The dogged cop and wily thief butt heads again in Christian Gudegast's follow-up to his 2018 heist thriller. Imagine the iconic diner sit-down scene between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro in Michael Mann’s Heat stretched out to feature length and you’ll get some idea of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Gerard Butler didn’t have the best time filming Den of Thieves 2: Pantera as he shot the movie “with a freshly torn ACL.” In a new interview, the actor revealed that he filmed the action-intense movie while injured.

Hitting theaters a full seven years after the sleeper hit original, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (out Friday) takes place immediately following the events of the first film, with Butler's sheriff "Big Nick" O'Brien hunting Jackson Jr.'s master thief Donnie Wilson, who escaped to Europe and is already busy planning another heist.

Pantera" and Paramount's "Better Man" are hoping to draw audiences to the big screen amid the post-holiday doldrums.

And now, in the cold and allegedly cruel days of January, 2025, Gudegast has miraculously brought the gang back together for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera – no mean feat of reassembly given the first movie killed almost all the characters off except for Big Nick and Donnie.

Christian Gudegast's sequel ups the stupidity of the cat-and-mouse thriller that preceded it en route to becoming far more entertaining than it had any right to be.

Christian Gudegast’s juiced-up “Heat” homage “Den of Thieves” has become a bit of a cult hit in the seven years since it was released, due in large part to co-star Gerard Butler’s boisterously haggard performance as “Big Nick” O’Brien,

Gerald Butler was in real pain while filming his latest movie. The actor, 55, revealed in an Entertainment Weekly interview published on Thursday, Jan. 9 that he filmed Den of Thieves 2: Pantera while recovering from a torn ACL.

The stars of the 2018 action hit tell IndieWire about reuniting for a sequel that's faster, funnier, and bigger than the original.