By Aaron Couch Film Editor Lionsgate is returning to the thieve’s den. The studio is moving forward with a third Den of Thieves movie ... teamed with Butler’s cop for Pantera.

We're supposed to be talking about his new movie Den of Thieves 2: Pantera where he rejoins O'Shea Jackson Jr. as a cop and a criminal caught in a pas de deux of heists and double-agentry.

As a movie star, Gerard Butler owns January the way Will Smith once owned Memorial Day and the "Meg" films own August. That Butler's B-movie thrillers now hold sway over the frozen, box-office ...

A third ‘Den of Thieves’ movie is in the works ... The film ended on a cliffhanger, with the cop - who had laid down his badge and teamed up with the criminal and his heist specialists ...