Showing posts with label 300. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 300. Show all posts

Monday, 27 August 2012

Gerard Butler: musical makeover, 300 sequel news, Chasing Mavericks trailer


Gerard Butler plans musical makeover

Thr 300 star is trying to relaunch himself as a singer, and has sought advice from the likes of Manson and Tenacious D's Jack Black.

Hollywood hardman Gerard Butler is being advised by Marilyn Manson as he plans to turn himself into a rock star, US reports have claimed.

The Paisley pin-up is said to be writing songs and making an album.

And according to the National Enquirer, pal Johnny Depp has introduced him to music industry veterans including Goth idol Manson and Tenacious D star Jack Black.

The magazine quoted a Hollywood insider as saying: “Gerry is rocking out big time and is already writing songs and cutting an album.

“He’s been a closet singer for years and has decided the time is right to try doing it professionally.

“In fact, he’s in the process of making what he hopes will be a best-selling CD.”

Gerry sang in a movie version of Phantom of the Opera and jammed with US rocker John Mayer in 2010 as he celebrated his 41st birthday at New York’s Darby Club.

And the Enquirer says he returned to the Darby’s stage in April this year, getting a rousing reception as he belted out tunes by The Rolling Stones, The Doors and Oasis.

Gerry is said to have sharpened his focus on music after a stint in rehab this year.

He checked into the Betty Ford Centre after reportedly having problems with prescription drugs. Reports claimed he suffered pain after his gruelling physical training for 2006 movie 300, and a surfing accident while filming Of Men and Mavericks last December.

A spokesman for the star said in February: “Gerard has completed a successful course of treatment and has returned home in good health.”

The Enquirer’s source said: “Gerry started channelling all his energy into music and it’s turned out to be a great outlet.

“He even turned to Johnny Depp for advice on putting a first-rate band together.

“Johnny and Gerry have jammed together, and Johnny introduced Gerry to some of his musician friends, including Marilyn Manson and Jack Black.”

Celtic-mad Gerry plays a former professional footballer in his new movie, comedy drama Playing for Keeps.

Source: DailyRecord 
Also reported by Ultimate Guitar 


 
Gerard Butler 'Not Doing' the '300' sequel
The hunky actor says he wishes the cast 'the best' with the flick...

Gerard Butler has confirmed that he will not be appearing in the sequel to hit movie, 300.

The last time we checked in on the latest developments with the flick, Warner Bros. ended the "is this movie ever happening?" debate by finally announcing that 300: Battle of Artemisia will hit cinemas on 2nd August 2013.

Read more at MTV 




Chasing Mavericks Trailer 2012 - Official movie trailer 3 in HD 
Starring Jonny Weston, Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer - directed by Curtis Hanson, Michael Apted - surfing phenom Jay Moriarity sets out to ride the legendary Northern California surf break called Mavericks.


"Chasing Mavericks" movie hits theatres on October 26, 2012.

The inspirational true story of real life surfing phenom Jay Moriarty. When 15 year old Jay discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, is not only real, but exists just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive it. As Jay and Frosty embark on their quest to accomplish the impossible, they form a unique friendship that transforms both their lives, and their quest to tame Mavericks becomes about far more than surfing. Chasing Mavericks trailer 2012 is presented in full HD 1080p high resolution.

Chasing Mavericks official movie trailer 3 courtesy 20th Century Fox

Source: YouTube 

Tuesday, 8 May 2012

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO - Gerard Butler Talks Reprising Role In 300



Rumours are flying around that Gerard Butler is in talks for the sequel to 300

x17 report the following:
It sounds like Gerard Butler is eager to start shooting a sequel to the action-packed flick, 300!

We caught up with the sexy Bounty Hunter star as he made his way to pal Jason Pomeranc‘s birthday at Caulfield’s restaurant inside Jason‘s Thompson Hotel, in Beverly Hills on Thursday night, and he was more than happy to chat about upcoming film projects!

