Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called “Slayers” allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon (Logan Lerman) controls Kable (Butler), the online champion of the game. Kable’s ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game’s mastermind (Michael C. Hall).
Captain Glass (Butler) of the USS Arkansas discovers that a coup d’état is taking place in Russia, so he and his crew join an elite group working on the ground to prevent a war.
Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) ventures to an underwater temple in search of the mythological Pandora’s Box but, after securing it, it is promptly stolen by the villainous leader of a Chinese crime syndicate. Lara must recover the box before the syndicate’s evil mastermind (Ciarán Hinds) uses it to construct a weapon of catastrophic capabilities.
In post-apocalyptic England, an American volunteer (Matthew McConaughey) and a British survivor (Christian Bale) team up to fight off a brood of fire-breathing dragons seeking to return to global dominance after centuries of rest underground. The Brit — leading a clan of survivors to hunt down the King of the Dragons — has much at stake: His mother was killed by a dragon, but his love (Izabella Scorupco) is still alive.
A group of archaeological students (Butler, Paul Walker, and Frances O’Connor) become trapped in the past when they go there to retrieve their professor (Billy Connolly). The group must survive in 14th century France long enough to be rescued.
(L to R) Gerard Butler as John Garrity, Morena Baccarin as Allison Garrity, and Roman Griffin Davis as Nathan Garrity in ‘Greenland 2: Migration’. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate.
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family ( Butler, Morena Baccarin and Roman Griffin Davis) must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
A revered bounty hunter’s (Butler) latest gig is rather satisfying, as his bail-skipper is his ex-wife (Jennifer Aniston), who has no intention of getting nabbed without a fight.
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom (Butler) lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine (Emmy Rossum), and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul (Patrick Wilson) and the two fall in love.
John Garrity (Butler), his estranged wife (Morena Baccarin) and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting leveled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
After a treacherous attack, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trumbull (Morgan Freeman). Chased by his own colleagues and the FBI (Jada Pinkett Smith), Banning begins a race against the clock to clear his name.
Gerard Butler in ‘Machine Gun Preacher’. Photo: Relativity Media.
The true story of Sam Childers (Butler), a former drug-dealing biker who finds God and became a crusader for hundreds of Sudanese children who’ve been kidnapped and pressed into duty as soldiers.
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist (Frank Grillo) devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man (Butler) turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop (Alexis Louder) finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Five years have passed since Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless (Randy Thom) united the dragons and Vikings of Berk. Now, they spend their time charting unmapped territories. During one of their adventures, the pair discover a secret cave that houses hundreds of wild dragons — and a mysterious dragon rider who turns out to be Hiccup’s mother, Valka (Cate Blanchett). Hiccup and Toothless then find themselves at the center of a battle to protect Berk from a power-hungry warrior named Drago (Djimon Hounsou).
Caius Martius, aka Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes), is an arrogant and fearsome general who has built a career on protecting Rome from its enemies. Pushed by his ambitious mother (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the position of consul, Coriolanus is at odds with the masses and unpopular with certain colleagues. When a riot results in his expulsion from Rome, Coriolanus seeks out his sworn enemy, Tullus Aufidius (Butler). Together, the pair vow to destroy the great city.
Hiccup (Mason Thames) in Universal Pictures’ live-action ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, written and directed by Dean DeBlois. Photo: Universal Pictures.
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup (Mason Thames) stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (O’Shea Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
When a Russian mobster (Karel Roden) sets up a real estate scam that generates millions of pounds, various members of London’s criminal underworld pursue their share of the fortune. Various shady characters, including Mr One-Two (Butler), Stella the accountant (Thandiwe Newton), and Johnny Quid (Toby Kebbell), a druggie rock-star, try to claim their slice.
After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot (Butler) finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.
Based on Frank Miller‘s graphic novel and directed by Zack Snyder, ‘300’ is very loosely based the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, where the King of Sparta (Butler) led his army against the advancing Persians; the battle is said to have inspired all of Greece to band together against the Persians, and helped usher in the world’s first democracy.
As the son of a Viking leader on the cusp of manhood, shy Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (Jay Baruchel) faces a rite of passage: he must kill a dragon to prove his warrior mettle. But after downing a feared dragon, he realizes that he no longer wants to destroy it, and instead befriends the beast – which he names Toothless (Randy Thom) – much to the chagrin of his warrior father (Butler).
