Gerard has started work on Machine Gun Preacher in Michigan.  View set photos here.

Machine Gun Preacher is the a biographical story of Childers, a drug-dealing biker who finds religion and dedicates his life to helping Sudanese children escape the Lord’s Resistance Army in Africa. Childers founded the Angels of East Africa, a Children’s Village in Southern Sudan, for the children he saves from the LRA.  Read more about the production…

Special Note: As always, we discourage fans from planning special road trips to visit the movie set (there is never a guarantee you will get a chance to meet Gerry, especially while he is working) and to use common courtesy when in the vicinity of the production.

KIDS KICKING CANCER
In recognition of Gerard’s work in the Detroit area, we are running a small charity campaign for the Detroit-based charity, Kids Kicking Cancer, an organization Gerard has supported  for many years. If you would like to contribute to the charity, visit their website.  For every $10 donated, we will enter you in a drawing to receive a Gerard Butler autographed Gamer poster or autographed Enniskarry Limo memo.  Send donation reciepts to events@gerardbutler.net (they do not have to be in $10 increments, if you submit a reciept for $30, you will get three entry numbers via email from us).

DO NOT DONATE TO OUR CHARITY FOUNDATION, only donation receipts going directly to KKC (through PayPal, Network for Good or by mail) will be accepted.

Donation receipts will be accepted until August 31, so if you mail your donation in, do it soon in order to recieve your receipt in time to submit it to us.  Drawings will be conducted on September 2.

THE BOUNTY HUNTER
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The Daily Mail has a series of production photos from Coriolanus.  The movie continues to film in Serbia.  View more pics…

Cath Clarke from The Guardian gets an up close look at Coriolanus.  Read the on set report…

While working in Belgrade, Gerard has the chance to take in the Serbian Open tournament.  View more pictures…

The Bounty Hunter is now available on Amazon.com for pre-order.  Help support GerardButler.Net by pre-ordering yours today!!

MACHINE GUN PREACHER

Machine Gun Preacher is currently casting for a variety of roles. Click here for more info. Deadline for submissions is May 15.

Gerard is hard at work on Coriolanus in Belgrade.  Coriolanus is the directorial debut for Ralph Fiennes, who also plays the title role.  Gerard portays Tullus Aufidius.    View more pics…

Read more about the production from the Serbian press:

• ‘I’ve been working in gym for this part’
• Shooting at dawn
• Butler in charge of humor at shooting of ‘Coriolanus’
• Stars in the Army Museum

Gerard talks to ITN about Coriolanus:

MACHINE GUN PREACHER
Production Weekly reports that Machine Gun Preacher, The story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing biker tough guy who found God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children, plans to begin production in July in Michigan (and possibly June in Pennsylvania).  Read more…

WANTED: REVIEWS NEWS ASSISTANT
Due to some exciting things going on in her life, our long-time “reviews” news assistant, StagewomanJen,  has decided to step down.  Jen’s responsibilities was handling the posting of movie reviews to our website archives.  We are now actively looking for someone to take her place.  If you are interested, please contact us at contact @ gerardbutler.net.    We thank Jen for her help and friendship over the last few years and wish her the best.  Luv ya Jen!!!  :D

Gerard along with many other celebrities recorded their own messages about the work of Artists for Peace and Justice in Haiti both before and after the earthquake. Gerard mentioned in an interview with Entertainment Tonight Canada that he is planning a trip to Haiti in the next couple weeks to help the citizens of the country in any way he can.  Watch the video below:

The video, along with those from Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem, Daniel Craig and more, can also be found on the APJ website.

Watch another video from Sky.com Showbiz.

THE BOUNTY HUNTER

Sony has launched a Facebook page for The Bounty Hunter.  Click here to add it to your list of fan favorites!

MACHINE GUN PREACHER
We have added Machine Gun Preacher to our list of projects in development for Gerard in the Career Achievements section.  Recently an artist in Somerset, PA finished a trailer to be used by Sam Childers in his upcoming book tour as well as being commissioned for more work on the film.  An article in the Somerset Daily American hinted that filming may begin as early as May in Reels Corner, PA on the film.  Read more…