Gerard Butler: 'Olympus Has Fallen' screening and review, 'Chasing Mavericks' review

FREE CINEMA TICKETS: Watch Gerard Butler in 'Olympus Has Fallen' 
From Huffington Post:

To celebrate the release of Lionsgate UK’s action-thriller, 'Olympus Has Fallen', in cinemas Wednesday 17 April, HuffPost UK is happy to offer readers the chance to see the film before anyone else for free at a cinema near you on Monday 15 April.

Security officer Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is the President (Aaron Eckhart)'s last hope in 'Olympus Has Fallen' (photo courtesy of Huffington Post)

Read more at Huffington Post for your chance to see the film at a special preview on 15 April at 6:30pm

Olympus Has Fallen review by The Stylus


Chasing Mavericks review by Inside Pulse

Gerard Butler: 'Olympus Has Fallen' trailer and photos, 'Gamer 3D' release on Blu-Ray

Olympus Has Fallen featurette

Source: Huffington Post

The trailer, and a selection of photos, can be seen at Huffington Post

Gamer set for 3D release on Blu-Ray

See the world in a whole new dimension when Gamer 3D arrives on 3D Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download and Video on Demand May 7 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Highlighted by eye-popping 3D effects and a "making of" featurette, Gamer 3D co-stars Michael C. Hall (Showtime's "Dexter"), Chris "Ludacris" Bridges (Crash) and Golden Globe winner Kyra Sedgwick (TV's "The Closer").

Gamer 3D will be available on 3D Blu-ray for the suggested retail price of $19.99.

Butler stars as Kable, condemned criminal and globally famous super-soldier in the ultimate multi-player game, "Slayers." Human controllers direct each thought and move of real-life prison inmates battling in hyper-intense environments - where the goal is freedom and the penalty is death. But when Kable suddenly decides he wants out, his rebellion threatens the twisted plans of game creator Ken Castle (Hall), who will stop at nothing to crush the renegade commando in this taut, adrenaline-packed action-thriller.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- "Inside the Game: Controlling Gamer" featurette

Read more at Broadway World

Gerard Butler: New Poster for OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN

Watch the just-released trailer for the upcoming action thriller from the director of the hit film Training Day. Olympus Has Fallen will be released in theaters this March.

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President, and avert an even bigger disaster.

Olympus Has Fallen is directed by Antoine Fuqua and stars Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Aaron Eckhart, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo, Ashley Judd, and Rick Yune. FilmDistrict has scheduled it for theatrical release on March 22nd, 2013.



Source (including images): The Daily Blam!

Gerard Butler: new trailer for "Olympus Has Fallen"

He's The Only Hope You've Got

A new trailer has arrived for Training Day director Antoine Fuqua's Olympus Has Fallen. Terrorists have infiltrated The White House, the President is a hostage, and there's nobody left to save the leader of the free world.
Except one man.
Gerard Butler is the ex-special forces trapped inside the West wing who will pick off terrorists like fruit from a tree.
Olympus Has Fallen arrives in cinemas five months before Roland Emmerich's similarly themed White House Down. Which terrorist will be most terrifying? Which President will be most presidential? Which special forces guy hates terrorists the most? Well, Gerard Butler and co have set the action bar pretty high judging by the trailer below...

Source: Sky Movies

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Gerard Butler: 'Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury' voice actor
It was recently announced that Gerard will be lending his voice in the half-hour animated special Dragons: Gift Of The Night Fury, based on DreamWorks Animation’s How To Train Your Dragon, airing on December 17 on Fox.
Source: Just Jared

Gerard Butler to star in 'Dynamo'
Gerard Butler is to star in a new soccer movie.

The 300 actor - an avid Celtic fan - has signed up to appear in Dynamo, a true-life tale which chronicles an historic game between an occupied Ukrainian team and their Nazi captors during World War II.

The game - which was dubbed The Death Match - saw the Nazis pit a squad of well-treated German players against a starving group of Ukrainians with the expectation of an easy win. However, their opponents, spurred on by goalkeeper Nikolai Trusevich - who Gerard will play - fought back and ultimately inspired their entire city.

