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GAME Test Screening Review
GAME Test Screening Review 10/23/2008 Posted by Frosty ShareThis Steve here. Last night there were a number of test screenings here in Los Angeles. They tested The Time Travelers Wife, The Haunting in Connecticut, and a movie that I cannot wait to see….Game. If you...
Game Screening Review
OK, where to start... First of all, this was the first public screening of "Game" for an audience survey, but the movie itself was not 100% complete. Before it started, we were told to expect various incomplete components, from missing Visual Effects elements,...
Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx Swap Roles in Law Abiding Citizen (Blog)
Law Abiding Citizen, the Gerard Butler vehicle had been stumbling a bit of late. Frank Darabont, of The Green Mile fame, quit the film. The start date and locations kept changing. But it now looks like the project is finally coming together and in some interesting...
F. Gary Gray makes ‘Citizen’ arrest
[i]Director will replace Frank Darabont on legal thriller[/i] Director F. Gary Gray is the winner in the sweepstakes to replace Frank Darabont on the legal thriller "Law-Abiding Citizen." Darabont recently fell off the film, setting off a scurrying among agents and...
F. Gary Gray takes over ‘Citizen’
[i]Director in talks to replace Darabont on drama[/i] Director F. Gary Gray is leaving one film and signing on for another. On Thursday, he pulled out of plans to direct Eric Bana in “Armored” for Millennium Films. While it appeared that Gray would be replaced,...
F. Gary Gray is the Newest ‘Law Abiding Citizen’ (Blog)
Last week, the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen was embroiled in a bit of drama when its director, Frank Darabont, unexpectedly dropped out seemingly just after it had managed to cast Jamie Foxx. Rumors still abound that the split wasn't a friendly one -- and...
Geoff Zanelli / Robb Williamson: Game (Blog)
Game, Lionsgate's upcoming science fiction thriller starring Gerard Butler, Milo Ventimiglia, Michael C. Hall, Aaron Yoo and John Leguizamo, gets an original score co-composed by Geoff Zanelli and Robb Williamson. Zanelli recently scored Outlander for The Weinstein...
Frank Darabont Exits Law Abiding Citizen (Blog)
We’re sad to report that Frank Darabont has left the director’s chair of Law Abiding Citizen, the upcoming vigilante thriller which will star Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. With the film close to the beginning of shooting, Darabont’s departure is a surprise. His...
SHAWSHANK’s Frank Darabont Quit LAW ABIDING CITIZEN!!
Hey folks, Harry here... What A Bummer! I followed up with Frank Darabont about the below story, and unfortunately it is true. Frank and the production parted ways over a week ago. Oh well, my enthusiasm for the production has now ebbed. I am – Hercules!! Longtime...
Jamie Foxx set for ‘Citizen’
[i]Oscar winner to star opposite Gerard Butler in thriller[/i] Jamie Foxx is in final negotiations to star opposite Gerard Butler in "Law Abiding Citizen," a psychological thriller that Frank Darabont is directing for the Film Department. Written by Kurt Wimmer and...
Foxx, Butler may team up for thriller
Oscar winner Jamie Foxx is in final talks to co-star with Scottish actor Gerard Butler in Frank Darabont's psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen." Foxx is a former "In Living Color" player who went on to star in the films "Dreamgirls," "Ray," "Jarhead" and...
Jamie Foxx Joining Gerard Butler in Law Abiding Citizen (Blog)
Director Frank Darabont's next project, Law Abiding Citizen, could have Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx going head-to-head. We learned earlier this year that Butler would play one of the leads - a successful D.A. targeted by a grief-stricken husband out for revenge...
Jamie Foxx Is A Law Abiding Citizen (Blog)
Jamie Foxx is turning vigilante – and Gerry Butler is in his sights. Foxx is in final negotiations to join the cast of Frank Darabont’s psychological thriller, Law Abiding Citizen. He would play a grief-stricken husband who decides to take his revenge on the killers...
How to Train Your Dragon Concept Art
[img http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/howtotrainyourdragon.jpg[/img The Character Design Blog has new photos of early concept art on Dreamworks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon. Based on the 2003 children’s novel by British author Cressida Cowell, the...
UPDATE: Chris Sanders Still Crood and Directing Dragon
The Seward Street blog, run by a DreamWorks animator, notes that Chris Sanders is no longer directing Crood Awakening at DreamWorks and he’s working on another film at the studio. The animator writes: Chris Sanders is now the director on the next film I’m working on,...
Gerard Butler is Right About 300 (Blog)
With half-naked men, androgynous rulers and gruesome battles to satisfy even the most bloodthirsty viewer, 300 was a highly anticipated and outstandingly successful film by anyone's standards. Such success, especially with concerns over the future of movies, can be a...
BUTLER: ‘BOOZE MADE ME CRAZY’
Scottish actor GERARD BUTLER was so wild in his youth he was convinced he would die young. The RocknRolla star gave up alcohol in his mid-20s because he would go off the rails when he was drunk. And his behaviour was so outrageous that he feared he would end up dead....
Beowulf & Grendel (2005)
Should I see it? No. [b]Short Review:[/b] A hero of classic literature is remade as postmodern man. In other words, he can’t stand up in a fight, wets his pants every time he’s asked to make a judgment call and couldn't find his own backside in a fog when it comes to...
Gerard Butler Can Count to 300 ,,, But Only Once (Blog)
The Toronto Film Festival has begun, and that means big stars in huge press conferences. Among them is Gerard Butler, who was fielding questions about his new flick, the Guy Ritchie caper RocknRolla. Of course, he wasn't just answering questions about that film....
Darabont to shoot in Philly
Frank Darabont, Oscar-nominated director of The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, has announced that he will shoot his next flick, the crime thriller Law Abiding Citizen, entirely in Philly. According to a statement from the Greater Philadelphia Film Office,...