New DVD cover for 'St Trinian's 2'

St Trinian's 2: The Legend Of Fritton's Gold will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on May 24 in the UK. The new DVD cover featuring David Tennant has been unveiled.


As a side note: If you miss David Tennant in PBS' April 28 airing of Hamlet, you can download it right after it airs over at the Great Performances website. Thanks to David_Tennant for sharing this information.

New Ewan McGregor interview; project with Peter Capaldi still in the works?

Ewan has been busy promoting The Ghost in the UK and did an interview with the Birmingham Mail (via Sweet on Sigma Films). He also talked about working with his uncle Denis Lawson on The Last Word and maybe working on The Great Pretender with fellow Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.

On working with his uncle:

Since completing The Ghost, Ewan has been able to fulfil an ambition to work with his uncle Denis Lawson, whose exploits in the original Star Wars movies inspired his young nephew back in Crieff, Scotland.

“I love him to death and he is the only person I ever turn to if I need to speak about work.

“I went to start work on The Last Word with David Mackenzie, who I made Young Adam with. I play a chef and there was a nice relationship with the owner of the restaurant. I could just see me and my uncle in those parts together. I suggested it as many times as I felt was polite because it had to be David’s decision.

“It was just lovely to be on set with him and playing two Scottish characters in Scotland.” [Alison Jones]

There hasn't been much news on The Great Pretender in nearly two years, but evidently Peter Capaldi is still trying to get the project off the ground. The film is set in 1938 and back in 2008 IMDb listed the plot as being about two producers who "hire Hollywood star Leslie Grangely (McGregor) to play Bonnie Prince Charlie (also McGregor) in a movie about the 18th century Jacobite Rebellion in Scotland. Soon afterward, a drunk Grangely disappears and the producers are forced to find a replacement. They trick a lookalike extra into playing the role of Bonnie Prince Charlie, "The Great Pretender." It looks like the film is still in development:

He is also hoping to work for another fellow countryman, Peter Capaldi, on The Great Pretender, which would present him with a formidable challenge as he would be called on to play four roles.

However, the pet project written by the In The Loop star has unfortunately been caught up in a legal tangle over rights.

“It is a funny situation to be in when it is your creation, to be stuck,” says Ewan. “I told Peter ‘I may be too old for this in a minute. Hurry up’. But he has reassured me we should be all right.” [Alison Jones ]

Also as a reminder: The Men Who Stare at Goats, which also stars Ewan debuts on Blu-ray and DVD today in the UK.

David Tennant: Best Dressed Man of 2009 + 'Hamlet' Blu-ray release

David was recently voted the Best Dressed Man of 2009 by Hello! Magazine readers. With more than 10,000 votes cast he won with 35.4% of the vote. He is also nominated for Hello! Magazine's Most Attractive Man of the Week and you still have time to vote for him.



According to Warner Home Video, Hamlet will be released on Blu-ray on May 4 in the US after its April airing on PBS's Great Performances.

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Gerard Butler at the Artists for Haiti Benefit + new 'How To Train Your Dragon' interview

Gerard was at the Artists for Haiti Benefit, hosted by Olivia Wilde and Artists for Peace and Justice to raise money Haiti last Thursday. Here are photos of Gerry at the event:




Gerard did interview with the Daily Record and you can read an excerpt below. Craig Ferguson is also mentioned in the article. You can read the whole interview at the Daily Record.

...although his fellow thespian is tall and good looking, Gerry is happy to keep Craig Ferguson as "just good friends" on the set of their new film How To Train Your Dragon.

"I wouldn't be surprised if I was linked to Craig," chuckled Gerard. "But maybe they'll come up with a way to say I had an affair with the dragon. Or that I had sex with all of them."

...there was role open for one of Gerard's oldest friends, Craig Ferguson, who has carved himself a career as one of America's top chat show hosts, earning an estimated $4million a year.

"I met Craig when I was a student at Glasgow University and Craig was doing stand-up around Scotland," recalled Gerard. Gerard, 40, and Craig, 47, have stayed in touch ever since and Craig even had a bit part as himself in Gerard's recent romantic comedy, The Ugly Truth.

"The bosses of How To Train Your Dragon reckon Craig and Gerard were able to draw on their friendship to convincingly play a Viking hero and his oldest pal.

But Craig and Gerard admit that their characters may sound like them - but onscreen the strapping Scotsmen look very different.

Gerard's Stoick has red flowing locks and an enormous bushy beard while Craig's Gobber has blond braids and has lost an arm and a leg in battles with dragons. But the two men got into the roles by dressing up while recording their voices for the film.

Gerard said: "I would try to wear something evocative of the period, instead of the usual T-shirt and jeans. A say baggyish shirt just made me feel closer to the period."

Craig joked: "I wore full Viking costume. It was difficult because you could hear my breastplate clink, and it drove the microphone people mad.

"But if you're going to make a movie with me, you've got to be prepared for unreasonable behaviour." [Siobhan Synnot]

In other news, Gamer is now at the top of all three home video charts. It's the top selling DVD, top rental and top Blu-ray seller in the US.

