Out of the two dueling White House takeover pics that vied for box office dominance in 2013, it’s safe to say that Olympus Has Fallen emerged victorious against White House Down (though there are some, myself included, who feel that the latter film was far superior). While White House Down disappointed at the box office, Olympus Has Fallen made more on a smaller budget and certainly did well enough to warrant a sequel, which kicked off production in London today.
Rather obviously titled London Has Fallen, the follow-up reunites stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Melissa Leo. This time around, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) and President of the United States Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) find themselves battling a terrorist threat in London.
Check out the official press release, which includes an updated synopsis for the pic. Then let us know, will you be lining up...
Rather obviously titled London Has Fallen, the follow-up reunites stars Aaron Eckhart, Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Melissa Leo. This time around, Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Butler) and President of the United States Benjamin Asher (Eckhart) find themselves battling a terrorist threat in London.
Check out the official press release, which includes an updated synopsis for the pic. Then let us know, will you be lining up...
- 11/4/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Melissa Leo reprise starring roles.
Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.
Gerard Butler has returned as secret service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the Us President. Also returning are Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.
Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) directs the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.
According to the official synopsis: “The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has died in mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world.
“But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly...
Principal photography has begun on Millennium Films’ and Focus Features’ London Has Fallen, the sequel to action thriller Olympus Has Fallen.
Gerard Butler has returned as secret service agent Mike Banning, alongside Aaron Eckhart as the Us President. Also returning are Morgan Freeman as Vice President Trumbull, Angela Bassett as Secret Service Director Lynne Jacobs, and Melissa Leo as Defense Secretary Ruth McMillan.
Babak Najafi (Snabba Cash II) directs the thriller (the first film was directed by Antoine Fuqua) from a screenplay by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt (Olympus Has Fallen), Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John.
According to the official synopsis: “The story begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has died in mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world.
“But what starts out as the most protected event on Earth turns into a deadly...
- 11/3/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Principal photography has begun in London on director Ariel Vroman’s thriller Criminal.
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve and Gal Gadot star in the Millenium Films backed-film written by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg.
Criminal charts how in a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous prison inmate in the hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission.
Producers are J.C. Spink, Chris Bender, Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole.
Executive producing is Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Doug Urbanski, Les Weldon, Christine Crow, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell and Jason Bloom. Paul Ritchie is co-producer.
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Tommy Lee Jones, Ryan Reynolds, Alice Eve and Gal Gadot star in the Millenium Films backed-film written by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg.
Criminal charts how in a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous prison inmate in the hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission.
Producers are J.C. Spink, Chris Bender, Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole.
Executive producing is Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Doug Urbanski, Les Weldon, Christine Crow, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell and Jason Bloom. Paul Ritchie is co-producer.
- 9/4/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
• Alice Eve (Stark Trek Into the Darkness) has signed on for Criminal, joining Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Tommy Lee Jones, and Gary Oldman. Ariel Vromen will helm the thriller, which tells the story of a convict who has a dead CIA operative’s memories implanted into his brain in the hopes that he can complete the agent’s mission. Douglas Cook and David Weisberg wrote the script. Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, Mark Gill, and Matt O’Toole are producing. Avi Lerner, John Thompson, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Lati Groman, Christa Campbell, Christine Crow, and Jason Bloom are executive producing. [THR]
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- 8/8/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside Movies
Star Trek Into Darkness actress Alice Eve will join Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Oldman in the thriller Criminal. Ariel Vromen, who wrote and directed The Iceman, will helm the film. In the Millennium Films project, a dead CIA operative's memories are implanted into a dangerous convict in hopes that he will stop a diabolical plot. Douglas Cook and David Weisberg wrote the script. Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole are producing. Avi Lerner, John Thompson, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, Lati Grobman, Christa Campbell, Christine Crow and Jason Bloom are executive producing. Eve,
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- 8/7/2014
- by Rebecca Ford, Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Did you enjoy last year's Summer flick, Olympus Has Fallen, which starred Gerard Butler as a badass defending the President after the White House was attacked (not to be confused with the other very similar film)? Well, whether you did or not, a sequel is in the works, and now the studios have set a release date for London Has Fallen, which will see Butler return to star. Come inside for all the details so far.
Focus Features has acquired Us distribution rights to London Has Fallen, the sequel of the 2013 box office hit Olympus Has Fallen. Star Gerard Butler will return for the sequel written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast. The film is being produced by Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, and Matt O'Toole. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christine Crow, and Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel will executive produce. Focus Features...
Focus Features has acquired Us distribution rights to London Has Fallen, the sequel of the 2013 box office hit Olympus Has Fallen. Star Gerard Butler will return for the sequel written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast. The film is being produced by Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, and Matt O'Toole. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christine Crow, and Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel will executive produce. Focus Features...
- 5/2/2014
- by feeds@cinelinx.com (Jordan Maison)
- Cinelinx
The distributor confirmed (May 1) it has acquired Us rights to the action thriller sequel.
Focus will release London Has Fallen wide in the Us on October 2, 2015.
Screendaily was the first to predict the move last autumn when it emerged that Nu Image was to commence international sales at the Afm. Focus chief Peter Schlessel distributed Olympus Has Fallen through the now defunct FilmDistrict.
