Cowboys from hell head to Europe for Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera, which begins shooting this spring
The Gerard-issance continues as Den Of Thieves 2 finally moves forward
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After four years of building a cult following on cable and DVD, Den Of Thieves is finally getting a sequel. Den Of Thieves 2: Pantera, the follow-up to what can only be described as “Heat with a concussion,” is set to begin shooting this spring in Serbia and France, per Deadline.
In the sequel, Gerard Butler will revive his whiskey-swilling character Big Nick, contaminating crime scenes across Europe, likely while mouthing the words to Pantera’s “Walk” and screaming “Are you talkin’ to me?” at whoever gets in his way. After wading through a rom-com phase following his 300 break out, Butler finally figured out now that he’s our foremost scumbag character actor, and few movies exemplify that better than Den Of Thieves. LASD detective Big Nick is a hangover incarnate, and he’s looking for whoever wronged him/took his money/looked at him the wrong way.
Here’s the synopsis of Pantera according to Deadline:
Butler returns as Big Nick, this time on the hunt in Europe for Donnie (Jackson Jr.) who is embroiled in the dangerous world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia as they plot a massive heist of the world’s biggest diamond exchange.
The rest of the principal cast is returning as well, including Straight Outta Compton star O’Shea Jackson Jr, Meadow Williams, and Swen Temmel. 50 Cent, who played ex-Marine Enson Levoux, will be returning as a producer—though it’s hard to imagine a Den Of Thieves that doesn’t include Enson Levoux.
Writer-director Christian Gudegast will be returning, too. And it seems he’s up to his old tricks again. Deadline reports that “has researched for the project by spending time with notorious thieves and the investigators that hunt them.” That’s how you know it’s going to be really f’ed up.
Though a moderate hit upon release, Den Of Thieves’s reputation has grown in recent years, being that it’s perhaps the best Saturday-afternoon Hollywood action movie to come around in some time. Grossing $80 million worldwide in a non-pandemic box office isn’t Marvel money, but it’s enough to leave fans clamoring for a sequel. Honestly, whatever gets Butler dropping variations of F-bombs as he chomps on a cigar is good enough for this writer.
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I’m shocked that Den Of Thieves found an audience – I love my noir dark, but this movie is pitch black. B-list Heat meets Training Day.
The original was terrible, I had to turn it off halfway through. Who is claiming that there is a Gerard-issance? The movie where a comet was going to hit Earth wasn’t bad but I can’t think of anything else
Press releases written by Schmerard Schmutler.
Yeah I’m very confused by the people who love it. Some of the action sequences were alright, but it was way too long with far too much nothing happening between them.
You mean you DON’T care about the marital woes of a horrendously corrupt cop? What kind of beta simp are you???
Looking forward to Den of Thieves 5: Cannibal Corpse.
Den of Thieves 6: Slayer Wolves in the Throne Room of Mayhem
But first you’ll have to sit through Den of Thieves 4: Zebrahead.
water seeks its own levelas does Gerard Butlerscourge of the screen
You treat your stepmother with respect, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera!
Damn it, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, this beer is warm! Get me another one!
I saw Brian Van Holt out in town before COVID and he told me he was looking forward to their filming the sequel. Is he not in the new version?
Damn, now that I know there’s a sequel coming I have the motivation I need to finally watch the movie Jon Gabrus dubbed “Heat For Idiots”
“Gerard-issance”? Surely you can do better than that. “Re-Butler-al” works better and I came up with that in 5 seconds.