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Tom Hardy, Gerard Butler, Jason Statham, Liam Neeson & Gary Oldman Eyed For 'The Professionals'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • March 28, 2011 5:40 AM
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Neil Marshall No Longer Attached To DirectDoes "The Professionals" sound familiar? It might. Last spring, the project first cropped up with Neil Marshall set to direct but since then, word on the project has been quiet. But today, there is fresh life and some big, big names being tossed around as potential leads.
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More: Films, Actors, Neil Marshall, TV Remakes, Tom Hardy, Liam Neeson, Jason Statham, Gary Oldman, Gerard Butler, The Professionals

Uma Thurman & Jessica Biel Are 'Playing The Field' With Gerard Butler

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 23, 2011 2:31 AM
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  • 1 Comment
It looks like two actresses have come aboard to add some flavor to a sports-world comedy that will find Gerard Butler weaving through relationships both on and off the pitch.
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More: Films, Actors, Actresses, Gabriele Muccino, Playing The Field, Gerard Butler, Jessica Biel, Uma Thurman

'How To Train Your Dragon' Director Dean DeBlois Confirms Gerard Butler Back For Sequel

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 15, 2011 6:04 AM
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  • 2 Comments
Roger Deakins Will Also Return As A Visual Consultant For The SequelIt looks like one of the last holdouts for the returning cast of "How To Train Your Dragon" has finally come on board.
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More: Films, Actors, Animated Films, Gerard Butler, How To Train Your Dragon

Gerard Butler Joins Curtis Hanson's Surf Pic 'Mavericks'

  • By Kevin Jagernauth
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  • February 11, 2011 8:38 AM
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  • 4 Comments
Curtis Hanson was on quite a roll for a while there. "L.A. Confidential," "Wonder Boys" and "8 Mile" were a trifecta of critical hits ("Wonder Boys" didn't do so hot at the box office) that put the helmer in the top tier of filmmakers. Unfortunately, his next two efforts found him stumbling hard with "In Your Shoes" and "Lucky You" which were big misses all around. All while he's currently found a home at HBO where he's wrapping up the financial meltdown drama "Too Big To Fail" (geez, another one?), his planned to return to the big screen just got a major boost.
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More: Films, Actors, Curtis Hanson, Chasing Mavericks, Gerard Butler

Gerard Butler & Antoine Fuqua Teaming For Sci-Fi Actioner 'Afterburn'

  • By Oliver Lyttelton
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  • November 16, 2010 2:07 AM
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  • 4 Comments
Project Sounds Suspiciously Like Film-Within-A-Film From 'Tropic Thunder' Gerard Butler and Antoine Fuqua may not have much in common on the surface, but there's one thing that links them inextricably right now: they're both former flavors-of-the-months who've had a series of recent disappointments. Butler looked like he could be the next big action star after "300," but a series of flops, from "Nim's Island" and "RocknRolla" to "Gamer" and the unfeasibly awful "Law Abiding Citizen," has seen his stock fall in a big way.
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More: Films, Actors, Antoine Fuqua, Afterburn, Gerard Butler

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