Gerard Butler as Egyptian God Set in the film Gods of Egypt
The Big Picture Gerard Butler is a favorite of action blockbusters, from the Has Fallen franchise to 300 and, more recently, Plane. However, one of his more infamous flops has found itself near the top of Max's streaming charts - Gods of Egypt. Despite sitting at an abysmal 14% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the fantasy action adventure from director Alex Proyas has enjoyed a nice resurgence to become the fifth most-watched film on the Warner Bros.
Gods of Egypt sees Butler going head-to-head with Game of Thrones alum Nicolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays the Egyptian God Horus. The son of King Osiris , Horus was slated to become the new king of Ancient Egypt, until Butler's Set, the God of Death, stepped in to take the crown. Set killed his brother and defeated Horus, robbing him of his eyes and his title to establish himself as ruler, plunging the empire into conflict as he declared that the Afterlife would be paid for with riches.
Before it even heard the starting gun, Proyas's long-gestating project was already ill-fated. The film earned no shortage of backlash in the run-up to its release for whitewashing its Egyptian characters, a controversy that even earned a mea culpa from the director and Lionsgate. Coupled with brutal reviews, it's no surprise then that the film utterly bombed at the box office, making only 150.6 million against a budget of $140 million and being lapped by the first Deadpool.
What's on Next on Butler's Slate? Butler has a crowded schedule ahead of him following his most recent turn in the Ark animated series. His next feature will likely be Martin Scorsese's Hand of Dante, which was able to film last year with a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement. 2025 will kick off with his long-awaited return to Den of Thieves with the follow-up Den of Thieves 2: Pantera due out in January.
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