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Gerard Butler is ‘Painting the Night Red’ for Haiti
Gerard Butler will join Paul Haggis and George Stroumboulopoulos for an intimate cocktail event, Painting the Night Red, sponsored by Artists for Peace and Justice on Friday, September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Continue reading on Examiner.com...
OFFBEAT: Film actor Gerard Butler at Munster Family Christian Center today for free event Story
Movie actor Gerard Butler, the popular star of films such as "Law Abiding Citizen," "Bounty Hunter" and "P.S. I Love You" is in Munster today as a guest of The Family Christian Center to promote his new movie "Machine Gun Preacher." The public is invited to the free...
Release Dates for SAFE, PARIAH CORIOLANUS, THE LUCKY ONE, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL
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...
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...
Gerard Butler goes rogue in FBI thriller ‘The Bricklayer’
Gerard Butler is attached to star as Steve Vail in the adaptation of the Noah Boyd novel The Bricklayer, the first project for Millennium Films since Mark Gill took over as president, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading on Examiner.com...
Gerard Butler to Star in FBI Thriller ‘The Bricklayer,’ Based on the Novel by Noah Boyd (Exclusive)
[i]Project is the first to be assembled by Mark Gill, since becoming president of Millennium Films.[/i] Millenium Films has acquired the rights to The Bricklayer, the best-selling novel by former FBI agent Noah Boyd, and attached Gerard Butler to star as a rogue...
Hollywood star Gerard Butler joins Celtic for charity match
The Bounty Hunter star is to don the hoops against Manchester United for east Africa famine appeal. Hollywood actor Gerard Butler is to play for Celtic in a charity match against Manchester United to help raise money to tackle famine in east Africa, the Glasgow club...
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...
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...
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...