Gerard Butler Stars As Job Recruiter With A Family Crisis In ‘The Headhunter’s Calling’

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Gerard Butler Stars As Job Recruiter With A Family Crisis In ‘The Headhunter’s Calling’

Gerard Butler is trading his action-hero stripes for a dramatic turn in The Headhunter’s Calling, from first-time director Mark Williams. The Olympus Has Fallen and 300 series star will play Dane Jensen, a corporate headhunter who works at Blackrock Recruiting arranging jobs for engineers. He is well on his way to achieving his longtime work goal of taking over the company when his 10-year-old son falls ill and his personal and professional priorities clash. The Judge scribe Bill Dubuque wrote the script.

Production begins October 26 in Toronto on the pic, which Butler and Williams will Voltage Picturesproduce with Alan Siegel. Dubuque, Danielle Robinson and Dan Bekerman are exec producing. Voltage Pictures has taken international rights to the pic and will be selling it at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. CAA brokered the deal and also will handle the domestic sale.

The Scotland-born Butler voiced Stoick in the How To Train Your Dragon films and most recently starred in Playing For Keeps and Olympus Has Fallen. He recently wrapped roles in the latter’s London Has Fallen, Dean Devlin’s Geostorm and Alex Proya’s Gods Of Egypt. He next stars in Hunter Keeper opposite Willem Dafoe, Billy Bob Thornton and Common. He is repped by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment.

Dubuque, who also wrote the upcoming Ben Affleck film The Accountant, is with CAA, Zero Gravity Management and Bloom Hergott.

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Gerard Butler Signs Up for 'The Headhunter's Calling'

Written by Bill Dubuque, the drama about a star recruiter who's life spirals into crisis will be the directorial debut of Mark Williams.

Gerard Butler has signed on to star in The Headhunter's Calling, the family drama set in the world of big money recruitment from first-time director Mark Williams.

The Scottish actor will play a ruthless headhunter called Dane Jensen. Jensen is set on taking over the company he works for when his young son falls ill and his priorities change.

Voltage Pictures is representing the movie internationally and will launch the project to foreign buyers at the Toronto Film Festival. CAA brokered the deal and will also handle domestic sales. The film is in pre-production will commence principle photography on Oct. 26 in Toronto.

The human resources drama will be a change of pace for Butler who's been better known in recent years for action. The Olympus Has Fallen star will however return to guns and guts in the upcoming sequel London Has Fallen (out in January) as well as Dean Devlin's Geostorm and Alex Proyas' Gods of Egypt.

Voltage Pictures, The Headhunter's Calling is written by Bill Dubuque (The Judge, The Accountant). Williams and Butler will also produce along with Alan Siegel. Dubuque and Danielle Robinson will serve as executive producers, along with Dan Bekerman of Scythia Films.

Sept. 3, 11 a.m. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Voltage is producing the film. THR regrets the error.

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Gerard Butler to make movie in Toronto

Pop Goes The News — Actor Gerard Butler will be in Toronto this fall to shoot The Headhunter’s Calling.

The 45-year-old star of Law Abiding Citizen and Olympus Has Fallen will play a career-driven man who puts his life on hold when his 10-year-old son is diagnosed with cancer.

Mark Williams will make his directorial debut with the drama, which was written by Bill Dubuque (The Judge). Cameras as set to roll beginning Oct. 26.

Additional casting details have not been announced.

Butler is no stranger to Canada. He made 2007’s epic 300 in Montreal — the city where he spent nearly a year of his early childhood.

As a teenager, the Scottish star spent plenty of time in Toronto, where his father Edward owned a hat and umbrella store.

Butler later worked as a bouncer at a Toronto bar.

In 2011, he was back in Toronto to promote his film Coriolanus.