Gerard Butler Offered Lead Role In POINT BREAK Remake

THR is reporting that Scottish actor Gerard Butler (Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is being courted for a lead role in the Point Break remake. Butler would take on the Bohdi role, originally portrayed by Patrick Swayze in the film directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty). The remake was written by Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium, Total Recall, Law Abiding Citizen, Salt, Street Kings) and directed by cinematographer Ericson Core (Daredevil, Fast And Furious).

Instead of focusing on a small group of Californian surfers, it will be set within the world of international extreme sports. The lead characters will keep their original names, an actor for the role of undercover FBI agent Johnny Utah (previously played by Keanu Reeves) hasn't been flushed out yet.

 While I'm not a hundred percent on board for this remake, casting an action star who can actually surf is good starting point. Gerard is currently shooting Gods of Egypt and will be taking on London Is Falling afterwards, Break will begin production sometime this summer.


SOURCE: THR

Gerard Butler To Play Villain In GODS OF EGYPT

THR reports that Scottish actor Gerard Butler (300, Olympus Has Fallen) has joined the cast of Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt. He'll play Egyptian god Set who is the nemesis of Horus, played by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones). Production is set to begin in the new year on location in Australia.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Will Play A Hero God In Alex Proyas' GODS OF EGYPT

TheWrap reports that Game of Thrones' Nikolaj is making the jump to male lead with the epic Gods of Egypt. The film directed by Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City, I Robot) focuses on ancient Egyptian Gods and a thief who team up to avenge the death of Osiris. Nikolaj would play Horus the god of the sky and hero of the film. He has been apart of some of the successes of 2013 with roles in Mama and Oblivion. Not to mention being wanted for a role in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

This isn't Proyas' first fray into the large scale action epics focusing on gods. He previously was going to make Paradise Lost for Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures. Which would focus on the fall of Lucifer and the eventual war that saw him cast from Heaven to Hell. Perhaps, if Gods of Egypt is successful it might spark interest in Paradise Lost again.