Has Fallen

Has Fallen is an American action 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 stars Aaron Eckhart as U.S. President Benjamin Asher, and Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House (and eventual President) Allan Trumbull. The films have received generally mixed critical reception and have grossed a combined total of $523 million worldwide.

Has Fallen
Based onCharacters by
Creighton Rothenberger
Katrin Benedikt
Starring
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
2013–present
Running time
339 minutes
(Cumulative of 3 films)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$170 million
(Cumulative of 3 films)
Box office$523.5 million
(Cumulative of 3 films)

The film series will continue, as Butler 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.[1]

Films

Film U.S.
release date
Director Screenwriter(s) Story by Producer(s)
Olympus Has Fallen March 22, 2013 (2013-03-22) Antoine Fuqua Creighton Rothenberger
and Katrin Benedikt
Antoine Fuqua, Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Ed Cathell III, Danny Lerner and Mark Gill
London Has Fallen March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04) Babak Najafi Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt
and Christian Gudegast
and Chad St. John
Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole and Les Weldon
Angel Has Fallen August 23, 2019 (2019-08-23) Ric Roman Waugh Robert Mark Kamen
and Matt Cook & Ric Roman Waugh
Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, John Thompson, Matt O'Toole, Les Weldon and Yariv Lerner
Night Has Fallen TBA Robert Mark Kamen & Ric Roman Waugh Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Heidi Jo Markel, Les Weldon, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger and Yariv Lerner

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

Disgraced Secret Service agent (and former presidential guard) Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) finds himself trapped inside the White House when North Korean terrorists attack. Using his inside knowledge, Banning must work with national security to rescue the President from his kidnappers.

London Has Fallen (2016)

In London for the British Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders ordered by a Pakistani terrorist leader and his son.

Angel Has Fallen (2019)

Mike Banning is framed for the attempt to assassinate the President by a rogue private military company 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.[2] 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.[3]

Future

Following Night Has Fallen, two more movies will follow. In addition to the movies, television spin-offs are being considered. Because of the film series' popularity in other territories, he also announced plans for various television series to debut in foreign countries, with each show's local mother tongues to 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.[1][2] In November 2020, producer Greenstein confirmed development for a television series is on-going.[4]

Cast and characters

Character Film
Olympus Has Fallen
(2013)
London Has Fallen
(2016)
Angel Has Fallen
(2019)
Night Has Fallen
(TBA)
Michael Jameson "Mike" Banning
former-US Army, Regimental Reconnaissance Company, US Army Special Forces


OHF-AHF-United States Secret Service Agent
AHF-NHF-Secret Service Director

Gerard Butler
Allan Trumbull
OHF-Speaker of the US House of Representatives
LHF-Vice President of the United States
AHF-President of the United States
Morgan Freeman  
Leah Banning Radha Mitchell Piper Perabo  
Benjamin “Ben” Asher
OHF-LHF-President of the United States
Aaron Eckhart  
Ruth McMillan
Secretary of Defense
Melissa Leo  
Edward Clegg
OHF-US Army General, Chief of Staff
LHF-US Army General, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
Robert Forster  
Lynne Jacobs
Director of the United States Secret Service
Angela Bassett  
Ray Monroe
Deputy Director of the NSA
Sean O'Bryan  
Margaret Asher
former-First Lady of the United States of America
Ashley Judd Mentioned  
Connor Asher Finley Jacobsen  
Lynne Banning   Jessica and Maisie Cobley  
Dave Forbes
former-US Secret Service Agent
Dylan McDermott  
Agent Roma
United States Secret Service, Special Agent-in-Charge
Cole Hauser  
Kang Yeonsak Rick Yune  
Jacqueline Marshall
MI6, Secret Intelligence Service Agent
  Charlotte Riley  
Mason
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  Jackie Earle Haley  
Kevin Hazard
Commissioner of Greater London Metropolitan Police Service
  Colin Salmon  
Aamir Barkawi   Alon Aboutboul  
Kamran Barkawi   Waleed Zuaiter  
Clay Banning   Nick Nolte  
Wade Jennings   Danny Huston  
Helen Thompson
FBI Special Agent
  Jada Pinkett Smith  
David Gentry
AHF-Secret Service Director
  Lance Reddick  
Martin Kirby
AHF-Vice President of the United States
  Tim Blake Nelson  

Additional crew and production details

Film 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
Night Has Fallen TBA TBA TBA Millennium Media,
G-BASE,
Campbell Grobman Films,
Eclectic Pictures,
Nu Boyana Film Studios
TBA TBA

Reception

Box office performance

Film Box office gross Budget
Opening weekend
(North America)
North America Other territories Worldwide
Olympus Has Fallen[5] (2013) $30,373,794 $98,925,640 $71,344,561 $170,270,201 $70 million
London Has Fallen[6] (2016) $21,635,601 $62,524,260 $143,230,187 $205,754,447 $60 million
Angel Has Fallen[7] (2019) $21,380,987 $69,030,436 $78,471,554 $147,501,990 $40 million
Total $73,390,382 $230,634,684 $293,046,302 $523,526,638 $170 million
List indicator(s)
  • (A) indicates the adjusted totals based on current ticket prices (calculated by Box Office Mojo).[8]

Critical and public response

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
Olympus Has Fallen 49% (197 reviews)[9] 41 (30 reviews)[10] A-[11]
London Has Fallen 28% (196 reviews)[12] 28 (35 reviews)[13] A-[11]
Angel Has Fallen 39% (183 reviews)[14] 45 (33 reviews)[15] A-[11]

References

  1. Tom Grater (November 8, 2019). "'Angel Has Fallen' Producer Alan Siegel: Expect More Sequels & Local Language Spin-Offs". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  2. Grater, Tom (November 8, 2019). "'Angel Has Fallen' Producer Alan Siegel: Expect More Sequels & Local Language Spin-Offs In Millennium Franchise". Deadline. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  3. McNary, Dave (November 9, 2020). "Millennium's Jeffrey Greenstein Unveils a Fourth 'Fallen' as AFM Launches". Variety. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  4. McNary, Dave (November 9, 2020). "Millennium's Jeffrey Greenstein Unveils a Fourth 'Has Fallen' as AFM Launches". Variety. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  5. "Olympus Has Fallen (2013)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  6. "London Has Fallen (2016)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  7. "Angel has Fallen (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  8. "Has Fallen Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
  9. "Olympus Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  10. "Olympus Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  11. "Cinemascore". Cinemascore.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  12. "London Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  13. "London Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  14. "Angel Has Fallen". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved November 10, 2020.
  15. "Angel Has Fallen". Metacritic. CBS. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
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