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Vin Diesel-produced ARK: The Animated Series gets an extended trailer

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The world of ARK: Survival Evolved is coming to the small screen in 2023 with the arrival of ARK: The Animated Series, and we now have a new extended trailer for the video game adaptation which sees Fast & Furious star and executive producer Vin Diesel joined by an all-star voice cast that includes the […]

Greenland: How to breath life into a tired genre and defy expectations

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Tom Jolliffe looks at one of the surprise critical successes of the year, Greenland… Remember when there seemed to be a new disaster film out every 6 months? Some world ending disaster, either natural or extra-terrestrial, would put the fate of mankind in the balance. The CGI tools at the disposal of filmmakers also meant […]

The Butlernaissance: Gerard Butler’s Return to Form

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the recent upturn in Gerard Butler’s career… Gerard Butler has been around a while now. The Scottish actor began by making a name for himself in Britain before a few choice breaks saw him become something of a go to in Hollywood. He has the distinction of having a franchise he […]

Gerard Butler and Mike Cotler action thriller Plane readies for takeoff with trailer

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Lionsgate has released the first poster and trailer for director Jean-François Richet’s upcoming action thriller Plane. The film stars Gerard Butler as a pilot who makes a risky landing during a storm on a wan-torn island. He soon discovers that surviving the landing was just the beginning of his troubles when his passengers are taken […]

Idris Elba is the bookmakers’ favourite for the next James Bond

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Yesterday EON Productions announced that Bond 24 will be going by the title of Spectre, but despite the fact it’s still the best part of a year away from release, the bookies are already turning their attention to who will be the next 007 once Daniel Craig hangs up his Walther PPK. So, who do […]

Gerard Butler teaming with John Wick’s Derek Kolstad for Just Watch Me

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Deadline is reporting that Gerard Butler is teaming with Derek Kolstad, creator of the John Wick franchise, for a feature adaptation of Dexter author Jeff Lindsay’s heist thriller novel Just Watch Me. Kolstad will script the film, while Butler produces and takes on the role of Riley Wolfe, “a master thief and expert in disguise who […]

Filming wraps on Kandahar starring Gerard Butler, first look images released

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Having just wrapped production after a seven-week shoot in Saudi Arabia’s desert region of AlUla and Jeddah, Thunder Road Films and Capstone have shared two first-look images from Kandahar, the latest collaboration between director Ric Roman Waugh and star Gerard Butler. The action thriller sees Butler starring as Tom Harris, an undercover CIA operative, stuck […]

Movie Review – Copshop (2021)

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Copshop, 2021. Directed by Joe Carnahan. Starring Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Toby Huss, Ryan O’Nan, Robert Walker-Branchaud, Kaiwi Lyman, Marshall Cook, Chad L. Coleman, Keith Jardine, Christopher Michael Holley, and Tracey Bonner. SYNOPSIS: On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town […]

Mulan’s Yoson An joins Gerald Butler in The Plane

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Yoson An, one of the standouts in 2020’s Mulan, is joining Gerald Butler’s upcoming film. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the story that An will join Butler in The Plane, from director Jean-François Richet. The Plane follows Brodie Torrance (Butler), who, after a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in hostile territory, finds […]