Gerard Butler | BEOWULF & GRENDEL https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com Gerard Butler - Stellan Skarsgard - Sarah Polley - Ingvar Sigurdsson Fri, 20 May 2011 17:34:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 BEOWULF SAILS SOUTH https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-sails-south/ Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=196 Beowulf & Grendel location shooting by Dyrholaey in IcelandThe Film Works, Eurasia Motion Pictures and Goodweird are pleased to announce an agreement with Union Station Media, a joint venture of Alliance Atlantis and Arclight Films International, for the U.S. theatrical release of Beowulf & Grendel, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Andrew Rai Berzins.   The film opens in six US cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and San Francisco, starting on June 16. Star Gerard Butler will be making extensive appearances to promote the release – and appease his fans.

“We’re very happy with this deal”, says producer Eric Jordan.  “Equinoxe did a great job with the film in Canada. The Canadian release proved that people want to see this film on the big screen.  U.S. fans mounted an intense Internet campaign to bring the film south, and when they started chartering buses to see it in Canada, Union Station took notice.”
Following a successful theatrical release of Beowulf & Grendel across Canada, Equinoxe Releasing is sending out a custom-boxed DVD of the film on July 18. In anticipation of the July release, Beowulf aficionados and Gerard Butler’s many, insatiable fans have already driven the DVD to the top 5 of the Amazon.ca’s bestseller list.
Beowulf & Grendel, starring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård and Sarah Polley, is adapted from the seminal 9thcentury epic poem Beowulf, which tells the bloody tale of the warrior Beowulf’s battle with Grendel, a great and murderous troll.

]]> BEOWULF & GRENDEL SELLS OUT SARASOTA FESTIVAL https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-grendel-sells-out-sarasota-festival/ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:54:33 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=192 Ingvar Sigurdsson at press conference for Beowulf & GrendelMovie Beowulf (2007) Posted By: Michael / Source

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Beowulf and Grendel, starring Gerard Butler, was a smash hit at the Sarasota Film Festival. B&G was the only film at the festival to be shown 3 times with all 3 dates being sold out prior to screening. Sturla was in attendance. This U.S. appearance comes as the film begins it’s 5th week in Canadian theatres.
Upcoming film festivals are Amsterdam April 19-26; Seattle, WA May 25-Jun 18; New Zealand July 13-Aug 6; Tampa Bay, FL Aug 1-5; Gimli, Manitoba Aug 1-5.

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]]> THE BLOOD OF A POEM https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/the-blood-of-a-poem/ https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/the-blood-of-a-poem/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:20:53 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=205 Gerard Butler as Beowulf and Stellan Skarsgard as King Hrothgar“It’s good, bloody fun that stirs the intellect whenever it feels like it, and as a swashbuckler, the dead-game (Gerard) Butler outswings just about anyone in Troy or Kingdom of Heaven or Tristan & Isolde. Those overblown historical epics played just as loosely with history as this one does, but they didn’t boast a third of its bawdy, sly humor.” says Bill Gallo in The Village Voice

Read the full VILLAGE VOICE review

]]> https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/the-blood-of-a-poem/feed/ 1 BEOWULF & GRENDEL ON MONSTERSANDCRITICS.COM https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-grendel-on-monstersandcritics-com/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:10:52 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=200 Sturla Gunnarsson on the set of Beowulf & Grendel in the Glacier Lagoon, Iceland“You have to be a little bit nuts to make any movie” says director Sturla Gunnarsson in an interview with Scott Rosenberg. MORE HERE

The movie, filmed without CGI on location in Iceland, hosts a true international cast starring Scottish born Gerard Butler (‘Phantom of the Opera’), as Beowulf, Iceland’s leading actor Ingvar Sigurdsson (‘K-19: The Widowmaker’) as Grendel, Swedish born  Stellan Skarsgard (‘Dogville’) as king Hrothgar and Canadian born Sarah Polley (‘Away From Her’) as the pagan witch Selma.

Director Gunnarsson, dubbed Canada’s resident “Viking”, was born in Iceland, raised in Vancouver, and shot films in India, South Africa, Mexico, Central America, the United States and Canada.

 

]]> BEOWULF & GRENDEL BENEFIT FILM PREMIERE https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-grendel-benefit-film-premiere/ Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:45:31 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=181 Stellan Skarsgard as King Hrothgar in Beowulf & GrendelWORLD LITERACY OF CANADA and EQUINOXE FILMS presentthe Canadian Benefit Film Premiere of BEOWULF & GRENDELfrom award-winning director, STURLA GUNNARSSON.

Icelandic-Canadian filmmaker Sturla Gunnarsson has brought an ancient hero to life. Set against the dramatic background of an ocean-battered Iceland, Beowulf & Grendel is an international productionstarring Gerard Butler, Sarah Polley, Stellan Skarsgard and Ingvar Sigurdsson. Beowulf, a poem written in Anglo-Saxon, isbelieved to be one of the oldest extant works of English literature.Ironically, none of its characters is English. The plot centres on thewarrior Beowulf’s battle with Grendel, a great and murderous troll.

]]> BEOWULF & GRENDEL World Premiere at the 2005 TIFF https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/beowulf-grendel-world-premiere-at-the-2005-tiff/ Tue, 02 Aug 2005 18:49:03 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=177 Sturla Gunnarsson on the set of Beowulf & GrendelThe Toronto International Film Festival announced today that BEOWULF & GRENDEL will be a part of their SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS program this year. Gerard Butler will attend the world premiere along with co-stars Sarah Polley, Ingvar Sigurdsson and Tony Curran as well as the director Sturla Gunnarsson.

The festival takes place September 8-17, 2005
Click HERE to read the TIFF press release.

]]> NEW YORK TIMES PRAISES BUTLER https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/new-york-times-praises-butler/ Sun, 12 Sep 2004 18:39:57 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=167 Gerard Butler as BeowulfSeptember 12th, 2004. New York Times praises Gerard Butler’s performance in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and DEAR FRANKIE, saying that the ‘tall, broad sholdered and ruggedly attractive Butler brings out the Mae West in a woman’. The NY Times goes on to say that in the most sensational of melodramas, Gerard Butler creates a figure of real pathos. Log in to www.nytimes.com to read the whole article.http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/12/movies/moviesspecial/1DURB.html

 

]]> SHOOTING HAS STARTED https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/shooting-has-started/ Mon, 06 Sep 2004 18:36:46 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=163 Sturla Gunnarsson on the set of Beowulf & GrendelSeptember 2004. Shooting has started on BEOWULF & GRENDEL, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson and written by Andrew Rai Berzins.

 

]]> GERARD BUTLER SIGNS TO PLAY BEOWULF in Epic Medieval Adventure BEOWULF & GRENDEL https://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/gerard-butler-signs-to-play-beowulf-in-epic-medieval-adventure-beowulf-grendel/ Mon, 17 May 2004 18:26:33 +0000 http://www.beowulfandgrendel.com/movie/?p=159 Gerard Butler to play BeowulfToronto. The Film Works, Eurasia Motion Pictures, Goodweird Inc, Spice Factory and Bjolfskvida are pleased to announce that Gerard Butler (Timeline, Phantom of the Opera) has signed to play the lead role of Beowulf in the part-fable, part-horror story BEOWULF & GRENDEL, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson (Rare Birds, Such A Long Journey), written by Andrew Rai Berzins (Scorn, Cowboys and Indians).

 

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