Gerard Butler’sHas Fallenseries has become an unexpected blockbuster action franchise, and itsnext installment will shake up the series in one significant way.The series began in 2013 withOlympus Has Fallen, best described as “Die Hard in the White House.” Butler plays a disgraced Secret Service agent named Mike Banning, who scores a chance at redemption when he’s the last line of defense during a North Korean-led guerrilla assault on the White House. The movie was a big enough hit for the studio to launch a franchise, with each sequel pitting Banning against a different political threat.
The first sequel,London Has Fallen, released in 2016, sees Banning protecting the U.S. President when terrorists attack the British Prime Minister’s funeral and the whole city descends into chaos. The threequel,Angel Has Fallen, released in 2019, sees Banning racing to clear his name when he’s framed for a drone strike on the President. TheHas Fallenfranchise was doing perfectly well as a string of Butler-starring action thrillers, but the next entry in the series is getting a little more ambitious.Paris Has Fallenwill do something that the franchise has never done before.
Night Has Fallen Should Make Gerard Butler’s Banning The Next President
Night Has Fallen will be the fourth entry in the series and it should take the next logical step and make Gerard Butler’s Mike Banning the President.
Paris Has Fallen Is The First TV Show In The “Has Fallen” Franchise
The Has Fallen Franchise Is Switching To The Small Screen
Although the first three installments in theHas Fallenfranchise have been feature films released on the big screen, the fourth entry –Paris Has Fallen– is switching to the small screen.Paris Has Fallenis a TV series with a new cast of characters, set in the same universe as the movies. The series won’t star Butler; instead, it’ll feature Ben Addis, Tewfik Jallab, and Ritu Arya.Paris Has Fallenrecently dropped its first trailer. The plot was previously being kept under wraps, but the trailer has shed some light on it.
Olympus Has Fallenwas released in the same summer asWhite House Down, which has a very similar premise.
Paris Has Fallenwill revolve around an MI6 agent and a protection officer who team up to solve the mysterious case of a terrorist attack. Their investigation into a possible mole will lead them to uncover a dangerous conspiracy that threatens the city of Paris. The series was originally set to star Mathieu Kassovitz, but he dropped out and was replaced by Jallab due to creative differences. Howard Overman is writing the series and Butler is expected to reprise his role as Banning, but only as a cameo appearance.
How Paris Has Fallen’s Format Will Make It Different From The Gerard Butler Movies
The Has Fallen Movies Were Restrained By Three-Act Storytelling
Paris Has Fallenwill be able to enjoy all the advantages that television has over film. Movies are typically restrained by the trappings of the three-act story structure.EveryHas Fallenfilmsets up a threat in the first act, spends the second act escalating that threat, and brings it all together for an action-packed climax in the third act. After three movies, that formula has become pretty rigid and familiar.The TV show will have the freedom to explore the characters in more depth; it won’t need to focus non-stop on action and spectacle.
The TV format ofParis Has Fallenhas the potential to be the most emotionally engagingHas Fallenproject yet.
In recent years, a lot of TV shows have been restrained by the three-act storytelling of film. A lot of recent Marvel andStar Warsseries have suffered from this problem, dragging out a feature film’s worth of story to a six or eight-part miniseries. Hopefully,Paris Has Fallenwill avoid falling into this trap and will utilize the benefits of serialized television.All that extra runtime gives TV shows the opportunity to sink their teeth into their characters.The TV format ofParis Has Fallenhas the potential to be the most emotionally engagingHas Fallenproject yet.
Will There Be Another Has Fallen Movie Starring Gerard Butler?
A Fourth Has Fallen Film Called Night Has Fallen Is In Development
In 2019, it was confirmed that a fourthHas Fallenmovie is in development – and not only that, a fifth and sixth movie are in development, too.The fourth film, titledNight Has Fallen, has officially been given the greenlight, with Butler confirmed to be reprising his role as Banning as well as serving as a producer.Angel Has Fallendirector Ric Roman Waugh is confirmed to be returning to helmNight Has Fallen, making him the first director of aHas Fallenmovie to return for a second one.
But it’s been almost four years sinceNight Has Fallenwas given the greenlight, and it’s still gotten no closer to becoming a reality. There were reports of financial disputes between Butler and the producers, but those disputes have been settled as of October 2023, so work on the fourth film can continue. Given the success of the first three movies, it’s likely that a fourthHas Fallenfilm will eventually see the light of day.
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Olympus Has Fallen an action thriller film and is the first in the franchise. The film follows former army ranger/special service agent Mike Banning who lost his position after the death of the President’s wife. When a North Korean terrorist group attacks the White House, Banning must tune back into his old skill set to save the president and the country from nuclear devastation.