When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President (Aaron Eckhart) is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning (Butler) finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.
A frustrated man (Butler) decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family’s killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney (Jamie Foxx) and others involved in the deal.
(L to R) Maurice Compte and Gerard Butler in ‘Den of Thieves’. Photo: STXfilms.
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
(L to R) Producer Tucker Tooley and writer and director Christian Gudegast for ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’.
‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’, which is the sequel to 2018’s action classic ‘Den of Thieves’, is once again written and directed by Christian Gudegast and opens in theaters on January 10th.
Moviefone recently had the pleasure of sitting down in-person with writer and director Christian Gudegast and producer Tucker Tooley to talk about their work on ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’, crafting the idea for the sequel, moving the action to Europe, the action sequences, Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr.’s chemistry together, and how the characters have changed since the first film.
Gerard Butler as ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
Moviefone: To begin with, Christian, at what point during the making of the first film did you realize that you had something special on your hands and when did you start thinking about ideas for a sequel?
Christian Gudegast: From the very beginning. So, from the research of the first one, Tucker and I worked together from the very beginning, and we saw that we had so much material, almost like enough material for a long form series that we couldn’t possibly put it on the first one. So, we knew that we wanted to go to different parts of the world to examine and dive into different heists because a great heist is just endlessly fascinating. So, we knew that we wanted something to be repeatable around the world.
O’Shea Jackson Jr as Donnie Wilson in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
MF: Tucker, from a production standpoint, can you talk about taking the story out of Los Angeles, placing it in Europe and what that adds to the tone of the movie?
Tucker Tooley: Well, look, the first intention was, let’s open it up. The first one was very focused in the Federal Reserve and in and around Los Angeles. We wanted it to be more of an international experience. So, we scouted several different locations. We were all set to shoot in one place, and then the tax credit fell through, so we had to move to another place. But where we ended up in Tenerife, in the Canary Islands was phenomenal. It was easy to double different places in Europe on the island of Tenerife, and we also shot in the South of France. But that island is incredibly unique because you have multiple different feels and vibes. One side of the island is dry, the other side is tropical. You have the place that literally looks like Nice. So, it was a perfect spot for us, and they have a great tax credit. So that was important.
Gerard Butler as ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
MF: Christian, the Benihana sequence in ‘Den of Thieves’ is one of the most iconic scenes from the first movie. Is there a scene, set piece or action sequence in the sequel that you are really excited for fans to watch?
CG: Aside from the action, I would say in the middle of the film, the nightclub and shawarma sequence, that’s that version thereof. All that’s just based on personal experience and thinking as you’re living your life, “I feel like I’m living in a movie right now. This should be a scene in movie one day” and then it is. So yeah, it’s really that sequence, which is that version thereof in ‘Den 2’.
(L to R) O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie Wilson and Gerard Butler as ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres.
MF: Tucker, can you talk about the chemistry that Gerard and O’Shea have on screen together playing these characters and what they bring to these roles?
TT: We think they have incredible chemistry in the movie. In the first movie, they were separate the whole time. We separated the bad guys and the good guys. So, we saw some of that off camera in the first one. Certainly, in the scenes where they were opposite each other. There was a vibe there. When Big Nick is beating up Donnie in that room, there was a lot of tension there. So, when we started designing this one, it became apparent quickly when we were on set, certainly, but even in the writing of it with Christian writing it, that this was going to be much more of a buddy movie, and both just rose to the occasion. Big Nick is perfect for that role. No one can do that role better. That was a huge thing for us in the first movie. Then Donnie gets to evolve into a tough guy. In the first one, he’s sort of a kid. But in this one, he has evolved.
O’Shea Jackson Jr as Donnie Wilson in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
MF: Finally, Christian, in the first film, Donnie is really pretending to be someone else through most of the movie. Now that Big Nick and the audience know who Donnie really is, what was it like writing for that character this time around?
