Summary
- Empire State reunites Gerard Butler with Den of Thieves director Christian Gudegast for an action-packed thriller in NYC.
- Butler plays a Navy SEAL turned firefighter who teams up with an NYPD officer to save the Empire State Building from an attack.
- Den of Thieves 2: Pantera will see Butler back as Big Nick in Europe, hunting down thieves in a glamorous and fun adventure.
Olympus Has Fallen and Plane star Gerard Butler will once again ply his trade as an action star, reuniting with Den of Thieves director Christian Gudegast for the action-thriller, Empire State. Centering on an attack on the titular New York City skyscraper, Butler is now in talks to lead the project, with Deadline releasing a synopsis which you can check out below.
“In Empire State, when the Empire State Building comes under attack by a military contractor hellbent on revenge, Navy SEAL turned NY firefighter Rhett (Butler) and NYPD Tactical officer Dani (yet to be cast) must put aside their relationship troubles as they work to rescue hostages and save the famous landmark.”
It certainly sounds like Empire State will find Butler on wonderfully familiar action hero ground, with the actor also reuniting with Plane producer Marc Butan from MadRiver. Butler will produce alongside his GBase partner Alan Siegel, with CAA Media Finance handling domestic rights, while international rights will be up for grabs at the Cannes market.
Empire State has been written by Bone Tomahawk’s S. Craig Zahler and Secret Invasion and Broken City’s Brian Tucker. No other cast members have yet been announced.
Gerard Butler & Christian Gudegast Will First Reunite for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Den of Thieves
*Availability in US
- stream
- rent
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- Release Date
- January 18, 2018
- Director
- Christian Gudegast
- Cast
- Gerard Butler , Pablo Schreiber , 50 Cent , O'Shea Jackson Jr. , Sonya Balmores , Cooper Andrews
- Runtime
- 140
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Christian Gudegast , Paul Scheuring
- Tagline
- You’re not the bad guys. We are.
Before teaming up again for Empire State, Gerard Butler and filmmaker Christian Gudegast will return to the crime-ridden chaos of Den of Thieves in the upcoming sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. Led once again by Gerard Butler as Nick O'Brien a.k.a. Big Nick alongside O'Shea Jackson Jr. as Donnie Wilson, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera will find Butler’s no-nonsense LA County Sheriff tracking down Jackson Jr.’s thief Donnie Wilson across Europe.
You can read the synopsis for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below.
“In Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Big Nick is back on the hunt on the mean streets of Europe, closing in on 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.”
The rest of the cast for the sequel includes UFC champion fighter Michael Bisping, Salvatore Esposito, Orli Shuka, Evin Ahmad, Cristian Solimeno, Rico Verhoeven, and Nazmiye Oral.
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Greenland: Migration finds Gerard Butler risking everything to embark on a harrowing journey across the post-apocalyptic wasteland.Before filming began last year, Butler teased what to expect from Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, promising that it will be “more glamorous” and “more fun” than its 2018 predecessor.
“We're Europe-bound, we're still on the hunt for Donnie who's now on the diamond district in Marseilles. I go over to hunt him down, but with different intentions than you might imagine. So we're gonna be in Marseilles, the Alps and London - it's definitely a more glamorous journey than the last one, and probably a more fun, sexy journey."
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera was picked up Briarcliff Entertainment at last year’s Cannes Film Market, and is expected to be released in late 2024.