal Lambert French women (and men)… your favourite Spartan is back… after killing a whole bunch of soldiers from the Persian army in “300”, Gerard Butler is back in “P.S. I Love You”, a romantic comedy in which he plays Hilary Swank’s late husband.....
Empire Awards Shortlist
Empire, the UK’s largest movie magazine, has the final shortlist up for their annual awards. While plenty of magazines give out annual awards the Empire ones are pretty professional - readers vote in the categories and there is a proper awards ceremony which often...
Dan and Emma Gets Nomination for the 2008 Sony Ericsson Empire Awards (Blog)
Dan and Emma have notch nominations for the 2008 Sony Ericsson Empire Awards, they ended up among great actors and actresses like Keira Knightly, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Gerard Butler and many more, here is the complete list for Dan, Emma and the Harry Potter...
Atonement leads Empire shortlist
Atonement and the latest Harry Potter film lead the nominations for Empire magazine's movie awards. Both films have six nominations ahead of next month's ceremony, billed as an antidote to the Oscars and the Baftas. Zodiac, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,...
PyroRadio.com RockNRolla Interview
Pyroradio.com recently caught up a very humble and barmy Gerard Butler best known as Spartan King Leonidas in 300 which had the classic line ‘THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAA’! In Rocknrolla Butler gives a great performance as One Two who’s the de facto leader of three small...
“Beowulf and Grendel” Review
Now that Beowulf and Grendel is available on DVD, here’s my long-promised review/critique. Please note that there will be plenty of spoilers herein, so if you don’t want spoilers, stop reading. There’s also a bit of foul language quoted from the film later, too. I’m...
Gerard Butler says his new movie made him quit smoking
Gerard Butler Scots actor Gerard Butler says his moving new movie ‘P.S. I Love You’ made him quit smoking. The ‘300′ hardman plays an Irishman who succumbs to cancer and leaves his widow, played by Hilary Swank, moving letters to help her get through her grief. Butler...
300 Workout (Blog)
This workout is intense, the workout used to get the actors in shape for the movie 300. From Men's Health... Sometimes a movie takes off for no apparent reason. And sometimes the reason is readily apparent. Take 300, for instance. This epic account of an ancient...