London Has Fallen once again stars Gerard Butler as the Us Secret Service chief on a mission to save lives in London.
Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast wrote the screenplay and Butler produces with Alan Siegel, Millennium Films’ Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole and Heidi Jo Markel.
Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christine Crow and Focus Features CEO Schlessel are the executive producers.
Olympus Has Fallen opened in the Us on March 22 2013 and grossed $98.9m.
Focus will release London Has Fallen wide in the Us on October 2, 2015.
Screendaily was the first to predict the move last autumn when it emerged that Nu Image was to commence international sales at the Afm. Focus chief Peter Schlessel distributed Olympus Has Fallen through the now defunct FilmDistrict.
London Has Fallen once again stars Gerard Butler as the Us Secret Service chief on a mission to save lives in London.
Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast wrote the screenplay and Butler produces with Alan Siegel, Millennium Films’ Mark Gill and Matt O’Toole and Heidi Jo Markel.
Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christine Crow and Focus Features CEO Schlessel are the executive producers.
Olympus Has Fallen opened in the Us on March 22 2013 and grossed $98.9m.
- 5/1/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Focus Features has acquired Us distribution rights to London Has Fallen , the sequel of the 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen . Star Gerard Butler will return for the sequel written by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt and Christian Gudegast. The film is being produced by Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, and Matt O'Toole. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christine Crow, and Focus Features CEO Peter Schlessel will executive produce. Focus Features plans to release the film nationwide on October 2, 2015. Olympus Has Fallen was released on March 22, 2013 by FilmDistrict, the U.S. distributor led by Peter Schlessel prior to him being named CEO of Focus Features. The film earned over $98.9 million at the domestic box office. Schlessel stated,...
- 5/1/2014
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: In a mid-six-figure deal, Millennium Films has acquired The Civilian, a spec script by Rachel Long and Brian Pittman that the film company hopes will give it another franchise, this one in the vein of The Bourne Identity. It was bought in a competitive situation and will be fast tracked into production. Millennium already has its Expendables and Olympus Has Fallen franchises, and this could be another. In The Civilian, an American doctor has his identity stolen by a covert operative. The only way he can clear his name is to assume the dangerous mission of the spy who stole it. Related: Afm: Stars Back For ‘Olympus’ Sequel ‘London Has Fallen’ Millennium president Mark Gill is producing. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson and Christine Crow are executive producers. Long & Pittman’s original screenplay Dawn Patrol is in post and stars Scott Eastwood, Jeff Fahey and Rita Wilson.
- 11/8/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
Millennium Films has secured the rights to an original action thriller, The Civilian , Deadline reports. A spec script, the project arrives from the screenwriting pair of Rachel Long and Brian Pittman and is likened to The Bourne Identity both in tone and in its aspirations to spawn a franchise. The Civilian follows an American doctor who has his identity stolen by a top-level spy. To save himself, the man is forced to, in turns, take the identity of the spy and, with it, the man's dangerous assignment. Mark Gill will produce with Christine Crow, Boaz Davidson, Avi Lerner and Trevor Short executive producing. The Civilian is being fast-tracked into production. While there's currently no one attached to direct or star, expect that to change in the very near future.
- 11/7/2013
- Comingsoon.net
Exclusive: Nu Image will kick off talks on what is likely to become one of the must-haves of the market as Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman prepare to reprise their roles from the original action smash.
Millennium Films is producing and financing London Has Fallen and Alan Siegel and Gerard Butler’s G-Base will also produce. Focus Features is likely to distribute in the Us under the auspices of incoming CEO Peter Schlessel, whose FilmDistrict released the original last March.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in London on May 5 2014 on the story of a plot to strike the city during the funeral of the British Prime Minister. Only the President Of The United States, his secret service head and an English MI6 agent can save the day. Angela Bassett and Radha Mitchell also star.
Butler, Siegel, Mark Gill, Matt O’Toole and Danny Lerner will serve as producers while executive producers are Avi Lerner, [link...
Millennium Films is producing and financing London Has Fallen and Alan Siegel and Gerard Butler’s G-Base will also produce. Focus Features is likely to distribute in the Us under the auspices of incoming CEO Peter Schlessel, whose FilmDistrict released the original last March.
Shooting is scheduled to begin in London on May 5 2014 on the story of a plot to strike the city during the funeral of the British Prime Minister. Only the President Of The United States, his secret service head and an English MI6 agent can save the day. Angela Bassett and Radha Mitchell also star.
Butler, Siegel, Mark Gill, Matt O’Toole and Danny Lerner will serve as producers while executive producers are Avi Lerner, [link...
- 10/29/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Millennium Films has acquired Criminal, a spec script by Douglas Cook & David Weisberg, who are best known for The Rock. This one is an action movie about the right man in the wrong body. In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets and skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous prison inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission. Jc Spink, Chris Bender and Mark Gill are producing. Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Boaz Davidson, John Thompson, Christa Campbell, Lati Grobman, Christine Crow and Jake Weiner are executive producers. Millennium is giving this one the fast-track treatment it gave Olympus Has Fallen, which went from script acquisition to screen in 13 months. That $70 million budget film has crossed the $160 million global gross mark with enough territories ahead to feel optimistic it will cross $200 million on the Antoine Fuqua-directed Gerard Butler-starrer.
- 6/20/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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