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Ewan McGregor embarks on fresh Davidoff Adventure + Amelia's DVD release date

Via Best of Ewan:

Coty Prestige will extend its Davidoff Adventure franchise in February 2010 with a new version, Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche. The scent will again be fronted by actor Ewan McGregor in selected markets worldwide.

The line is being positioned as ideal for the rugged yet handsome adventurer, the escapist free spirit who revels in the freshness of nature after a hard day’s exploring.

...The advertising campaign features McGregor standing alone, next to his motorbike, enjoying a solitary moment at sundown next to a river.

The visual aims to evoke the excitement of the actor’s real-life adventures: Long Way Round, his 20,000-mile round-the-world motorcycle journey in 2004; and his latest expedition Long Way Down, from the northernmost point of Scotland to the southernmost tip of Africa.

Davidoff Adventure Eau Fraîche will be available as a 50ml and 100ml edt, plus a 150ml shower gel and 75g deo stick. The recommended domestic price points are around €50, €65, €19 and €21, respectively. [Rebecca Mann]

Amelia which stars Ewan as Gene Vidal, will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on February 2, 2010. The Blu-ray will cost $39.99 and the DVD will cost $29.9. There will be bonus material on both and Cinema Blend provides us with the full list:

Blu-ray Disc Special Features:
Disc One

• Theatrical version
• Deleted scenes
• Making Amelia
• The Power of Amelia Earhart
• The Plane Behind the Legend
• Re-constructing the Planes of Amelia
• Movietone News

Disc Two

• Digital Copy

DVD Special Features:

• Theatrical version
• The Power of Amelia Earhart
• Deleted scenes
• Movietone News
• Making Amelia

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New DVD releases: 'Rome' and 'Darwin's Darkest Hour'

Both Rome: The Complete Series DVD featuring Kevin McKidd and Darwin's Darkest Hour with Henry Ian Cusick debut on DVD today.

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Gerard Butler talks new Evil Twins project

Gerard did an interview over at Film School Rejects as part of the Law Abiding Citizen press tour. The highlight of the interview was Gerry's revelation that his production company, Evil Twins is working an a new project:

And what is Evil Twins working on now?

There’s a few different projects that we’ve been working on, but there’s one in particular – it’s a movie called Slide about a former baseball player who goes back to try and patch things up with his child and estranged wife and ends up coaching the kid’s baseball team. He becomes the subject of fascination and longer by every bored house wife in the town. And it’s him trying to survive that while trying to patch things up with his kid. I think we’re going to have GM direct the movie. Hopefully. We’re in talks with him, and he’s very much up for directing it so we’ll what happens there.

In other movie news, Gamer will debut on DVD and Blu-ray in the US on January 19, 2010.

Gerard is one of the winners in the Hollywood Film Festival. He had the highest percentage of votes at 25%.

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Rome debuts on DVD and Blu-ray in November

The complete series box set of Rome will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on November, 17 2009. The box set will include:

13 audio commentaries from the cast and crew, nine featurettes, a photo gallery, a character insert, and “All Roads Lead to Rome,” an interactive guide assembled by the series’ co-producer/historical consultant Jonathan Stamp. Four of the featurettes explore the history of Rome, three provide behind-the-scenes footage, and the final two are about the creation of particular scenes. Exclusive to the Blu-ray edition is “Bloodlines,” the interactive guide showing the connection between the soldiers, Senate, and families of Rome. [Kevin McKidd Online]

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Gerard Butler's weekend appearances + How to Train Your Dragon teaser trailer

There are a lot of photos of Gerard from his appearances this weekend, and I've posted a few below including his appearance at the US Open in New York yesterday, his arrival at the MTV Video Music Awards last night, and is appearance at the Steps for 9/11 walk yesterday also in New York:

You can get more photos of Gerard's appearance over the weekend at Harry Winston's New York Collection Celebration, In Touch Weekly Hosts the Icons + Idols Celebration, MTV Video Music Awards, Giant Steps for 9/11, and finally, at the US Open.

You can check out the new teaser trailer for How to Train Your Dragon which opens on March 26, 2010:



Gerry will appear on the BBC Radio 1 Scott Mills Show tomorrow which you can listen to at 4pm local UK time (12pm ET, 11am CT, 9am PT in the US) here. GerardButler.net points us to a time zone converter to help.

Finally, Sony revealed today that The Ugly Truth will debut on Blu-ray on November 10 in the U.S.. The suggested price is set at $39.95.

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Darwin's Darkest Hour: Early screening and Blu-ray release

The premiere screening of Darwin's Darkest Hour, starring Henry Ian Cusick will take place on October 5 at 7pm in Washington D.C. After the two-hour screening director John Bradshaw, screenwriter John Goldsmith, and executive producer John Bredar, and senior executive producer Paula Apsell will have a discussion about the film. Ticket prices for members are $8, while the price is $10 for the general public. National Geographic lists the following as the address for the event:

1600 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C., US
20036

Telephone: +1 202 857 7700

The website also features directions to the event for anyone who is interested.

National Geographic and Warner have announced that Darwin's Darkest Hour will be released on Blu-ray on November 17. The Blu-ray disc will include a behind-the-scenes featurette and The Galapagos Islands.

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