<p class="title">Hollywood star Gerard Butler will be headlining STX Films' action thriller <em>Remote Control.</em></p>.<p class="bodytext">According to <em>Deadline</em>, John Mathieson will direct the movie from a script by Mark Burnell, who also penned the novel that serve as the basis for the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Butler, 50, will essay the role of Michael Rafter, a former war correspondent turned corporate security consultant, whose life is overturned when he receives a mysterious phone call from an unknown source.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Intrigued by the caller’s intent, Rafter investigates and soon uncovers the threads of a global conspiracy, finding himself drawn into a fight for his life and pursued by the 212, a powerful shadow organization," read the official logline of the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashok Amritraj will produce the film through his Hyde Park Entertainment Group alongside Butler and Alan Siegel of G-Base Entertainment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will executive produce for their banner Eon Productions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Priya Amritraj, Addison Mehr and Danielle Robinson will also serve as executive producers. </p>
<p class="title">Hollywood star Gerard Butler will be headlining STX Films' action thriller <em>Remote Control.</em></p>.<p class="bodytext">According to <em>Deadline</em>, John Mathieson will direct the movie from a script by Mark Burnell, who also penned the novel that serve as the basis for the project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Butler, 50, will essay the role of Michael Rafter, a former war correspondent turned corporate security consultant, whose life is overturned when he receives a mysterious phone call from an unknown source.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Intrigued by the caller’s intent, Rafter investigates and soon uncovers the threads of a global conspiracy, finding himself drawn into a fight for his life and pursued by the 212, a powerful shadow organization," read the official logline of the movie.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ashok Amritraj will produce the film through his Hyde Park Entertainment Group alongside Butler and Alan Siegel of G-Base Entertainment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">James Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli will executive produce for their banner Eon Productions.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Priya Amritraj, Addison Mehr and Danielle Robinson will also serve as executive producers. </p>