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Post by canadia on Feb 11, 2011 15:32:22 GMT -5
EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Butler has been set to star in Mavericks, the Curtis Hanson-directed fact-based drama for Walden Media. The film is based on the true story of Santa Cruz surf phenom Jay Moriarity and his quest to ride the treacherous Northern California breaks known as Mavericks, where winter swells create waves the size of five-story buildings. Butler will play Rick "Frosty" Hesson, the mentor who trained Moriarity for over a year and forged a close relationship with the surfer in the process. Though Moriarity survived those impossible waves, he died at 22 in a diving accident. But he remains an inspiration to surfers, who coined the phrase "Live like Jay." Hanson, who just directed the HBO financial crisis drama Too Big To Fail, is directing a script by Kario Salem and Brandon Hooper. Hanson is searching for a young actor to play Moriarity. Butler, who recently starred for director Marc Forster in Machine Gun Preacher and the Ralph Fiennes-directed Coriolanus, will hit the surf for Mavericks after he completes Playing The Field. That Gabriele Muccino-directed film is Shampoo set in the world of pee wee soccer, where a philandering former pro soccer player tries to reunite with his family by coaching his son's team, only to put himself in dangerous scoring position with a gaggle of beautiful soccer moms. Butler is exec producing Mavericks with Alan Siegel, and Hanson, Hooper and Jim Meenaghan are producing. Michael Bostick and Amanda Morgan Palmer are overseeing for Walden. Lakeshore Entertainment is selling foreign on the film, which will begin shooting in October. Butler's repped by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment. UTA reps Hanson. www.deadline.com/2011/02/berlin-gerard-butler-set-for-walden-medias-mavericks/
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Post by galena on Feb 11, 2011 15:55:39 GMT -5
As i told before,it's better than a rom com,but it's not exaclty the movie i'm waiting for... By the way Gerry will be a co protagonist:maybe he will give more attention to the production...or it could mean that he 'll have more time for other projects....
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Post by elenoire on Feb 11, 2011 16:00:50 GMT -5
Great news, Gerry is full of surprises... always mixing business and pleasure...good for him and good for us, because there'll be so much eye candy for sure in that film. Anyway, director is Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential) and Sean Penn was linked previously to that role, very interesting choice for Evil Twins and Gerry... www.imdb.com/name/nm0605354/news
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Post by Dianne on Feb 11, 2011 16:01:51 GMT -5
I'm really excited about this. Gerry Butler is born for this role!!! He embodies the word Maverick! I'd like to ride him into the sunset!
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Post by Dianne on Feb 11, 2011 16:10:19 GMT -5
So he was practicing his surfing style before he does this movie... Again I will repeat, "Is there nothing this man does not do?
GA said that Sean Penn was linked to this movie.... I really don't like Sean Penn. He was in the Detroit area the same time Gerry was and in fact they stayed at the same hotel. The DJ's I listen to made a running joke for listeners of their radio broadcast to make a special attempt to say hi to Penn if they see him about town just to bug him. He is notoriously unfriendly.
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Post by gersarchitect on Feb 11, 2011 16:10:30 GMT -5
I am sorry but I can't get excited about that... especially not considering that White Jazz was supposed to have a fall shooting start. I MUCH rather would see Gerry in White Jazz than this movie. I will be very sad if White Jazz is off the table... Well, there is a lot of time between early June when PTF is done and October when Mavericks starts shooting... maybe White Jazz got moved up. Or Afterburn... or dare I hope Burns??? Well, I kind of gave up on Burns so never mind... Plus there was that rumor about him shooting in Detroit this summer again.. well, none of these movies sound like something you'd shoot there so maybe he has something else on the table we don't know yet (and deadline.com doesn't know either yet).... Elenoire was the one finding the Sean Penn connection, not me My friend from California explained to me that "Mavericks" are the huge waves that hit near San Francisco at certain times of the year.
