First Look: Gerard Butler Stars in Action Thriller Empire City
Gerard Butler returns in the action thriller Empire City, and a first look at the film has been unveiled.
A hostage crisis erupts inside New York's landmark Clybourn Building. Butler plays Rhett, a former Navy SEAL turned firefighter who, with his squad and his NYPD wife Dani (Hayley Atwell), must fight their way through the building to rescue the captives.
Butler, who recently appeared in Den of Thieves: Pantera and Greenland 2, once again takes on a hard-edged role. He and Atwell are joined by Mel Jarnson, Tre Hale, Michael Beach, Dominic Bogart, Stephen Murphy, Jack DiFalco and Kaiwi Lyman.
Michael Matthews directs, having previously helmed Five Fingers for Marseilles and produced the 2024 Nautilus series. The screenplay is by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler, with Butler producing alongside Marc Butan, Alan Siegel and Paul Currie. The film currently has no release date.