The film is based on Andy Dougan's book 'Dynamo: Defending The Honour Of Kiev' and has a script by Eli Richbourg.The project does not yet have a director in place, but Riviera Pictures, Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., and Jeremy Garelick will produce. Pathé co-developed and will co-produce and distribute the film worldwide.

'Dynamo' will shoot in Europe some time next year.
Source: The National Ledger
Also reported by NME  Indie Wire and many, many more!


'Olympus Has Fallen' release date revealed
It was recently announced that Gerard Butler‘s upcoming film Olympus Has Fallen has been given a release date for April 5, 2013
Source: Just Jared

Gerard Butler - Thunder Run & Olympus Has Fallen updates

Action pic 'Thunder Run' to start filming this summer

Freedom Films have announced that VFX production has started for 3-D action-thriller Thunder Run and that principal photography kicks off this summer. The Simon West-directed film will star Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey. Here's the announcement:

Freedom Films CEO, Brian Presley is proud to announce the closing of a substantial domestic P&A financing arrangement days prior to Cannes for the CG 3-D action thriller “Thunder Run.” The film will be co-financed by Presley’s Freedom Films and CEO Fred Malmburg’s company, Paradox Entertainment with Gerard Butler, Sam Worthington and Matthew McConaughey starring. Ashok Amritraj’s Hyde Park International is handling sales at Cannes during the upcoming Marche du Film.

VFX production has already begun on the CG 3-D film with principal photography set to begin this Summer. Presley is producing alongside Jib Polhemus of The Graphic Film Company, with Simon West directing. “Thunder Run,” is an all CG 3-D action thriller based on the non-fiction book “Thunder Run - The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad,” by Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent David Zucchino. Adapting the story for the screen are Academy Award-winner Robert Port and Ken Nolan, screenwriter of “Black Hawk Down.”

“Thunder Run” is the untold story of the dangerous and bloody capture of Baghdad by American Forces at the onset of the Iraq War. In April 2003, three battalions and fewer than a thousand men launched a violent thrust of tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into the heart of a city of five million, igniting a three-day blitzkrieg, which military professionals often refer to as a lightning strike, or “thunder run.” In telling the story of the surprise assault on Baghdad--one of the most decisive battles in recent American combat history--this movie paints the harrowing picture of the soldiers on the front lines and the realities of modern warfare.

Freedom Films is represented by Jay Cohen of the Gersh Agency.

Source: Coming Soon

Also reported by Variety 

Update on 'White House Taken' (previously titled 'Olympus Has Fallen')

Roland Emmerich's White House Down will roll out in theatres on Nov. 1, 2013 -- the date previously held by the director's sci-fi epic Singularity, which was halted in preproduction last year. Singularity remains a priority project for Sony, but White House Down is further along, according to a studio spokesman. White House was acquired by Sony based on a script by James Vanderbilt, who also penned this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man and Total Recall. Mythology Entertainment is producing. The movie revolves around a paramilitary takeover of the White House. Emmerich (2012, The Day After Tomorrow) and Sony are in the process of casting. White House will open opposite Ender's Game, based on the best-selling young-adult book series.

There is a rival project, however. Gerard Butler is set to star in White House Taken for Nu Image/Millennium Films (it previously was titled Olympus Has Fallen). Butler will play a former Secret Service agent called back to duty when terrorists overtake the White House.

Millennium will be shopping White House Taken at the upcoming Cannes Film Market. It doesn't have a domestic distribution deal yet. 

Source: HollywoodReporter 

Gerard Butler to foil a White House invasion in 'Olympus Has Fallen'

Gerard Butler is attached to star in a White House-set action film called Olympus Has Fallen.

Butler's agency confirms the 300 star is developing the project, from writers Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, which centers on an ex Secret Service agent who must foil a terrorist attack on the president's residence. Millennium Films is currently seeking a director for the project.

Butler will produce with Millennium's Mark Gill. Avi Lerner is executive producing with Trevor Short.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

 
Also reported by Collider and Empire Online