News

The 300 cast might not have dined in Hell, but Gerard Butler saw quite a few battle scars during production.

Speaking to People with O'Shea Jackson Jr. to promote their latest film Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, Butler looked back on several movies he starred in and the number of injuries he sustained across all of them. In 300's case, the actor said, "I remember every day somebody was getting taken to the hospital. You'd be doing a fight, you turn around, there's a guy down there, a spear went in his eye. Another time, you turn around, there's a guy over there who just fell, broke his ankle."

Related Superman Director James Gunn Recalls Consulting With Zack Snyder on Red Trunks Debate

James Gunn admits having difficulties figuring out whether to give his Superman red trunks, to he sought advice from Zack Snyder.

Additionally, Butler referenced a car injury...

Warning: Spoilers for Den of Thieves.

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera hit theaters recently and the film serves as a direct follow-up to the original 2018 heist thriller. Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. reprise their roles as Nick O'Brien and Donnie Wilson, the cop and criminal duo who can’t seem to rid themselves of each other. The first film follows Donnie and the crew he was brought into as their getaway driver. With ingenious plans to rob the Federal Reserve without anyone ever knowing, it turns out that Donnie was the one in control the entire time. After working as a local bartender near his intended target, he vanishes to Europe following the heist with everyone being none the wiser, except for Nick, of course. However, he doesn’t realize the grand scheme of it all until Donnie is long gone.

The second film picks up shortly after the first one ended.

Lionsgate is coming out swinging at the box office with the company's latest action film breaking a 2-year-old curse. The new sequel Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, featuring a returning Gerard Butler, has debuted strong with its theatrical premiere.

Per Deadline, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera has outperformed its expectations by earning $15.5 million in its opening weekend at the domestic box office. This win puts the Den of Thieves sequel as the No. 1 movie, and for Lionsgate, the feat is significant. Seemingly breaking a curse, this marks the company's first film since 2023's The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes to debut at No. 1. It's also Butler's first No. 1 opening since 2019's Angel Has Fallen, which debuted with $21.3 million.

Related Zack Snyder & Gerard Butler Reunite for New Photo 17 Years After 300

Gerard Butler reunites with Zack Snyder 17 years after starring in the fan-favorite filmmaker's historical epic 300.

Disney's Mufasa landed in the No.

As Den of Thieves 2: Pantera blasts its way into theaters on January 10, 2025, fans of the original may be surprised to see Big Nick O'Brien (Gerard Butler) defect to the other side. Then again, given how much the maverick leader of The Regulators bent the law and played by his own rules in the first film, perhaps his criminal turn isn't so shocking.

After all, Den of Thieves is most compelling when it parallels the criminal Outlaws, a gang of bank robbers, with the LAPD Regulators tasked with catching them, crystallizing the thin line between the heroes and villains. While it always seemed Nick was one step away from crossing the line, Butler has explained why the morally vexed detective lost his way and felt compelled to abandon the Regulators and join the Outlaws for a risky European diamond heist.

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email...

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera finally hit cinemas this weekend, but star O'Shea Jackson Jr. is already looking to the next sequel in the franchise. While it has taken seven years to see Jackson Jr. team up with Gerard Butler again, the latter has already hinted that a third movie will not take that long to make. With that in mind, Jackson Jr. recently told Variety about where he sees his character going in the next movie.

“I’m not gonna sugarcoat it: I’m trying to Vin Diesel this thing. To quote Ryan Reynolds, I want to work with Gerard until he’s 90. I just have so much fun doing these and Christian, Gerard, [producer] Tucker Tooley…I can’t express to them enough how I really feel because that’s just not what guys do, but I’ll tell you. When I was early in my career, after “Straight Outta Compton,...

The cop goes gangster in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. And if anybody can pull that off with grit and believability in equal measure, it’s Gerard Butler. The Plane and How to Train Your Dragon star reprises his role as Detective 'Big Nick' O’Brien from 2018’s Den of Thieves and brings along O’Shea Jackson Jr. again as the clever heist man, Donnie.

If the first film was an intricately produced cat-and-mouse heist in which a steely detective (Butler) desperately tries to catch a viable foe (Jackson), the second film is director/writer Christian Gudegast's attempt to shake the creative snow globe. He brings Big Nick to the inside of an elaborate European diamond heist and forces him to work with an unlikely partner: Donnie, the man he’s been after all along. That’s a groovy flip, sure, making Den of Thieves 2 2025’s first subversive buddy movie.

I remember when heist movies had memorable characters and scenarios. Den of Thieves certainly didn’t and its only slightly better follow-up, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, tries at the very least, though its efforts ultimately fall flat. The film has less action, which isn’t a bad thing since it builds up suspense for the actual heist and its aftermath, and more talking. Whereas the first film was more gritty and violent, the sequel is more polished and developed. But it’s also the same amount of underwhelming, failing to fully launch despite an intriguing setup.

