Has Fallen
{{short description|American action film series}}
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- Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
- London Has Fallen (2016)
- Angel Has Fallen (2019)
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- Paris Has Fallen (2024)
- Apollo Has Fallen (TBA)
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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 {{as of |December 2024|lc=yes}} there are none in production.
The franchise has also expanded with television spin-offs. The first of these, Paris Has Fallen, starring Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya in the lead roles, premiered on Canal+ in France on September 18, 2024. A sequel series Apollo Has Fallen is now in production.
Films
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of the Has Fallen films ! Film ! U.S. release date ! Director ! Screenwriter(s) ! Story by ! Producer(s) |
| style="text-align:left" | Olympus Has Fallen
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2013|03|22}} | colspan="2" | Katrin Benedikt & Creighton Rothenberger | Mark Gill, Alan Siegel, Danny Lerner, Gerard Butler, Antoine Fuqua & Ed Cathell III |
| style="text-align:left" | London Has Fallen
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2016|03|04}} | Chad St. John, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast & Creighton Rothenberger | rowspan="2" | Katrin Benedikt & Creighton Rothenberger | Mark Gill, Les Weldon, Alan Siegel, Matt O'Toole, Gerard Butler & John Thompson |
| style="text-align:left" | Angel Has Fallen
| style="text-align:left" | {{start date|2019|08|23}} | Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh & Robert Mark Kamen | Les Weldon, Alan Siegel, Matt O'Toole, Yariv Lerner, Gerard Butler & John Thompson |
=''Olympus Has Fallen'' (2013)=
{{main|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.
=''London Has Fallen'' (2016)=
{{main|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.
=''Angel Has Fallen'' (2019)=
{{main|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.
= Future films =
In November 2019, Alan Siegel announced that three additional Has Fallen films were in development.{{Cite web |last=Grater |first=Tom |date=November 8, 2019 |title=Angel Has Fallen Producer Alan Siegel: Expect More Sequels & Local Language Spin-Offs in Millennium Franchise |url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/angel-has-fallen-producer-alan-siegel-expect-more-sequels-local-language-spin-offs-1202781466/ |access-date=November 9, 2020 |website=Deadline Hollywood}} 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.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=November 9, 2020 |title=Millennium's Jeffrey Greenstein Unveils a Fourth Fallen as AFM Launches |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/gerard-butler-fallen-afm-1234818543/ |access-date=November 9, 2020 |website=Variety}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://comicbook.com/movies/news/gerard-butler-olympus-has-fallen-producers-settle-10-million-lawsuit/|work=ComicBook.com|title=Gerard Butler and Olympus Has Fallen Producers Settle $10-Million Lawsuit|last=Anderson|first=Jenna|date=October 12, 2023|access-date=October 21, 2023}}
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, 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.
= ''Paris Has Fallen'' (2024) =
{{Main|Paris Has Fallen}}
In November 2021, Millennium Media confirmed that a Has Fallen television series was in development.{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=November 5, 2021 |title=AFM: Millennium Boss on Casting Expendables 4 and Small-Screen Plans (Rambo TV?) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/afm-millennium-media-expendables-4-rambo-tv-1235043020/ |access-date=November 7, 2021 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}} In May 2023, Mathieu Kassovitz was tapped to lead the new series Paris Has Fallen, with StudioCanal producing and Howard Overman penning the screenplays.{{Cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=May 12, 2023 |title=Has Fallen Film Franchise Switches to TV; Mathieu Kassovitz to Star in Series Backed by StudioCanal & Co-Produced By Gerard Butler's G-Base |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/paris-has-fallen-gerard-butler-mathieu-kassovitz-studiocanal-1235364471/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512101854/https://deadline.com/2023/05/paris-has-fallen-gerard-butler-mathieu-kassovitz-studiocanal-1235364471/ |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/global/gerard-butler-studiocanal-urban-myth-films-1235923251/|title=Gerard Butler's Has Fallen Film Franchise Gets an Event TV Series Makeover in Studiocanal's Paris Has Fallen|work=Variety|date=February 27, 2024 }} In October 2023, Kassovitz was replaced by Tewfik Jallab due to creative differences.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/mathieu-kassovitz-exits-paris-has-fallen-studiocanal-first-look-1235572510/|work=Deadline Hollywood|title=Mathieu Kassovitz Exits Paris Has Fallen TV Series; StudioCanal Releases First-Look Images |last=Kanter|first=Jake|date=October 13, 2023|access-date=April 18, 2024|ref=none}}{{IMDb title |33184638|Paris Has Fallen}} On August 29, 2024, the trailer for the series was released, and the series premiered on September 23, 2024, on Canal+.{{Cite web |last=Echebiri |first=Makuochi |date=August 29, 2024 |title=The Has Fallen Franchise Heads to the City of Light in First Series Trailer |url=https://collider.com/paris-has-fallen-trailer/ |access-date=September 20, 2024 |website=Collider}} The eight-part series premiered on SBS Television in Australia on September 26, 2024.{{cite web |title=When the city falls, heroes will rise: original new series Paris Has Fallen is almost here |website=SBS What's On |date=September 18, 2024 |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/when-the-city-falls-heroes-will-rise-original-new-series-paris-has-fallen-is-almost-here/yxfoebvxc|access-date=26 September 2024}} It is scheduled to be released in the United States on Hulu in late 2024.{{cite news|title=Paris Has Fallen: Everything we know about new spy show's premiere |newspaper=The Economic Times|date=Oct 23, 2024 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/paris-has-fallen-everything-we-know-about-new-spy-shows-premiere/articleshow/114477491.cms?from=mdr |access-date=Oct 26, 2024}}
