SANTA CRUZ -- The new film about the late Santa Cruz surfer Jay Moriarity has a new name, a few new co-stars and a new plan for shooting the famous paddle-out scene. The scene to re-enact the paddle-out that took place shortly after Moriarity's 2001 death will now...

[i]Thesp will play a bully surfer [/i] "Battle: Los Angeles" thesp Taylor Handley has joined the cast of Fox 2000 and Walden Media's "Of Men and Mavericks," helmer Curtis Hanson's surfing pic starring Gerard Butler. Story follows a chapter in the real life of Jay...

Walden Media's Gerard Butler surfing drama Of Men and Mavericks has landed a studio -- Fox 2000 -- while Elisabeth Shue and Abigail Spencer are joining the cast. Fox 2000 will co-finance and distribute Of Men and Mavericks domestically. Curtis Hanson is scheduled to...

Actor Gerard Butler, who is preparing for the role of Rick "Frosty" Hesson in an untitled Hollywood surf film about Jay Moriarity, will join The Extreme Scene to talk about what the film will entail, his surfing background, preparation for the role, Hesson's...

[i]'Hunger Games' thesp to star with Butler, Weston[/i] Leven Rambin has been tapped for the female lead in Curtis Hanson's "Mavericks" alongside Gerard Butler and Jonny Weston. "Mavericks," based on the true story of Jay Moriarty's rise to the forefront of big wave...

SANTA CRUZ -- Not since "The Lost Boys" 25 years ago has a mainstream Hollywood film promised to feature the city of Santa Cruz as prominently as a new film about the late surfing icon Jay Moriarity. And this one will not be referring to the city as "Santa Carla." The...

EXCLUSIVE: While Gerard Butler was announced as the big name in the Curtis Hanson-directed surf movie Mavericks, the lead role all the young actors chased is Jay Moriarty, the teenage big-wave rider who successfully rode Mavericks. That is a body of water in Northern...

... and now the first order of business is to find its leading man In the Santa Cruz surfing world, the phrase "Maverick's is a go!" has a particular meaning. But this week, that mantra has nothing to do with the swell at Half Moon Bay. This week, "Mavericks is a go!"...