| Has Fallen | |
| Years: | 2013–present |
| Tv Series: | Paris Has Fallen (2024) |
Has Fallen is an American action thriller film series starring Gerard Butler as United States Secret Service agent Mike Banning. The series includes the films Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and Angel Has Fallen (2019). The films also star Aaron Eckhart as U.S. President Benjamin Asher, and Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House (and eventual President) Allan Trumbull. The films received generally mixed reception and grossed a combined total of $523 million worldwide. In 2019 it was announced that the film series would continue, but there are none in production.
With plans to expand into a franchise, there are various foreign, local-language television spin-offs in development. The first of these, Paris Has Fallen, starring Tewfik Jallab in the lead role, premiered on Canal+ in France on September 18, 2024.
| U.S. release date | Director | Screenwriter(s) | Story by | Producer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Fuqua | Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt | Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ed Cathell III, Danny Lerner, Mark Gill | |||
| London Has Fallen | Babak Najafi | Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast, Chad St. John | Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt | Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole, Les Weldon | |
| Angel Has Fallen | Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh | Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole, Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner | |||
See main article: Olympus Has Fallen. After a failed attempt to save First Lady Margaret Asher, disgraced Secret Service agent Mike Banning must take action after a North Korean terrorist group seize control of the White House. Banning uses his inside knowledge to rescue President Benjamin Asher from his kidnappers.
See main article: London Has Fallen. During the funeral of the British Prime Minister in London, the city is attacked by a large army of Islamic terrorists, killing five world leaders, damaging major landmarks and generating mass panic, masterminded by Pakistani arms dealer and terrorist leader Aamir Barkawi. When President Benjamin Asher gets kidnapped by the terrorists, Secret Service agent Mike Banning must once again save President Asher.
See main article: Angel Has Fallen. Mike Banning is framed for the attempt to assassinate President Allan Trumbull by a rogue private military company and must race against time to clear his name while uncovering the real threat.
In November 2019, Alan Siegel announced that three additional Has Fallen films were in development.[1] In November 2020, the fourth film, titled Night Has Fallen, was given the green light, with Butler announced to reprise his role as Mike Banning in addition to serving as producer, and Waugh to return as director, with a script co-written with Kamen. The project was to be a joint venture production between G-BASE, Eclectic Pictures, Campbell Grobman Films, and Millennium Media.[2] In October 2023, after a lengthy lawsuit, it was confirmed that monetary disputes between Butler and Millennium Media/Nu Image had been settled, and production on Night Has Fallen was expected to commence after the end of the 2023 actors' and writers' strikes.[3]
In November 2019, it was announced that multiple television series spin-offs were being developed. Because of the film series' popularity in other territories, plans included various television series to debut in foreign countries, with each show's local mother tongues used as the spoken languages. Siegel said that the TV shows would expand the franchise and add additional characters to appear in future films. In November 2020, the studio confirmed that development for a television series was ongoing.
In November 2021, Millennium Media confirmed that a Has Fallen television series was in development.[4] In May 2023, Mathieu Kassovitz was tapped to lead the new series Paris Has Fallen, with StudioCanal producing and Howard Overman penning the screenplays.[5] [6] In October 2023, Kassovitz was replaced by Tewfik Jallab due to creative differences.[7] On August 29, 2024, the trailer for the series was released, and the series premiered on September 23, 2024 on Canal+.[8] The eight-part series premiered on SBS Television in Australia on September 26, 2024.[9] It is scheduled to be released in the US on Hulu in late 2024.[10]
| Character | Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympus Has Fallen | London Has Fallen | Angel Has Fallen | ||
| 2013 | 2016 | 2019 | ||
| Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning | Gerard Butler | |||
| Allan Trumbull | Morgan Freeman | |||
| Leah Banning | Radha Mitchell | Piper Perabo | ||
| Benjamin "Ben" Asher | Aaron Eckhart | |||
| Ruth McMillan | Melissa Leo | |||
| Edward Clegg | Robert Forster | |||
| Lynne Jacobs | Angela Bassett | |||
| Ray Monroe | Sean O'Bryan | |||
| Lawrence O'Donnell | Lawrence O'Donnell | |||
| Margaret Asher | Ashley Judd | |||
| Connor Asher | Finley Jacobsen | |||
| Lynne Banning | Jessica and Maisie Cobley | |||
| Dave Forbes | Dylan McDermott | |||
| Agent Roma | Cole Hauser | |||
| Kang Yeonsak | Rick Yune | |||
| Jacqueline Marshall | Charlotte Riley | |||
| Mason | Jackie Earle Haley | |||
| Sir Kevin Hazard | Colin Salmon | |||
| Aamir Barkawi | Alon Aboutboul | |||
| Kamran Barkawi | Waleed Zuaiter | |||
| Clay Banning | Nick Nolte | |||
| Wade Jennings | Danny Huston | |||
| Helen Thompson | Jada Pinkett Smith | |||
| David Gentry | Lance Reddick | |||
| Martin Kirby | Tim Blake Nelson | |||
| Composer | Cinematographer | Editor(s) | Production companies | Distributing company | Running time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympus Has Fallen | Trevor Morris | Conrad W. Hall | John Refoua | Millennium Films, Nu Image, G-BASE, FortyFour Studios, West Coast Film Partners | FilmDistrict | 119 minutes | |
| London Has Fallen | Ed Wild | Paul Martin Smith and Michael Duthie | Millennium Films, G-BASE, Gramercy Pictures, LHF Film, Nu Boyana Film Studios | Focus Features | 99 minutes | ||
| Angel Has Fallen | David Buckley | Jules O'Loughlin | Gabriel Fleming | Millennium Media, G-BASE, CB Films, Cinesite Studios, Eclectic Pictures, Nu Boyana Film Studios | Lionsgate | 121 minutes |
| Film | Box office gross | Budget | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening weekend (North America) | North America | Other territories | Worldwide | ||
| Olympus Has Fallen[11] | $30,373,794 | $98,925,640 | $71,344,561 | $170,270,201 | $70 million |
| London Has Fallen[12] | $21,635,601 | $62,524,260 | $143,230,187 | $205,754,447 | $60 million |
| Angel Has Fallen[13] | $21,380,987 | $69,030,436 | $78,471,554 | $147,501,990 | $40 million |
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $170 million |
| Film | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic | CinemaScore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympus Has Fallen | 50% (202 reviews)[14] | 41 (30 reviews)[15] | A−[16] | |
| London Has Fallen | 28% (197 reviews)[17] | 28 (35 reviews)[18] | A− | |
| Angel Has Fallen | 39% (190 reviews)[19] | 45 (33 reviews)[20] | A− |