Everything We Know About Gerard Butler’s Den of Thieves 2
Everything We Know About Gerard Butler’s Den of Thieves 2
Over the course of his nearly 30-year career in film, Gerard Butler has staked his claim as one of the kings of the mid-budget action movie. The Scottish actor has been a mainstay on movie screens since his American breakout in 300 back in 2007, and while most of his movies are met with indifference from critics, he remains a solid box office draw, anchoring films that frequently outperform their modest budgets. But besides bigger franchises like How to Train Your Dragon or the trilogy of Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen, few of them have warranted making a sequel, though that’s about to change with the upcoming Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.
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Pantera is a direct sequel to 2018’s Den of Thieves, an action-heist film that premiered in the notoriously sleepy January movie season, earning middling reviews but making $80 million on a $30 million budget. The first film stars Butler as Detective Nick “Big Nick” O’Brien, a hard-drinking Los Angeles cop hell-bent on stopping a crew of ex-marine bank robbers from robbing the Los Angeles Federal Reserve, leading to all manner of mayhem. While much remains to be seen as to how the sequel will be received, some details about its plot, cast, and release date have been announced. Here’s everything we know about Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.
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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
Release Date January 10, 2025
Director Christian Gudegast
Cast Stphane Coulon, Ignacio Herrez, Mark Grosy, John West Jr, Birol Tarkan Yldz, Yuri D. Brown, Antonio Bustorff, Rico Verhoeven, Yasen Zates Atour, Nazmiye Oral, Salvatore Esposito, Dino Kelly, Evin Ahmad, Ciryl Gane, Velibor Topic, Orli Shuka, Cristian Solimeno, Bob Jennings, Jordan Bridges, Swen Temmel, Gerard Butler, Meadow Williams, Michael Bisping, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
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Runtime 0 Minutes
Main Genre Action
Writers Christian Gudegast
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’s Plot
Little information has been officially released about Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’s plot, but we do know that it will pick up directly after the events of the first film, finding Butler’s Detective O’Brien attempting to track down Donnie Wilson (played by O’Shea Jackson Jr.), one of the bank robbers who managed to escape. While Wilson began the first movie appearing to be merely a getaway driver, he was revealed to be the true mastermind behind the heist by the story’s end, escaping to London and scoping out a diamond exchange as his next target.
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Based on the trailer that was released in September, Den of Thieves 2 will see O’Brien follow Wilson to Europe, where his new crew is preparing to rob the World Diamond Center, an even more high-stakes job than the LA Federal Reserve. But rather than taking down the one that got away, it seems that O’Brien and Wilson will form an uneasy alliance when O’Brien actually joins the heist. Whether O’Brien has truly taken up a life of crime or is just trying to get close to his target remains to be seen.
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Den of Thieves 2’s Production Delays
According to an oral history of the film’s trailer published by The Ringer, a sequel to Den of Thieves has been in the works since shortly after the first film’s release, with original director Christian Gudegast talking with Butler about making another installment. According to Gudegast, Butler wanted him to direct the 2023 film Plane before returning to Den of Thieves, but Gudegast decided to wait until they could reteam for the sequel.
The COVID-19 pandemic further delayed the project, and Butler’s busy schedule prevented the team from getting to work on the sequel until 2023, with principal photography taking place in the UK and the Canary Islands, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After several years of delays, the film was finally completed and given a release date of January 10th, 2025.
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Den of Thieves 2’s January Release Might Work in Its Favor
January has notoriously been a tricky month for movie releases, coming right after the glut of big holiday premieres and prestige pictures vying for Oscar attention. The month has often been seen as a sort of dumping ground for films that studios expect to under-perform, either because they lose faith in the final product or didn’t have much faith to begin with. However, some films have managed to do well in spite of this inauspicious release date, particularly those that aim for uncomplicated entertainment rather than awards aspirations.
2008’s Taken was released on January 30th and ended up vastly outperforming expectations, earning a total global box office of $227 million against a budget of only $25 million, spawning a franchise and a late-career action star boost for Liam Neeson. More recently, 2022’s M3GAN saw release on January 6th and earned $181 million against an even smaller $12 million budget, also garnering critical acclaim and meme icon status for its titular killer robot, marking her as a new horror icon. On the less violent end of the spectrum, Paddington was released in the US on January 16th, 2015, and ended up earning $283 million worldwide against its $65 million budget, in the process earning raves and becoming a new family movie classic.
January films often have fewer expectations placed on them than summer blockbusters or holiday releases, and those lowered expectations can often be used to a film’s advantage, giving them the freedom to succeed or fail without the same pressure as their main season counterparts. It’s entirely possible that Den of Thieves 2: Pantera could continue the precedent set by its first installment, offering audiences some uncomplicated fun at the multiplex to break up the winter doldrums.
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