When we asked Butler if he was buffing up to reprise his role in 300, the actor exclaimed, "Yea, I might just do that."
Source (and video): x17online

Also reported by Entertainmentwise and Limelife

Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Gerard Butler visits the Michigan State Spartans + Gerard and Hilary Swank reunite


Gerard Butler visited the Michigan State University Spartans on Friday night while the team was watching 300. The photo of Gerard with the team comes courtesy of the official MSU Football's Twit pic page. He also dropped in on the MSU basketball team on Friday night and attended the Saturday football game at Spartan Stadium. Footage of Gerard's surprise visit is below:





Gerard made an appearance in New York at the Conviction premiere after-party last Tuesday. You can check out photos of him and his P.S. I Love You co-star Hilary Swank.



Monday, 27 April 2009

Gerard Butler in Empire Magazine

In addition to James McAvoy's Empire photo shoot, Gerard Butler also has a movie inspired shoot for Empire's June 2009 issue. He discusses his experience working on 300:


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Monday, 29 September 2008

The 500 greatest movies of all time

Empire magazine brings us the 500 greatest movies of all time. Personally I think some of the choices are just either bad or very strange (Gremlins anyone?), some of Bogarts best films are not on, though thankfully the great Paul Newman's films show up quite a lot. Anyway here are the movies with Scottish actors they included:

449. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Ewan McGregor

442. Atonement - James McAvoy

432. X-Men 2 - Alan Cumming

376. Zodiac - Brian Cox

337. 300 - Gerard Butler

330. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Ewan McGregor
320. Braveheart - Tommy Flanagan
211. Moulin Rouge! - Ewan McGregor
186. United 93 - Khalid Abdalla
151. Gladiator - Tommy Flanagan

130. The Man Who Would be King - Sean Connery

54. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - Billy Boyd

34. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Billy Boyd

24. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Billy Boyd

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Photos from www.empireonline.com

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Kevin McKidd finally gets his due

Despite Journeyman probably, maybe, definitely getting canceled by NBC, lead Scottish actor Kevin McKidd was just nominated for a Saturn Award for best actor in a television series. Gerard Butler was also nominated in the best actor category. Gerard's film 300 leads the nominations with ten nominations in total. Lost, which stars Scottish actor Henry Ian Cusick was also nominated for seven awards in the television categories. The Saturn Awards are handed out by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films.

According to the official site, the show will take place on Tues., June 24, 2008 in Universal City, California. Other films and T.V. shows starring Scottish actors were also nominated, so here are the nominations in the relevant categories:

FILM NOMINATIONS

Best Fantasy Film
Enchanted (Buena Vista)
The Golden Compass (New Line Cinema)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (Buena Vista)
Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
Stardust (Paramount)

Best Action / Adventure / Thriller Film
3:10 to Yuma (Lionsgate)
300 (Warner Bros.)
The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal)
Live Free or Die Hard (20th Century Fox)
No Country for Old Men (Miramax)
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage)
Zodiac (Paramount)

Best Actor
Gerard Butler (300) (Warner Bros.)
John Cusack (1408) (The Weinstein Co.)
Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) (Paramount Vantage)
Johnny Depp (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) (Focus Features)
Will Smith (I Am Legend) (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actor
Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) (Miramax)
Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma) (Lionsgate)
James Franco (Spider-Man 3) (Sony)
Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard) (20th Century Fox)
Alan Rickman (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
David Wenham (300) (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress
Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield) (Paramount)
Marcia Gay Harden (The Mist) (The Weinstein Co.)
Lena Headey (300) (Warner Bros.)
Rose McGowan (GrindhousePlanet Terror) (The Weinstein Co.)
Michelle Pfeiffer (Stardust) (Paramount)
Imelda Staunton (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)

Best Performance by a Younger Actor
Alex Etel (The Water Horse) (Sony)
Freddie Highmore (August Rush) (Warner Bros.)
Josh Hutcherson (Bridge to Terabithia) (Buena Vista)
Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass) (New Line Cinema)
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn (The Last Mimzy) (New Line Cinema)

Best Direction
Tim Burton (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Frank Darabont (The Mist) (The Weinstein Co.)
Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Ultimatum) (Universal)
Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 3) (Sony)
Zack Snyder (300) (Warner Bros.)
David Yates (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)

