STXfilms has acquired domestic distribution rights to Greenland, a disaster thriller that will be the next film from Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh and that film’s star Gerard Butler. The studio said it is eyeing a May production start on the pic from Thunder Road Films and Anton. STXinternational already…

Gerard Butler is now in negotiations for the lead role in disaster thriller Greenland about a family's fight for survival in the face of a cataclysmic natural disaster. He is due to re-team on the project with director Ric Roman Waugh (Angel Has Fallen), with principal photography slated for May in Toronto. STX is…

The Stella Artois & Deadline Sundance Series at the Sundance Film Festival continues to go strong Monday with the filmmakers and cast from Them That Follow. Moderated by Dominic Patten, the panel will include directors and writers Britt Poulton, Dan Madison Savage; producers Bradley Gallo, Michael Helfant, Alan Siegel…

As the fires in Southern California continue to rage and be contained, many houses have been threatened and many have burned down. Gerard Butler took to Twitter to share a photo of his home in Malibu that was a casualty of the fires. “Returned to my house in Malibu after evacuating,” he tweeted. “Heartbreaking time…

Actor Gerard Butler canceled a trip to Saudi Arabia for a screening of his film Hunter Killer after the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. During an interview with CNN, Butler said “The timing couldn’t have been worse.” He added, “We heard about Khashoggi going missing the day before we were…

When the Russian President is kidnapped by a rogue general, the U.S. Navy SEALs come to the rescue working alongside the Russians to bring their him back. That is the premise of the new Summit military actioner Hunter Killer that stars Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Toby Stephens and Linda Cardellini. The…

Hunter Killer, the project that was at one time on the Relativity slate, will open this fall from Lionsgate’s Summit label. The actioner starring Gerard Butler, Darkest Hour Oscar winner Gary Oldman and Michael Nyqvist, will drop into theaters on October 26 in wide release. Directed by Donovan Marsh, Hunter Killer was…

EXCLUSIVE: Tim Blake Nelson is set to co-star in Angel Has Fallen, the next installment in the Olympus Has Fallen series starring Gerard Butler as Secret Service Agent Mike Banning and Morgan Freeman as President Trumbull. Nelson joins the supporting cast, which includes Jada Pinkett Smith (Girls Trip), Piper Perabo (C…

EXCLUSIVE: Original Film, G-BASE and Endurance Media are setting action director Jung Byung-gil to helm the Gerard Butler-starrer Afterburn. The film is eyeing a late summer production start from a script by Matt Johnson (Into The Blue). Jung made a splash at last Cannes with The Villainess, and before that Confession…

EXCLUSIVE: They are thick as thieves and coming together for yet another heist: Gerard Butler, Tucker Tooley, Mark Canton, Alan Siegel, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and director Christian Gudegast with O’Shea Jackson, Jr. (who is in negotiations) have pacted to return for a sequel to the heist thriller Den of Thieves. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Piper Perabo, best known for toplining USA’s drama series, Covert Affairs, has come aboard the third installment to the Olympus Has Fallen series, Angel Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman. Ric Roman Waugh is directing the sequel, which follows Mike Banning (Butler) as he continues to be a…

EXCLUSIVE: Last year was very good and long overdue for Holt McCallany with the journeyman’s lead in Netflix's Mindhunter and now 2018 looks to hit similar heights. With a couple of months before production on Season 2 of the David Fincher and Charlize Theron EP'd drama kicks off, I've learned that the Justice League…