=''Apollo Has Fallen (TBA)''=
{{Main|Apollo Has Fallen}}
On March 28, 2025, it was announced that a second series continuing with some of the same actors, Apollo Has Fallen, was in production, with filming underway. {{cite web|first=Elsa|last=Keslassy|url=https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/studiocanal-m-k-kennedy-global-ambition-apollo-has-fallen-1236349627/|
title=Studiocanal’s M-K Kennedy on Company’s Ambition to Become a ‘Television Studio With Worldwide Presence’ Through Tentpole Series Like ‘Paris Has Fallen’ and ‘Apollo Has Fallen’ (EXCLUSIVE)|website=Variety|date=28 March 2025|access-date=28 March 2025}}
Cast and characters
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|+Overview of cast and characters from the Has Fallen series |
| scope="col" rowspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Character
! colspan="3" scope="colgroup" style="text-align:center;" | Film |
|---|
| scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Olympus Has Fallen
! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| London Has Fallen ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Angel Has Fallen |
| scope="col" style="background:ivory;"| 2013
! scope="col" style="background:ivory;"| 2016 ! scope="col" style="background:ivory;"| 2019 |
| scope="row"| Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning
| colspan="3" | Gerard Butler |
| scope="row"| Allan Trumbull
| colspan="3" | Morgan Freeman |
| scope="row"| Leah Banning
| colspan="2" | Radha Mitchell |
| scope="row"| Benjamin "Ben" Asher
| colspan="2" | Aaron Eckhart | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Ruth McMillan
| colspan="2" | Melissa Leo | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Edward Clegg
| colspan="2" | Robert Forster | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Lynne Jacobs
| colspan="2" | Angela Bassett | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Ray Monroe
| colspan="2" | Sean O'Bryan | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Lawrence O'Donnell
| colspan="2" | Lawrence O'Donnell | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Margaret Asher
| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Mentioned}} | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Connor Asher
| Finley Jacobsen | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Lynne Banning
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | Jessica and Maisie Cobley |
| scope="row"| Dave Forbes
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Agent Roma
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Kang Yeonsak
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Jacqueline Marshall
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Mason
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Sir Kevin Hazard
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Aamir Barkawi
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Kamran Barkawi
| style="background:lightgrey;" | | style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Clay Banning
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Wade Jennings
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Helen Thompson
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| David Gentry
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
| scope="row"| Martin Kirby
| colspan="2" style="background:lightgrey;" | |
Additional crew and production details
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Overview of production crew for the Has Fallen films !scope="col" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Film !scope="col" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Composer !scope="col" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Cinematographer !scope="col" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Editor(s) !scope="col"| Production !scope="col"| Distributing !scope="col" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Running time |
| scope="row"| Olympus Has Fallen
| rowspan="2"| Trevor Morris | Millennium Films, | 119 minutes |
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| scope="row"| London Has Fallen
| Ed Wild | Paul Martin Smith and Michael Duthie | Millennium Films, | 99 minutes |
| scope="row"| Angel Has Fallen
| Jules O'Loughlin | Gabriel Fleming | Millennium Media, | 121 minutes |
Reception
{{hatnote|For more details on the reception of each film, see the "Reception" section on each film's article.}}
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|+Box office performance for the Has Fallen films |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;"| Film
!scope="colgroup" colspan="4" | Box office gross !scope="col" rowspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| Budget |
|---|
| scope="col"| Opening weekend (North America) !scope="col" style="vertical-align:top;"| North America !scope="col" style="vertical-align:top;"| Other territories !scope="col" style="vertical-align:top;"| Worldwide |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| Olympus Has Fallen{{Cite Box Office Mojo|title=Olympus Has Fallen|id=2302755|access-date=July 30, 2017}}
| $30,373,794 | $98,925,640 | $71,344,561 | $170,270,201 | $70 million |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| London Has Fallen{{Cite Box Office Mojo|title=London Has Fallen|id=3300542|access-date=July 30, 2017}}
| $21,635,601 | $62,524,260 | $143,230,187 | $205,754,447 | $60 million |
| scope="row" style="text-align: left;"| Angel Has Fallen{{Cite Box Office Mojo|title=Angel has Fallen|id=6189022|access-date=April 9, 2020}}
| $21,380,987 | $69,030,436 | $78,471,554 | $147,501,990 | $40 million |
| scope="row"| Total
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- Adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo)
References
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