CG: Well, it was everything for O’Shea too, he really wanted to lean into “who I really am” and not have to play this, “I’m a bulls**t artist”. You know what I mean? He becomes, as Tucker said a grown man. So, it’s a completely different dynamic and one that then, it’s going to be tougher for Nick to bounce off that. He doesn’t get pushed around anymore. So now you have more natural rivalries. But at the same time, I think they learn to love each other. They’re like, “I like this dude.” It becomes a bromance. It’s like when you travel around the world and you go somewhere strange and different, and suddenly you recognize someone from home, even though he’s not your boy. It’s a weird Kumbaya that develops. So, we had a lot of fun with that.
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What is the plot of ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’?
Immediately following the events of ‘Den of Thieves’, sheriff “Big Nick” O’Brien (Gerard Butler) is tracking down Donnie Wilson (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), who escaped to Europe and is planning another heist.
Who is in the cast of ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’?
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Gerard Butler as ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien in ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’. Photo Credit: Rico Torres for Lionsgate.
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Julia Garner in ‘Wolf Man’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
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Ariel Winter as Hayley in the thriller, ‘Like Father Like Son’, a Lionsgate release. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
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Paddington in ‘Paddington in Peru’. Photo: Sony Pictures.
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Daisy Ridley as Joey the action film ‘Cleaner’, a Quiver Distribution release.
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(L to R) Cooper Hoffman and Christoph Waltz in the Action/Comedy film ‘Old Guy’, a The Avenue release. Photo courtesy of The Avenue.
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Ving Rhames as Elliot in the thriller ‘Uppercut’, a Lionsgate release. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
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Michael Fassbender in ‘Black Bag’. Photo: Focus Features.
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Rami Malek in ‘The Amateur’. Photo: 20th Century Studios.
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Robert Pattinson in ‘Mickey 17’. Photo: Warner Bros.
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Ben Affleck as Christian Wolff in ‘The Accountant.’ Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Gerard Butler fans, prepare to celebrate. Because the sequel to one of his movies is preparing to shoot this spring.
As announced by Deadline, ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ is on track to start filming in Serbia and France in the late spring, with writer/director Christian Gudegast back behind the camera.
In case you somehow missed the 2018 action thriller, here are the basics: Buter plays Nick O’Brien, the hard-drinking leader of the Regulators, an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Ray Merrimen (‘Orange is the new Black’s Pablo Schreiber), meanwhile is the recently paroled leader of the Outlaws, a gang of ex-military men who use their expertise and tactical skills to evade the law. O’Brien, Merrimen and their crews soon find themselves on a direct collision course as the criminals hatch an elaborate plan for a seemingly impossible heist – the city’s Federal Reserve Bank.
The movie also featured O’Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie Wilson, the ace driver of the thief team, 50 Cent as Enson Levoux, a former Marine who also aids Merriman, while Meadow Williams played Holly, who is in relationship with Merriman.
On the law enforcement side, we have Maurice Compote as Detective Benny “Borracho” Magalon, Brian Van Holt as Detective Murph Connors and Mo McRae as Detective Gus Henderson, who all work on “Big” Nick’s team.
In a twist in the style of ‘The Usual Suspects’, it’s revealed that Donnie is the actual mastermind behind the heist, and he escapes with the loot to Europe where he’s seen working at a bar while planning his next heist.
‘Den of Thieves’ Photo Courtesy of STX Films
‘Pantera’ picks up with Big Nick on the hunt in Europe for Donnie, who is embroiled in the dangerous world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia as they plot a massive heist of the world’s biggest diamond exchange.
O’Shea Jackson Jr. is officially back on board, as is Williams, while ‘After’s Swen Temmel is among the new faces joining for this one. The sequel’s rights are up for grabs at the European Film Market, and while STX distributed the original in the States, other companies are looking to take on the sequel.
According to Deadline, Gudegast has been doing some deep dive research for the story, spending time with both criminals and the investigators who hunt them down. So, if you ever wondered whether the first film was backed up by knowledge, and wasn’t just your average crime thriller, consider yourself up to date!
Given that Gudegast shepherded the original film through roughly 14 years of development, it must be a relief that the sequel is coming together relatively swiftly – even if the pandemic did cause an extra delay.
Before the sequel arrives, though, Butler has several movies awaiting release, including action thriller ‘The Plane’ and ‘Kandahar’, which finds him working again with ‘Angel Has Fallen’ and ‘Greenland’ director Ric Roman Waugh.
