First, reporting from Cannes for Variety, Elizabeth Guider has this:
Lakeshore Entertainment is "cranking" it up again.
Company headed by chairman and CEO Tom Rosenberg is reteaming with "Crank" creators Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on "Game," a high-concept futuristic thriller that will star Gerald Butler. It's one of Lakeshore's more ambitious projects, though not as costly as its most expensive, the $75 million "Runaway Bride" of a few years ago.
Neveldine and Taylor have written the script and will direct the movie, which will begin lensing in January.
"Game" will get talked up by Lakeshore's sales team in Cannes.
This latest pic is set in a dystopian future of implanted nano-devices, where the ultimate online simulation environment is humans remote-controlling other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online gaming. The lead character, played by Butler, is a worldwide sensation, and the top-ranked warrior in a game called "Slayers." With his every move tracked by millions, he battles to regain his identity and bring down the entire system.
"As the world witnessed in '300,' Gerard Butler is a commanding performer, connecting with an audience on many levels. He is the perfect actor to play Kable, a man who represents the fight against the ruthless commercialization of our lives," Rosenberg said...
While Pamela McClintock of Variety has news that Butler will eventually head to "family friendly" fare...
...Butler will star opposite Jodie Foster and Abigail Breslin in Fox Walden kids adventure "Nim's Island ," based on Wendy Orr's kids tome of the same name.
Husband-wife directing team Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin are set to begin lensing in late July in Australia from their adapted screenplay.
Paula Mazur is producing the family film, which will bow April 28 [2008].
Storyline revolves around a girl who lives on a tropical isle with her father, a scientist whose boat runs into trouble one day, leaving the girl to fend for herself on the island. She begins emailing the author of the book she is reading, and with the author's help, is able to manage. Trio ultimately unites to save the island from careless tour companies.
Butler, who toplined Zack Snyder's "300," will next be seen starring opposite Hilary Swank in dramedy "P.S., I Love You." Warner Bros. bows the film Dec. 21...
...Not to mention that he's got the Escape from New York remake down the road....Whew! I'm tired for him!
It's nice to see that Butler has films on the way--that cover a wide variety of genres...Instead of just sticking with the action adventure based flick.
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