Sheriff "Big Nick" O'Brien tracks Donnie Wilson to Europe after his daring escape. As Donnie becomes deeply involved with diamond thieves and the Panther mafia, the stakes rise with a plan to rob the world's largest diamond exchange. The film promises intense action and suspense across international borders.

Release Date January 10, 2025Genres Thriller,...

Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr. return for a Den of Thieves sequel, and the options for where to watch Den of Thieves 2: Pantera vary over time. Butler and Jackson Jr. joined forces for an action/heist movie in the vein of Michael Mann's Heat back in 2018. Despite the mixed-to-negative response from critics, Den of Thieves found an audience at the box office and became a cult favorite. That allowed a sequel to happen with Den of Thieves 2's cast once again headlined by the two main stars of the first film as some new faces join them.

The story of Den of Thieves 2 revolves around Butler's Nick "Big Nick" O'Brien turning away from his life serving the law and joining forces with Jackson Jr.'s Donnie to pull off a new heist. Leaving the streets of Los Angeles behind for a European setting, the Gerard...

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera ransacks theaters on January 10, 2025, giving audiences another daring bank heist seven years after The Outlaws robbed Los Angeles' Federal Reserve. Although The Outlaws' leader, Ray Merrimen (Pablo Schreiber), will not participate in the risky overseas robbery, a handful of characters from the original return for more hyper-violent action as the story moves overseas to London.

Written and directed by Christian Gudegast, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is a direct sequel to the 2018 original bank robbery crime thriller. Aside from several supporting players, at least one main character on each side of the law returns to the sequel, continuing the cat-and-mouse rivalry between The Outlaws and The Regulators. Here's who'll come back in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Your changes have been saved

Email is sent

Email has already been sent

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera ActionCrimeThriller

Release Date January 10, 2025Runtime 0 MinutesCast Gerard Butler, O'Shea Jackson Jr.,...

2025 is kicking off with a variety of movies releasing in theaters, such as a peculiar semi-biographical musical, two horror versions of well-known children’s characters, a remake of a horror classic, and more. 2024 was an interesting year for cinema, with big hits and unexpected surprises from different genres. 2024 saw hits like The Fall Guy, Longlegs, Wicked, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Anora, The Substance, and Terrifier 3, though also some big disappointments, as was Joker: Folie à Deux, Megalopolis, and The Crow.

December closed 2024 with some of the most anticipated movies of the year, such as Sony’s Spider-Man Universe’s Kraven the Hunter, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Disney’s photorealistic prequel Mufasa: The Lion King, the biopic A Complete Unknown, and Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu. January 2025 is now bringing movies for all tastes, such as Robbie Williams’ life and career told in an unconventional way, Leigh Whannell’s latest horror project, two horror versions of children’s characters,...

The 2025 movie year is almost here, and Screen Rant is proud to present exclusive looks at 24 upcoming titles. The last few years for Hollywood have not gone as expected between the pandemic and strikes shutting down productions and delaying releases. But 2025 looks to be a year in film that will give audiences plenty of movies to see. This includes some major blockbusters, like Captain America: Brave New World and Jurassic World Rebirth, releasing in theaters, as well as Back In Action and Star Trek: Section 31 premiering on streaming services.

With 2024 winding down, Screen Rant's 2025 Movie Preview turns the focus to next year. Exclusive images from the aforementioned titles can be found below, along with new looks at other major titles, such as Ryan Coogler's Sinners and DreamWorks' live-action How To Train Your Dragon. There are also projects with Daisy Ridley, Gerard Butler, Donnie Yen, and more. So whether you're looking forward to action,...

After countless delays over seven years, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is scheduled for a 2025 release date. The film’s director, Christian Gudegast, explains why the film took so long to complete.

The sequel to the 2018 action/crime film Den of Thieves is on its way. In an interview with Screen Rant, Gudegast explained that the “state of the world” created several roadblocks that delayed the film. Additionally, three new images from the sequel have been unveiled by Screen Rant, and they can be seen below.

Related Exclusive: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera Trailer Revealed by Director Christian Gudegast

The Den of Thieves 2: Pantera trailer has plenty of heist action for movie fans, and writer-director Christian Gudegast tells Cbr about the sequel.

“The first hit was Covid. We were just about to do it, then Covid hit, and that was that," the director said. "Then we had an actor injury to their knee,...

The first reactions to the Gerard Butler action sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, are now in. So, how does this fare against the actor’s previous outings as an action hero? Could this long-awaited heist thriller follow-up make the perfect start to the new year when it lands in theaters on January 10? Fortunately, it sounds very much like the action flick will leave both Butler and genre fans ecstatic. Let's dig in...

Chris Evangelista of Slashfilm found so much to love about Den of Thieves 2: Pantera and Butler’s return as Nicholas "Big Nick" O'Brien, and now hopes for many, many more installments in the franchise.

“Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera rips. Takes the dirtbag action charms of the first and adds a buddy comedy angle. I genuinely can’t get enough of the perpetually hungover Big Nick O’Brien. Keep making these movies and I will keep watching them.

Gerard Butler returns to one of his best action thriller franchises in the first clip for the upcoming crime epic, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. The sequel, which picks up following the explosive events of 2018’s Den of Thieves, sees Butler return as the aggressive and action-loving Detective Nick "Big Nick" O'Brien. Only this time, he turns to the dark side...or so it would seem. Kicked off the force, Big Nick joins forces with his former enemy, O'Shea Jackson Jr.’s conman Donnie Wilson, on a major heist, with the new footage from the action sequel finding the pair going head-to-head. You can check out the new clip from Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below (via Fandango).

Action movie fans have been eager for the return of Gerard Butler as Big Nick ever since the first outing landed in theaters. While the first movie was met with a mixed response from critics,...

It pays to switch sides. Angel Has Fallen and 300 star Gerard Butler finds himself on the wrong side of the law in the explosive new trailer for next years highly anticipated action crime drama Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. Butler returns as the gruff Detective Nick "Big Nick" O'Brien, who turns his back on the L.A. County Sheriffs Department and leaves justice behind, joining the very criminal hes been tracking across Europe.

You can check out the new trailer for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below.

Released back in 2018, action fans have been eager for the return of Butler as Big Nick ever since. While the first outing was met with a mixed response from critics, Den of Thieves was a big hit with audiences, earning a worldwide total of $80.5 million against a production budget of $30 million and was praised by many as a return to the old-school action crime sagas of yesteryear.

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera is the long-awaited follow-up to writer/director Christian Gudegasts 2018 crime thriller Den of Thieves. The sequel once again stars Gerard Butler as Sherriff Big Nick OBrien and OShea Jackson Jr. as the ambitious thief Donnie Wilson and is set after the events of the first film, which saw Wilson pull a huge heist out from under O'Brien's nose. While the first film was set in Los Angeles, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera promises to tell an international story and bring its primary characters to Europe, and its trailer even teases something of a villainous turn for Butler's character.

Screen Rant is happy to offer a first look at the poster for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera. The poster highlights key members of the Den of Thieves 2: Pantera cast in Butler and Jackson, even teasing their collaboration in the sequel, and employs a...

Over the course of his nearly 30-year career in film, Gerard Butler has staked his claim as one of the kings of the mid-budget action movie. The Scottish actor has been a mainstay on movie screens since his American breakout in 300 back in 2007, and while most of his movies are met with indifference from critics, he remains a solid box office draw, anchoring films that frequently outperform their modest budgets. But besides bigger franchises like How to Train Your Dragon or the trilogy of Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen, few of them have warranted making a sequel, though that's about to change with the upcoming Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Pantera is a direct sequel to 2018's Den of Thieves, an action-heist film that premiered in the notoriously sleepy January movie season, earning middling reviews but making $80 million on a $30 million budget. The first...

Take a first peek at Sandokan, a new international adaptation of Emilio Salgari’s historic saga about the adventures of a titular pirate who, with his motley crew, fights against colonial powers in Southeast Asia. Scroll down for more.

Fremantle’s Lux Vide in collaboration with Rai Fiction have unveiled the first-look images, which show the various characters assembled for the TV series. Sandokan will air on Rai1 in Italy and be distributed internationally by Fremantle and in Spain by Mediterráneo Mediaset España Group.

Turkish actor Can Yaman (Dolunay, Violet Like the Sea) stars as the legendary pirate Sandokan, alongside British newcomer Alanah Bloor (Waves) as Lady Marianne, the spirited daughter of the British consul.

Sandokan is a pirate who lives by the day: he fights only for himself and his crew, including his trusted Yanez. But his life changes when during a raid he meets Marianne, the beautiful daughter...

Ed Westwick (“Gossip Girl”), John Hannah (“The Mummy”) and British newcomer Alanah Bloor are set to join Turkish lead Can Yaman in “Sandokan,” Lux Vide’s reboot of the cult Italian TV series about the adventures of its titular pirate who, with his motley crew, fights against colonial powers in Southeast Asia.

Shooting is set to start April 22 outside Rome on this high-end reboot of Italian writer Emilio Salgari’s exotic epic. The original “Sandokan,” directed in 1976 by Sergio Sollima, catapulted Indian actor Kabir Bedi to Bollywood stardom, having sold to more than 85 countries around the world.

Fremantle-owned Lux Vide’s new spin on the storied “Sandokan” IP is based on an idea by Lux Vide CEO Luca Bernabei developed for TV by Alessandro Sermoneta (“Devils”); Scott Rosenbaum (“The Shield”); Davide Lantieri (“Monterossi”) and directed by Jan Maria Michelini (“Devils”) and Nicola Abbatangelo (“Doc”).

In an unusual arrangement, “Sandokan...