Gerard Butler enters ‘Den Of Thieves’

Gerard Butler as Detective Nick ‘Big Nick’ O’Brien

Gerard Butler’s latest action thriller movie, “Den Of Thieves,” is on its second week of showing, courtesy of Viva International Pictures and MVP Entertainment.

Set in contemporary Los Angeles, “Den Of Thieves” is a crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of the Regulators, an elite unit of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department; and the Outlaws, the state’s most successful bank robbery crew.

The Regulators is led by alpha dog “Big Nick” O’Brien played by Gerard (“Olympus Has Fallen,” “300”). The Outlaws is led by the icy and calm Ray Merriman played by Pablo Schreiber (“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi”).

Writer and director Christian Gudegast was reading “Where The Money Is,” a nonfiction book about how Los Angeles became the bank robbery capital of the world, when he saw a photo in the Los Angeles Times; the photo, taken at the Federal Reserve Bank, was of a massive tub of money. The photo and the book sparked an idea, and Christian wrote the story that would eventually become the basis for the screenplay of “Den Of Thieves.”

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More revelations on ‘Kambal, Karibal’

Carmina Villaroel

Now that Geraldine (Carmina Villaroel) has found out the truth, that Crisan (Bianca Umali), the girl she wants to be jailed for thinking she had caused her daughter Cheska (Kyline Alcantara) many sufferings, is really her daughter, she wants to make up for making her life miserable in the past.

But what Geraldine doesn’t know is that the Crisan she thinks is her daughter is actually Crisan’s twin, Crisel, who has invaded Crisan’s body.

So, now that Allan (Alfred Vargas) has been told that Crisan is his and Geraldine’s daughter and not Teresa’s (Jean Garcia), will he break up with Teresa who is actually Raymond’s (Marvin Agustin) cousin?

“Kambal, Karibal,” also stars Miguel Tanfelix and Christopher de Leon among others. The series airs weekdays after “Sherlock Jr.” on GMA Telebabad.

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