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Post by elenoire on Feb 11, 2011 16:22:39 GMT -5
Gerard Butler Will Live Like Jay For A Surfing Movie Gerard Butler is starring in a surfing movie, which might be a good idea if anyone ever showed up to see surfing movies. Maybe Curtis Hanson can change that with Mavericks. The film is based on the real life story of Jay Moriarty, a Santa Cruz surfing phenom who made his reputation surfing a treacherous place called Mavericks in California. He became internationally famous at age 16 when his spectacular wipeout at Mavericks was photographed. The movie will focus on his quest to conquer those waves, before he was eventually killed at age 22 in an unrelated diving accident. Butler is being hired to play Moriarity’s mentor, a surfer named Rick “Frosty” Henson. Surfing movies aren’t particularly relevant anymore, but Moriarty was an inspiration to a lot of other thrill-seekers who still utter the phrase “live like Jay”. Besides, women seem to like seeing Gerard Butler shirtless, and it’s being directed by Curtis Hanson, the man behind L.A. Confidential and 8 Mile. www.cinemablend.com/new/Gerard-Butler-Will-Live-Like-Jay-For-A-Surfing-Movie-23129.html
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Post by elenoire on Feb 11, 2011 16:30:25 GMT -5
Gerard Butler Joins Curtis Hanson’s Surf Pic ‘Mavericks’ Curtis Hanson was on quite a roll for a while there. “L.A. Confidential,” “Wonder Boys” and “8 Mile” were a trifecta of critical hits (”Wonder Boys” didn’t do so hot at the box office) that put the helmer in the top tier of filmmakers. Unfortunately, his next two efforts found him stumbling hard with “In Your Shoes” and “Lucky You” which were big misses all around. All while he’s currently found a home at HBO where he’s wrapping up the financial meltdown drama “Too Big To Fail” (geez, another one?), his planned to return to the big screen just got a major boost. Deadline reports that Gerard Butler has decided to hit the waves with Hanson in the surfing pic “Mavericks,” a biopic of late surfer Jay Moriarty. The Santa Cruz native found his calling in the world of surfing at a young age and soon flourished with the guidance of local elder Rick “Frosty” Hesson, the role Butler is being lined up to play. The former lifeguard trained Moriarty with a vigorous mental and physical program in preparation to surf Mavericks, a spot on the California coast where waves five stories tall would come in during the winter swells. Moriarty tragically passed away the day before his 23rd birthday in a free-diving accident in the Maldives. Sean Penn was linked in the role a year ago, and Russell Crowe was also rumored at one point, but Butler has prevailed. Hanson is now on the hunt for an actor take on the role of Moriarty. So what’s the plan? Butler will first shoot the soccer dramedy “Playing the Field,” (formerly known as “Slide”) with “Seven Pounds” and “The Pursuit of Happyness” director Gabriele Muccino first, before moving over to “Mavericks” which will give Hanson some time to get the rest of his cast assembled. Sounds like an interesting project but if we have one worry, it’s that Walden Media—know for purely lighthearted, accessible and rote family fare like “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Bandslam” and “The Tooth Fairy”—are behind the film and we hope it’s not just a routine inspirational story. Because if it is, we think “Soul Surfer,” coming out in a couple of months, will fill the surfing-movie-with-heart niche fine enough.
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Post by galena on Feb 11, 2011 17:04:29 GMT -5
''there is a lot of time between early June when PTF is done and October when Mavericks starts shooting''(GA)
It's true,but maybe he 'll have to promove MGP and Coriolanus?
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Post by canadia on Feb 11, 2011 17:39:49 GMT -5
Look at it this way, this is a beach movie so lots of scantily clad Gerard if you think about it though isn't it cold in October but that's when you get the big waves, like the Pipeline in Oahu - I saw a really great documentary on the history of surfing and I think I remember they featured the Mavericks, I always found the surfing culture fascinating. Surf's up
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Post by mrsbutler on Feb 11, 2011 17:42:00 GMT -5
I am sorry but I can't get excited about that... especially not considering that White Jazz was supposed to have a fall shooting start. I MUCH rather would see Gerry in White Jazz than this movie. I will be very sad if White Jazz is off the table... Well, there is a lot of time between early June when PTF is done and October when Mavericks starts shooting... maybe White Jazz got moved up. Or Afterburn... or dare I hope Burns??? Well, I kind of gave up on Burns so never mind... Plus there was that rumor about him shooting in Detroit this summer again.. well, none of these movies sound like something you'd shoot there so maybe he has something else on the table we don't know yet (and deadline.com doesn't know either yet).... I have to agree about White Jazz. If this takes it place I will also be disappointed. However, I AM glad Gerry will be in front of the camera and that's good enough for me. I think this could be very good, and I can see Gerry playing the mentor very well. Plus, we get more wet shirtless Gerry. LOL
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Post by canadia on Feb 11, 2011 17:56:28 GMT -5
But what is interesting is Curtis Hanson directed LA Confidential of which White Jazz is the next piece of the series..........
trying to find a photo of Hesson, he is in his mid 40s now and still surfing apparently, surfers are always being photographed it has to be somewhere, I can find the kid, Jay Moriarity but not Rick Hesson........
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Post by canadia on Feb 11, 2011 18:05:32 GMT -5
Gerry ready for this?
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Post by mimsie1 on Feb 11, 2011 18:26:09 GMT -5
Interesting news. Thanks for all the articles.
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Post by canadia on Feb 11, 2011 18:37:25 GMT -5
Now I can't get the Beach Boys out of my head, damn you Butler............I may have to find my Endless Summer cd..........
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