Gerard Butler has already starred in both Den of Thieves 2: Pantera and the live-action How to Train Your Dragon movie this year, but another more recent action flick has found continued streaming dominance. Butler stars alongside Luke Cage veteran Mike Colter in Plane, the aptly named action film following Brodie Torrance (Butler), a pilot forced to land his plane in a war zone after being caught in the middle of a dangerous storm. Plane is currently streaming on Netflix, and it’s one of the most popular movies on the streamer globally, charting in countries such as Argentina, Mexico, and Colombia. The film earned a “certified fresh” 79% from critics and a “verified hot” 94% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed $74 million at the box office against a modest $24 million budget.
Gerard Butler has spoken only about a horrific injury he sustained while filming Plane. During production, Butler reached inside the wiring of the cockpit in the plane and got hydraulic fluid on his arm. As if this wasn’t bad enough, he was also filming in the blazing heat and instinctively went to wipe sweat off his face with his hydraulic fluid-covered hand. This led to the fluid getting in his eyes and ultimately blurring his vision before filming was paused while he recovered. Charles Cumming and J.P. Davis wrote the script for Plane, with Jean-François Richet directing the film. Cumming made his feature-writing debut on Plane, and he parlayed that success into writing an episode of The Day of the Jackal, the hit Peacock series starring Eddie Redmayne.
When Is Gerard Butler’s ‘Plane’ Leaving Netflix?
Netflix has yet to announce when Plane will leave the platform. If it was going to be leaving at the end of July, this would likely have been announced already, meaning Butler fans have at least until the end of August to watch the film. Plane certainly won’t be streaming on Netflix forever, though. It had been streaming on Peacock before it moved platforms, which it will certainly do again in the coming months. A sequel to the film is even in the works, but Colter recently confirmed that talks stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and they haven’t picked back up.
Plane is one of the most popular movies on Netflix. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates and coverage of Butler’s future projects.
Release Date
January 13, 2023
Runtime
107 minutes
Director
Jean-François Richet
Writers
J.P. Davis, Charles Cumming
Producers
Gerard Butler, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Marc Butan, Mark Vahradian, Alan Siegel