SWAT teams and sharpshooters took over a corner of 11th and Somerset Streets in North Philly for two days of drama last week. And this coming week, look out for the steak-out unit. It's all for Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller being filmed in town with Jamie Foxx and...
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Month: February 2009
Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx Law Abiding Citizen Filming In Philadelphia (Blog)
It's over for filming across the street from where I work, filming ended yesterday at Philadelphia's City Hall. Throughout the day filming went on in the 6th Floor Caucus room. People were texting me of Gerard Butler sightings. He even stopped and signed a few...
Mayor Nutter is demoted
Michael Nutter, master thespian. The mayor plays a mayoral aide in Law Abiding Citizen, the thriller starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler. Viola Davis, an Oscar nominee for Doubt, stood up as Philly's mayor in scenes shot Friday night at City Hall. In one, Nutter...
Exclusive: Scots star Gerard Butler ready for homecoming premiere – and hitting 40
Gerard Butler admits his toughest role yet will be keeping his accent. Hollywood's most bankable Scot has never forgotten the abuse doled out to Sheena Easton when the 9 To 5 singer played the Big Day concert in Glasgow in 1990. Sheena was pelted with bottles and cans...
Quint’s full chat with Gerard Butler about producing, Darabont and anti-heroes!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I'm seeing a slight shift in publicity, a shift I hope continues. I hate that everything has become about the opening weekend. All publicity is geared towards maximum exposure in the week leading up to the release of a movie. But I'm...
Gerard Butler – Game Interview
http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/gallery/default.asp?gallery=thegame2009_filmtv]"Game" Photos on UGO.com Gerard Butler, best remembered as the guy who shouted "SPARTA!" a lot in 2007, is currently shooting Game, written and directed by Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine, the...
East Ayrshire Council pledges support to Robert Burns film
EAST Ayrshire Council has become the first subscriber to pledge its support for a new film production on the life and works of Rabbie Burns. Scotland's First Minster, Alex Salmond MSP, launched the new appeal at the official Homecoming Burns Supper which was held in...
LAC Filming News
Eyewitness News anchor Dave Huddleston will play a reporter doing a stand-up from prison in Law Abiding Citizen, the Jamie Foxx-Gerard Butler flick filming here. (LAC will finish two weeks at City Hall tomorrow, head to private homes, and emerge later in the week at...