Gerard Butler Is Back in Action in First Trailer for This Long-Awaited Sequel

The first trailer for the long-awaited action sequel Den of Thieves: Pantera is finally here, and finds Gerard Butler reprising one of the roles he was born to play, the gruff Detective Nick “Big Nick” O’Brien. Butler returns for more action in the follow-up alongside O’Shea Jackson Jr. as con artist Donnie Wilson, with Den of Thieves 2: Pantera following Big Nick as he tracks the master thief across Europe.

You can check out the intense first trailer for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below.

Alongside the two leading men, writer and director Christian Gudegast, who helmed the first outing, also returns for more heist action. As well as the trailer, you can also check out the official synopsis for Den of Thieves 2: Pantera below. The rest of the cast includes UFC fighter Michael Bisping (Den of Thieves, xXx: Return of Xander Cage), Salvatore Esposito (Fargo), Orli Shuka (All the Old Knives, Gangs of London), Evin Ahmad (Snabba Cash, Who Is Erin Carter?), Cristian Solimeno (The English), and Nazmiye Oral (Sleepers), among others.

“Gerard Butler (Plane, Has Fallen series) and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return in the sequel to 2018’s action-heist hit Den of Thieves. In DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA, Big Nick (Butler) is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie (Jackson), who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.”

Den of Thieves Was a Big Hit with Action Movie Fans

Directed by Christian Gudegast, the first Den of Thieves follows Butler’s “Big Nick” O’Brien, a hard-drinking, hard-fighting leader of the Regulators, an elite unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Meanwhile, Ray Merrimen (Pablo Schreiber) is the recently paroled leader of the Outlaws, a gang of ex-military men who use their expertise and tactical skills to evade the law. O’Brien, Merrimen, and their crews soon find themselves on a direct collision course as the criminals hatch an elaborate plan for a seemingly impossible heist involving the city’s Federal Reserve Bank.

While met with a mixed response from critics (and currently sports a big, green splat next to score of 41% on Rotten Tomatoes), Den of Thieves was a big hit with audiences and action movie fans, earning a worldwide total of $80.5 million against a production budget of $30 million. Thanks to a gloriously gruff turn from Butler as well as explosive, white-knuckle action sequences, fans are eager to return to the dangerous world of Den of Thieves.