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Gerard Butler Eyes Babak Najafi As ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel Helmer
EXCLUSIVE: Looks like Gerard Butler won't be alone for London Has Fallen, the Millennium Films sequel to the action hit Olympus Has Fallen. Babak Najafi, best known for helming Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (better known as the sequel to Snabba Cash) is now in...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel Catches Swedish Helmer Babak Najafi
With filming scheduled to start less than a month away, "London Has Fallen" scrambled on the selection of director. Swedish helmer Babak Najafi has reportedly stepped in the role to replace Fredrick Bond who left his post earlier this month due to creative...
GLAMOUR interviews Gerard Butler – prepare to swoon
The gorgeous Gerard Butler has taken over from Ryan Reynolds, and is the new ambassador for BOSS BOTTLED - a heavenly scent for men. The campaign also marks Butler's first appearance as an ambassador for a man's fragrance, so to celebrate this milestone, we sat down...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel Loses Its Director
London Has Fallen has lost its director. With shooting just six weeks away, Fredrik Bond and Millennium have parted ways over the sequel to 2013's surprise action hit Olympus Has Fallen. A spokesperson for the company confirmed Bond's exit, which is due to creative...
Dean Devlin’s Geostorm, starring Gerard Butler and Ed Harris, sounds amazing
GEOSTORM has flown under our radar for far too long. Sounding like a Syfy/The Asylum collaboration with a touch of Golan-Globus, the sci-fi disaster pic is being helmed by Dean Devlin (Roland Emmerich's ex-partner) and is amassing a pretty decent cast including Gerard...
Amputee mum wins support of A-list stars
[b]A HOST of Hollywood stars, including Gerard Butler and Mel Gibson, are backing a Renfrewshire mum's charity.[/b] Quadruple amputee Corinne Hutton, from Lochwinnoch, set up Finding Your Feet after pneumonia almost took her life last summer. The 44-year-old and her...
‘Rush’ Star Alexandra Maria Lara Joins Gerard Butler in ‘Geostorm’ (Exclusive)
[b Dean Devlin is directing the sci-fi adventure movie for Warner Bros. and David Ellison's Skydance banner[/b German actress Alexandra Maria Lara, who recently starred in Ron Howard's “Rush,†has signed on to join Gerard Butler in Dean Devlin's sci-fi adventure...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel Has a Director
[b]Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman are reprising their roles[/b] Fredrik Bond, who directed the Shia LaBeouf drama Charlie Countryman, is in negotiations to direct Olympus Has Fallen sequel London Has Fallen for Millennium. Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart...
Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish in Talks to Join Gerard Butler in ‘Geostorm’ (Exclusive)
[b Ed Harris and Andy Garcia also are in negotiations to join the sci-fi adventure from Warner Bros. and Skydance[/b Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Ed Harris and Andy Garcia are in negotiations to join Gerard Butler in Geostorm, the sci-fi adventure feature to be...
George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Gerard Butler, Tom Hiddleston pack bags for Louisiana film projects
George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Tom Hiddleston and Gerard Butler are among the big-name stars who appear headed to Louisiana this fall as a variety of feature films swoop in to occupy the space vacated in the past few weeks by the recently wrapped "Terminator:...
Berlin: Salma Hayek, Shohreh Aghdashloo to Star in ‘The Septembers of Shiraz’
Salma Hayek and Shohreh Aghdashloo are attached to star in The Septembers of Shiraz, Millennium Films' adaptation of a novel by Dalia Sofer. Wayne Blair, who last helmed The Sapphires, is directing the drama, which is quietly being sold at Berlin's EFM. Gerard Butler...
Gerard Butler goes where the action is, whether it be ‘Gods of Egypt’ or ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
The 44-year-old Gerard Butler looks very buff, having pumped a lot of iron for “Gods of Egypt,†which he just finished shooting in Australia for Alex Proyas (“Dark Cityâ€). At one point, the actor says, he did 12 straight days of sword fighting, sometimes 15...
Gerard Butler and Craig Ferguson on Scotland and dragons
As two of Hollywood's prominent Scotsmen, actor Gerard Butler and comedian Craig Ferguson relished the chance to embrace their inner Vikings and ride dragons. Butler and Ferguson reunite as Stoick and Gobber, two burly best friends in Dreamworks' animated fantasy...
‘Dragon 2’ is a worthy sequel
THE out-of-nowhere smash "How to Train Your Dragon" was one of the first movies to break the Pixar monopoly on first-rate animation. Still, we know what franchising does to animated movies, so we half-expected this newly minted profit center to come down with a case...
‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’: Flying Even Higher Than Before
[b The sequel is gleeful and smart, funny and serious, and surpasses the endearing original with gorgeous animation and one stirring human encounter after another[/b Most sequels get made for commercial reasons, whether or not the world needs them. "How to Train Your...
Review ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ packs emotional firepower in a rip-roaring ride
From the fashionable day-old scruff on Hiccup's 20-year-old Viking chin to the amped-up fire power of Toothless, "How to Train Your Dragon 2" has made good use of the years since the villagers of Berk and the boy who'd rather not be chief first charmed us. The growing...
Gerard Butler goes where the action is, whether it be ‘Gods of Egypt’ or ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’
The 44-year-old Gerard Butler looks very buff, having pumped a lot of iron for “Gods of Egypt,†which he just finished shooting in Australia for Alex Proyas (“Dark Cityâ€). At one point, the actor says, he did 12 straight days of sword fighting, sometimes 15...
Gerard Butler: ‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ is ‘moving, emotional’
Video: The actor joins TODAY to talk about his new animated film, “How to Train Your Dragon 2,†wherein he plays a Viking leader reunited with his wife. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Focus Features Dates ‘Olympus’ Sequel ‘London Has Fallen’ For October 2015
Focus Features has acquired U.S. rights to London Has Fallen, the sequel to last year's White House action hit Olympus Has Fallen. Focus plans a nationwide release on October 2, 2015, pitting the film against Fox's Frankenstein. Olympus star Gerard Butler returns for...
Gerard Butler to Star in Dean Devlin’s ‘Geostorm’
Warner Bros. just closed a deal to pick up the Skydance-produced project. Gerard Butler is attached to star in Geostorm, a sci-fi adventure feature written and to be directed by Dean Devlin. The story sees Butler playing a stubborn but charming satellite designer who,...