''Has Fallen'' is an American
action thriller
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starring
Gerard Butler
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as
United States Secret Service
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agent Mike Banning. The series includes the films ''
Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013), ''
London Has Fallen
''London Has Fallen'' is a 2016 American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John and Christian Gudegast. It is the second installment in the ''Has Fallen'' film series ...
'' (2016), and ''
Angel Has Fallen'' (2019). The films also star
Aaron Eckhart
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as
U.S. President
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Benjamin Asher, and
Morgan Freeman as the
Speaker of the House
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(and eventual President) Allan Trumbull. The films have received generally mixed critical reception and have grossed a combined total of $523 million worldwide.
The film series will continue, as Butler has signed on for three more feature films. With plans to expand into a franchise, producers have various foreign, local-language, TV spin-offs in development.
Films
''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013)
After a failed attempt to save
First Lady Margaret Asher, disgraced
Secret Service
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agent Mike Banning must take action after a
North Korea
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n terrorist group seize control of the
White House
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. Banning uses his inside knowledge to rescue
President
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Benjamin Asher from his kidnappers.
''London Has Fallen'' (2016)
During the funeral of the
British Prime Minister
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in
London
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, the city is attacked by a large army of
Islamic terrorists, killing five world leaders, damaging major landmarks and generating into mass panic, masterminded by
Pakistan
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i
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.
''Angel Has Fallen'' (2019)
Mike Banning is framed for the attempt to assassinate President Allan Trumbull by a rogue
private military company
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and must race against time to clear his name while uncovering the real threat.
''Night Has Fallen'' (TBA)
In November 2019, Alan Siegel announced that three additional ''Has Fallen'' films are in development.
In November 2020, the fourth film, titled ''Night Has Fallen'', was given the greenlight with Butler confirmed to reprise his role as Mike Banning in addition to serving as producer. Waugh will return to the series as director, with a script he co-wrote with Kamen. The project will be a joint-venture production between G-BASE, Eclectic Pictures, Campbell Grobman Films, and Millennium Media. Alan Siegel, Heidi Jo Markel, Les Weldon, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, and Yariv Lerner will also serve as producers.
Future
Following the release of ''Night Has Fallen'', at least two more movies will follow. In addition to the movies, Millennium Media has plans to expand the film series into a franchise with the addition of
television spin-offs
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being considered.
Television
In November 2019, it was announced that multiple television series spin-offs were being developed. Because of the film series' popularity in other territories, it was announced that plans include various television series to debut in foreign countries, with the idea being that each show's local mother tongues will be the spoken languages. Siegel stated that the intent for TV show installments, would be to expand the franchise and add additional characters to appear in future films.
Cast and characters
Additional crew and production details
Reception
Box office performance
Critical and public response
References
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Action film series
American film series
Film series introduced in 2013