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Tenant announced for Norristown film studio
Feverpitch Pictures, producer of “Just Add Water” and “The Speed of Life,” said Wednesday it will be a tenant in a planned film-production studio in Norristown, Pa. It will be part of Norristown Studios, a 280,000-square-foot site that will include eight sound studios...
Frank Darabont To Shoot LAW ABIDING CITIZEN In Philadelphia
Frank Darabont’s next film, Law Abiding Citizen, will be shot entirely on location this fall in Philadelphia. The story centers on a string of murders taking place across the city being masterminded by psycopathic genius who is locked behind bars. Gerard Butler will...
Milo Ventimiglia Asks, “Want To Play A Game?” (Blog)
The teaser trailer for “Game” won’t be out until the holidays — since the film was just delayed until next year — but co-star Milo Ventimiglia (”Heroes”) said it’ll be worth the wait. The game in “Game” — from “Crank” and “Pathology” creators Mark Neveldine and Brian...
‘Game’ reminds Chris Bridges of ‘The Running Man’
LudacrisI talked Tuesday with Chris Bridges (a.k.a. Ludacris, a nickname he wants to leave behind for his Hollywood career, much like 50 Cent, The Rock and Andre 3000) for an upcoming feature I'm doing on "Max Payne" but we also talked a bit about a different movie...
Don’t Hate The Mind-Controlled Player, Hate The Game
With Death Race hitting theaters, some new details have come out about the other movie about convicts battling on the Internet. Game, starring Gerard Butler, may have gotten delayed until next year, but co-star Ludacris (aka Chris Bridges) is already comparing it to...
Law Abiding Citizen in Philly?
According to http://www.myentertainmentworld.com/mew/film_production_newlisting.html]My Entertainment World Law Abiding Citizen "may" be filming in Philadephia this Fall. Their site currently reads: LAW ABIDING CITIZEN - Fall, 2008 - Philadelphia, PA; Details...
Summer 2009 Plays a Delayed ‘Game’ (Blog)
It has not been a good week on the "Movies Elisabeth Wants To See" front. First there was that wretched news that Warner Bros isn't particularly interested in RocknRolla, then Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince was delayed a whole year. And now, producer Gary...
F/X Pushes Butler’s Game to ’09 (Blog)
The upcoming SF film Game, starring Gerard Butler, is being delayed to the summer of 2009 to complete visual-effects work, producer Gary Lucchesi told reporters. Lucchesi expects to announce a new release date soon, he added in a group interview this week in Beverly...
Some History, More Good Fun in Attila (blog)
Although he’s the title character, 300 star Gerard Butler was billed last in the USA Network’s 2001 epic Attila. Then unknown, the Scottish thespian is now everywhere-from 300 to an alleged Escape From New York remake. It’s the perfect time to check out Butler’s...
GAME – Gerard Butler Swaps Swords and Sandals for Submachine Guns
[img http://www.gerard-butler.net/gallery/d/67103-2/Empire-image-only.jpg[/img Gerard Butler is pumping iron, large amounts of iron - your typical 5st 6lbs weakling - watches with a growing amount of awe and envy as the Scottish actor picks up an enormous barbell and,...
Long Lost Cinema: Dear Frankie
Of all the films I’ve seen (and believe me, there have been many), very few have actually moved me to tears. Only two, in fact. The first being The Elephant Man, which is easily one of the most incredibly heartbreaking films ever made. The other being Dear Frankie, a...
Gerard Butler Denies Involvement in the 300 Sequel (Blog)
While sitting in the press conference for Guy Ritchie’s hopefully triumphant return into manhood, RocknRolla, Gerard Butler was asked about his possible involvement in the sequel/prequel for 300. While Butler very quickly said that he was contacted by the studio, he...
Film music outfits pair up
The Film Department has partnered with Downtown Music Publishing to form film music company TFD Music. Downtown Music will serve as the worldwide administrator for TFD music copyrights and master recordings, and will offer music supervision and soundtrack consulting...
Historically Brutal Tale Is Just Brilliant
[b]Movie Of The Week If You Can Stomach Its Bloody Battle Scenes Then This Film, Based On The Spartans' Battlefield Heroics, Is A Real Must-See[/b] For years, the male torso was a simple thing. It had two lumps towards the top, and a round, fleshy bit underneath. Then...
New Image: Gerard Butler is Packing Heat in ‘Game’ (Blog)
See Image http://www.gerard-butler.net/gallery/v/career_movies/Game_001/empire-australia-qweenie.jpg.html HERE I just love finding Gerard Butler in my inbox! This new photo from Game comes courtesy of GerardButler.net, and it originally appeared in Australia's edition...
FILMING HERE?
[b]GB.Net Note: Law Abiding Citizen is an independent film that has received a SAG waiver. Filming will go forward regardless of a SAG strike.[/b] Unless a Screen Actors Guild strike gets in the way, there's word Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gerard Butler may be in town...
Counting Down to 300 Sequel
For Greece! For glory! For ripped guys in skimpy armor! Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. are looking for a plot to hang a follow-up to 300 on, as they try to repeat the surprise blockbuster success of the 2006 flick adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel....
In Development : Legendary Pictures wants Legend Frank Miller’s 300 Follow-up (Blog)
Legendary Pictures wants more 300. And no surprise since the film made its own history as the third highest grossing R rating movie ever. The good news is Frank Miller is writing the graphic novel that the company wants to turn into a 300 prequel or sequel. The bad...
Gerard Butler Can and Will Kick Your Ass in ‘Game’ (Blog)
Talk about reporting old news — this first look at Gerard Butler in the upcoming Neveldine/Taylor (Crank) film Game has to be at least a week old. In fact, it appears that everyone on the web has covered this. But we would be doing a serious disservice to every Gerard...
Sneak Peek: 2008 San Diego Comic Con!
While we're still over a month away from what is perhaps the Super Bowl of geekdom, early info on what to expect from this year's San Diego Comic Con has started to leak out. First off, I've been receiving tons of emails over the past couple days as other websites...