Oscar nominee Viola Davis has joined psychological thriller "Law Abiding Citizen" alongside Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. F. Gary Gray is directing the pic, which began shooting Jan. 21 in Philadelphia, for the Film Department. It's set for domestic release in 2010...
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Month: January 2009
Overture deals with Film Department: Companies pact for ‘Citizen’
Overture and The Film Department could be the latest minimajor and production company to hook up. The Liberty Media production/distribution company has finalized an agreement to release "Law Abiding Citizen" from Mark Gill and Neil Sacker's Film Dept., and the two...
Gerard Butler To Get His Robert Burns Biopic (Blog)
Poor Scotland -- it seems only if you have Mel Gibson or Liam Neeson in a kilt can you get one of your native heroes onscreen. Not that Gerard Butler hasn't tried. He's long cherished plans of starring in a biopic of Scottish poet Robert Burns. The problem has always...
Burns biographical film with Gerard Butler returns (Blog)
It's been an absolute age since I heard anything about the planned Robert Burns film that Gerard Butler was being linked with, and the last word was that it was dead due to lack of funding. That may have changed though with this year's Scottish Homecoming, an event...
Butler to star in Robert Burns biopic (Blog)
Gerard Butler will reportedly begin work on the long-awaited Robert Burns biopic later this year. According to The Times, production on the £5 million movie has been given the greenlight after a government-backed campaign to raise funding. Most of the budget is...
Dan Gross: Gerard Butler invites the risque remark
GERARD BUTLER says that most women that he's met in town have been nothing but polite to his face, but he does enjoy hearing their more-risque remarks second-hand. The "300" and "PS, I Love You" star drove women wild at City Hall Friday when Mayor Nutter presented a...
Burns film launches a unique opportunity for THE Immortal Memory, will be co-produced by Evil Twins
It was announced today (January 25th 2009), on the 250th anniversary of Scotland's National poet Robert Burns' birthday, that a unique opportunity is being launched to invest in the much anticipated feature film of the Bard's life. It was in 1786 with a system of...
VIDEO: Salmond promises new Burns film starring Gerard Butler
[b]Click the source link above to view the video.[/b] Alex Salmond, Scotland's First minister, today pledged his support to the last stage of fund-raising for a new feature film about the life of Robert Burns. The film, written by Alan Sharp, who wrote Rob Roy, is to...
Local actress Brooke Stacy Mills is playing the part of Gerard Butlers wife in the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen
Local actress Brooke Stacy Mills is playing the part of Gerard Butlers wife in the upcoming thriller Law Abiding Citizen staring Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, and Leslie Bibb. Filming started this month and is taking place in our very own Philadelphia. It's always a...
“Burns” The Feature Film UPDATE
January 2009 Its been a while since there has been an update on the Robert Burns film, but hopefully this will be the first of many more regular updates. There will be an exclusive article in the Sunday Times on Sunday 25th January 2009. This will be availabe to read...
Butler to star in Burns movie
The long-awaited film based on the life of Scotland's favourite son is to start filming this year A biopic of Robert Burns, starring the Scots actor Gerard Butler, will begin shooting in Scotland this year. The £5m production, which has been beset with financial...
VIDEO: Jamie Foxx Puts on a Show At City Hall
[b]Click the link above to view the video.[/b] [img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/6abc.jpg[/img] Jaime Foxx is in Philly to party, but also to work on a new movie. Jaime Foxx is in Philly to party, but also to work on a new movie. "I...
Nutter Gives Jamie Foxx Liberty Bell, Hijinks Ensue
Mayor Nutter just formally welcomed Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler and other cast members of "Law Abiding Citizen" -- currently shooting in Philly -- to the city. During a brief ceremony in City Hall, Nutter presented them with a miniature liberty bell replica as...
Foxx and company charm City Hall, tease Nutter
Rarely do City Hall press conferences feature appreciative catcalls, whistles and quality impressions of Mayor Nutter, but that was the scene minutes ago, as Jamie Foxx and other crew members of the film now taping in City Hall appeared with the mayor for a few...
Getting Foxxy on the set of Law Abiding Citizen
Thursday, January 22nd, 2009 at 11:22 am posted by Molly Eichel categories Movies Phillybits' Ray Skwire was coming out of the City Hall El stop and walked right smack in the middle of the set of Law Abiding Citizen. Skwire was nice enough to send us the photos he...
Mayor Nutter to Welcome Jamie Foxx, Cast and Crew of Law Abiding Citizen to Philadelphia
WHO: Mayor Michael A. Nutter Jamie Foxx Gerard Butler F. Gary Gray – Director Sharon Pinkerson – Greater Philadelphia Film Office WHERE: Mayor’s Reception Room, Room 202, City Hall WHEN: Friday, January 23, 2009 1:30 pm WHAT: Mayor Nutter will welcome Academy Award...
Hollywood Shoots New Flick at Philly’s City Hall Thru Friday
[img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/news/Uploads/1154687.jpg[/img] There's more than politics going on inside and outside Philadelphia City Hall for a next couple of days - a movie shoot is under way and it will affect commuters through Friday. Jamie Foxx and Gerard...
‘Citizen’ shooting at City Hall
Crew members from "Law Abiding Citizen" yesterday were tricking out a City Hall Cabinet room near Mayor Nutter's office on the 2nd floor to prepare for a shoot that's expected there today. Jamie Foxx, who was in Washington yesterday for the inauguration of President...
Movie Rumor: Gerard Butler getting into The Game (Blog)
In September 2009 we'll see Gerard Butler in the role of Kable in movie theaters. Kable is the hero of a Lionsgate Sci-Fi movie called 'Game'. The game is in a world where humans play a massive multi-player game where people control other people. Tired of always being...
Gerard Butler In ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ (Blog)
While some actors would capitalize on a box office hit like Law Abiding Citizen by seeking the biggest payday in the marketplace, Gerard Butler is going a different way. He has teamed with director Marc Forster to tell the story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing...
Gerard Butler In ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ (Blog)
While some actors would capitalize on a box office hit like Law Abiding Citizen by seeking the biggest payday in the marketplace, Gerard Butler is going a different way. He has teamed with director Marc Forster to tell the story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing...
Gerard Butler is a ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ (Blog)
Given the rumors that occasionally dog Gerard Butler, I love when the meaty film related ones actually prove true. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Butler will be starring in Machine Gun Preacher, a big screen version of the life and work of Reverend Sam...
Gerard Butler is a ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ (Blog)
Given the rumors that occasionally dog Gerard Butler, I love when the meaty film related ones actually prove true. According to Deadline Hollywood Daily, Butler will be starring in Machine Gun Preacher, a big screen version of the life and work of Reverend Sam...
2009: The Year in Film – Part 3 (Blog)
While we race on with 2009, Filmstalker's selection of films coming up in 2009 continues with the third part in the 2009 release review covering July to September. There are some big releases, a much anticipated sequel, a definitely not needed remake, and some smaller...
DVD release finally puts GAMER under my skin (Blog)
Year: 2009 DVD release date: January 19, 2010 Directors: Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor Writers: Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor IMDB: link Trailer: linkDVD release finally puts GAMER under my skin Review by: agentorange Rating: 6.7 out of 10 I was pretty hard on Gamer...