Kevin McKidd news update: 'Percy Jackson' box office, casting news, & interviews

I had been meaning to post a Percy Jackson/Kevin McKidd news post, so I'm sorry that this is a few days late.

Percy Jackson box office

Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief opened in second place at the North American box office. The film has grossed nearly $40 million over the four-day weekend. International grosses haven't yet been announced.


Kevin McKidd reunites with Ewan McGregor

As previously posted Kevin is set to star in a film about Mount Everest with his Trainspotting co-star Ewan McGregor. Both actors are expected to shoot on location in Nepal. Thanks again to Magdaléna for pointing us to this on our Facebook page.


Percy Jackson press tour

Kevin McKidd red carpet interview with TV Guide.


People TV interview with Kevin.


Empire Magazine interview.


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Gerard Butler also at the Empire Awards

I searched to see if Gerard Butler and James McAvoy took any photos together like James and Ewan McGregor did last year, but alas, no luck yet. Gerard appeared onstage with Guy Ritchie and his RocknRolla cast mates to accept the Jameson Empire Award (from James McAvoy's lovely wife, Anne-Marie Duff) for Best British Film. You can watch the video of the acceptance speech at Empire's website. Below are the transcript of the acceptance speech and photos of Gerry at the award show:

The Acceptance Speech

Guy Ritchie: "Thank you very much indeed. There's not much more I'll say because Gerry Butler is the eloquent one among us, so Gerry, perhaps you'd like to say a couple of words but just before you do, the Warner Bros team, thank you very much for doing the job that you all did. Empire readers, thank you very much indeed, Empire thank you very much indeed. Gerry Butler, you're on."

Butler: "This was supposed to be Guy speaking but as usual he dumped it on me. Listen, I want to thank Guy who really wrote all the words and directed all the stuff and did a great job and it's about time he got SOMETHING right... you did put me up here you bastard!"

Ritchie: (chases Butler away from the mike)"That's quite enough out of you Gerry."

Mark Strong: "It's over Ger, that's it, your time's up. It's great that people who know about movies and love movies decided to vote this Best British Film; thank you very much."

Photo Credit: Gareth Gay / Alpha

Photo Credit: Jeff Spicer / Alpha

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James McAvoy at the Empire Awards

The Empire Awards ceremony was hosted last night in the UK and James McAvoy made an appearance to receive Wanted's award for the Best Sci-fi/Superhero movie. I can't embed the video of his acceptance speech, so you can go here to watch it. Here's a transcript of his acceptance speech, and photos of James at the Empire Awards:

The Acceptance Speech

"Oh my god, I got an award from the CAG! Er, not everyone's going to get that. I wasn't sure what to say but I was inspired by another winner tonight so I think I'll just say... (adopts deep, serious tones)'stop all the clocks...' No, seriously. Please. Bullshit is all I have, to take this award away. What a brilliant year for British directors and British actors and British stories. So it's when I chose to leave for the Czech Republic and make an American-funded film about superheroes. But I really did have a cracking time and I did learn to bend bullets, and on behalf of everybody... Timur: Mad, evil, Kazakhstanian director I'd like to say thank you. Cheers!"

Photo Credit: Gareth Gay / Alpha


Photo Credit: Jeff Spicer / Alpha

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