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Gerard Butler in talks for ‘Afterburn’
Relativity Media pic based on Red 5 graphic novel Gerard Butler is in talks to topline Relativity Media's sci-fi adventure "Afterburn," set up with Neal Moritz's Original Films and Tobey Maguire's Maguire Entertainment. Antoine Fuqua is in negotiations to direct....
“Dragon” fires up DVD charts
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The DreamWorks Animation hit "How To Train Your Dragon" topped the national home video sales charts for a second consecutive week on Wednesday -- and was also the No. 1 renter in its first full week in stores. Coming in at No. 2 on...
How To Train Your Dragon (Blu-Ray) (Blog)
All Rise... Judge Roman Martel hopes this DVD will give pointers on dealing with an ornery Hungarian Horntail. The Charge I usually get worried when the main characters in any story have names like Hiccup and Toothless. If there's a viking named Farty or B.O. in this...
Gerard Butler to bid farewell to SA
Hollywood heart-throb Gerard Butler will say goodbye to South Africa this weekend. The actor has been filming scenes for the movie Machine Gun Preacher for the past few weeks. Butler has been shooting parts of the movie, which is based on the life of drug addict...
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ fires up Oscar race
DreamWorks Animation has officially launched the Oscar race for 2011. This week, the company took the unusual move of mailing out For Your Consideration fliers of its highly-regarded "How to Train You Dragon," throwing the movie in contention for not only best...
How To Train Your Dragon heading to Blu-ray on October 15th (Blog)
Dreamworks Animation has announced HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON is hitting store shelves on October 15th of this year. The film was well received by critics and audiences alike, featuring a warm-hearted tale of a boy befriending a dragon and attempting to change the...
‘Bounty Hunter’ Tops Weekly BLOCKBUSTER(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs (Blog)
'Bounty Hunter' Tops Weekly BLOCKBUSTER(R) Hit List of Top 10 Renting DVDs DALLAS, July 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Topping the BLOCKBUSTER® (Pink Sheets: BLOKA, BLOKB) Hit List of "Top 10 Renting DVD Titles" for the week ending July 18, 2010 is the comedy "Bounty...
Projections: ‘Bounty Hunter’ Set for Top Spot
Sony Pictures July 13 came out with the action comedy The Bounty Hunter, starring Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, which earned $67 million in domestic theaters. Also out July 13 from Fox was the comedy Our Family Wedding ($20 million), starring Forest Whitaker and...
In Photos: Gerard Butler on the set of ‘Machine Gun Preacher’
[img http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/gerry2.jpg[/img Thanks to Heather who sent us these pictures from the set of Machine Gun Preacher in West Bloomfield, MI on Thursday, July 8. As you can see from the photos, the movie's star, Gerard Butler, was filming...
Hollywood stars in town to film ‘Preacher’
MELVINDALE – The city is getting its first taste of Hollywood this month as filming for “Machine Gun Preacher†starts at a local mobile home park Monday. The film, starring Gerard Butler (“300,†“P.S. I Love Youâ€) as lead character Sam Childers, will be...
Report: Gerard Butler starts filming ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ in Garden City
There are reports today that the Gerard Butler film "Machine Gun Preacher" has started filming in Metro Detroit. The film location website beforethetrailer.com is reporting that the film is shooting at the "Chevy dealership on Ford Rd." which they refer to as being in...
Despicable Them: 5 Underrated Voice Performances In Modern Animated Films (Blog)
This week the new animated feature film "Despicable Me" opens in AMC Theatres everywhere. As is the trend in modern animated films, the voice cast is a star studded line up featuring Steve Carrell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand and many others. Many of today's animated...
Hero’ on film
[i Motion picture to depict Reels Corners pastor[/i CENTRAL CITY — Sam Childers went from drug dealer to minister. Now, he's gone Hollywood. Film studio Lionsgate is making a major motion picture, “Machine Gun Preacher,†of Childers' life story as related in his...
Gerard Butler begins filming ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ in Melvindale, MI on July 8, 2010
Gerard Butler may be hanging out in Hollywood this weekend, but soon he'll have a whole new stomping ground- Melvindale, MI. The actor is set to start filming his next project, Machine Gun Preacher, in the city from July 8 to 28. Locations will include a trailer park...
‘Machine Gun Preacher,’ starring Gerard Butler, to film in Metro Detroit
Actor Gerard Butler will be in Melvindale July 8-28 to shoot scenes from the new Lionsgate film "Machine Gun Preacher" before moving to South Africa to film the remainder. The film is based on the true story of Sam Childers, a missionary in southern Sudan who really...
Lionsgate Acquires Machine Gun Preacher
Source: Lionsgate Lionsgate today announced that it has acquired North American distribution rights to the fact-based action drama Machine Gun Preacher, directed by Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace). The film is the studio's first collaboration with Forster since the...
LIONSGATE Hits Bullseye With Marc Forster’s MACHINE GUN PREACHER
[i Studio Acquires North American Distribution Rights To Fact-Based Action Drama Starring Gerard Butler Fall 2011 Release Planned - Principal Photography Begins In July[/i SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LIONSGATE® (NYSE: LGF), the leading...
Hollywood star becomes patron of First Response
COMRIE'S First Response has been given a huge boost this week. Talking exclusively to Herald reporter Lynn Duke, Responder Manager Alan Moffat has revealed that Hollywood superstar Gerard Butler has agreed to be the charity's patron. Film favourite and regular visitor...
Butler film set to shoot here
"Machine Gun Preacher," a new Gerard Butler movie, has been approved for the state's film incentives and is expected to begin shooting here this summer. Based on a true story, it stars the versatile Scottish actor as a former drug-dealing biker who finds religion and...
Michigan Incentives Transforming Motor City To Movie Magnet
With flicks like “Machine Gun Preacher†starring Gerard Butler, “30 Minutes of Less†by “Zombieland†director Ruben Fleicher, 50 Cent's “Love Me or Love Me Not†and Dreamworks' $80 million sci-fi flick “Real Steel,†with Hugh Jackman, all set to...