Best Writing
Roger Avary, Neil Gaiman (Beowulf) (Paramount)
Brad Bird (Ratatouille) (Buena Vista)
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men) (Miramax)
Michael Goldenberg (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Michael Gordon, Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad (300) (Warner Bros.)
John Logan (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)

Best Music
Tyler Bates (300) (Warner Bros.)
Jonny Greenwood (There Will Be Blood) (Paramount Vantage)
Nicholas Hooper (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Mark Mancina (August Rush) (Warner Bros.)
Alan Menken (Enchanted) (Buena Vista)
John Powell (The Bourne Ultimatum) (Universal)

Best Costume
Colleen Atwood (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Ruth Myers (The Golden Compass) (New Line Cinema)
Penny Rose (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End) (Buena Vista)
Sammy Sheldon (Stardust) (Paramount)
Jany Temime (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Michael Wilkinson (300) (Warner Bros.)

Best Make-Up
Howard Berger, Greg Nicotero, Jake Garber (GrindhousePlanet Terror) (The Weinstein Co.)
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Davina Lamont (30 Days of Night) (Sony)
Ve Neill, Martin Samuel (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End) (Buena Vista)
Peter Owen, Ivana Primorac (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Shaun Smith, Mark Rappaport (300) (Warner Bros.)

Best Special Effects
Tim Burke, John Richardson, Paul Franklin, Greg Butler (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) (Warner Bros.)
Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl, John Frazier (Transformers) (DreamWorks SKG / Paramount)
Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris, Trevor Wood (The Golden Compass) (New Line Cinema)
John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson, John Frazier (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End) (Buena Vista)
Scott Stokdyk, Peter Nofz, Spencer Cook, John R. Frazier (Spider-Man 3) (Sony)
Chris Watts, Grant Freckelton, Derek Wentworth, Daniel Leduc (300) (Warner Bros.)

TELEVISION NOMINATIONS

Best Network Television Series
Heroes (NBC)
Journeyman (NBC)
Lost (ABC)
Pushing Daisies (ABC)
Supernatural (CW)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fox)

Best Presentation on Television
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (SCI FI Channel)
The Company (TNT)
Fallen (ABC Family)
The Family Guy: “Blue Harvest” (Fox)
Masters of Science Fiction (ABC)
Shrek the Halls (ABC)
Tin Man (SCI FI Channel)

Best International Series
Doctor Who (SCI FI Channel)
Torchwood (BBC America)
Meadowlands (aka Cape Wrath) (Showtime)
Jekyll (BBC America)
Life On Mars (BBC America)
Robin Hood (BBC America)

Best Actor in a Television Series
Matt Dallas (Kyle XY) (ABC Family)
Matthew Fox (Lost) (ABC)
Michael C. Hall (Dexter) (Showtime)
Kevin McKidd (Journeyman) (NBC)
Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica) (SCI FI Channel)
Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies) (ABC)

Best Actress in a Television Series

Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies) (ABC)
Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) (Fox)
Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ghost Whisperer) (CBS)
Holly Hunter (Saving Grace) (TNT)
Evangeline Lily (Lost) (ABC)
Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer) (TNT)

Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series
Michael Emerson (Lost) (ABC)
Greg Grunberg (Heroes) (NBC)
Josh Holloway (Lost) (ABC)
Erik King (Dexter) (Showtime)
Terry O’Quinn (Lost) (ABC)
Masi Oka (Heroes) (NBC)

Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series
Jaime Alexander (Kyle XY) (ABC Family)
Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter) (Showtime)
Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) (Fox)
Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) (ABC)
Jaime Murray (Dexter) (Showtime)
Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) (NBC)

DVD NOMINATIONS

Best Television Series on DVD
Eureka (Season 1) (Universal)
Heroes (Season 1) (Universal)
Hustle (Complete Seasons 2 and 3) (BBC Warner)
Lost (The Complete Third Season) (Buena Vista)
MI:5 (Volumes 4 & 5) (BBC Warner)
Planet Earth: The Complete BBC Series (BBC Warner)

NOMINATION BREAKDOWN

10 – 300
9 – Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
1 – The Water Horse
1 – Zodiac

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