He returned to London and attended first Mander Portman Woodward in South Kensington and then the University of Reading[2] graduating with a 2.1 BSc (Hons) in Estate Management.

In early 2000 one of his screenplays found its way to the desk of a Producer in Hollywood who urged him to move to Los Angeles and later that year he was signed by the ICM Partners agency and then by Propaganda Films whose other clients included Spike Jonze, Antoine Fuqua and Steven Soderbergh.

The movie became another global hit, released by Buena Vista (Walt Disney Company) and featured a host of stars including David Beckham.

He continued to work as a writer, selling a TV series to Showtime and was named as an executive producer on the 2012 dramedy Lost Angeles although is not thought to have taken an active role in the movie.

In November 2015 after footballer Jamie Vardy broke the record for scoring in the most consecutive games in the Premier League the British press started reporting that Butchart was interested in turning his story into a feature film.

The film gathered huge momentum and Butchart was joined by Oscar winning King's Speech producers Gareth Unwin and Simon Egan and The Fighter writers Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson.