The popular Has Fallen series continues as an action series. In Paris Has Fallen, a young agent takes over Gerard Butler’s baton. Reacher and The Night Agent will have to dress warmly.
Just how hated are politicians? Gerard Butler certainly found the occupational hazard of national leadership ranks very convenient recently. As the US president’s bodyguard, he led his Has Fallen films to more than 500 million US dollars in total box office takings, according to The Numbers.
The series is now to be continued with the action series Paris Has Fallen. Can it hold its own against agent hits such as The Night Agent and Reacher?
Gerard Butler’s successor protects Paris from terrorists in action series
As Variety reports, the series was presented in detail for the first time at the London TV Screenings trade fair, which is intended to attract distributors for produced series and television formats, among other things. The broad outline of the story is known
Watch the trailer for the latest Angel Has Fallen film here:
In Paris Has Fallen, a young bodyguard (Tewfik Jallab) has to save the French Minister of Defense from death when terrorists use a major event for an attack. He receives help from an agent of the British secret service MI6, with whom he uncovers a conspiracy within his own ranks.
A representative of the producer Studiocanal describes each of the eight episodes as a “mini-movie” with “epic action scenes”. Among those behind the camera are screenwriter Howard Overman (Misfits) and directors Oded Ruskin (Absentia) and Hans Herbots (The Snake).
In order to keep up with the budgets of agent series such as Citadel or Reacher, Studiocanal has joined forces with French media giant Canal+ and German broadcaster ZDF. This means that Amazon and Netflix also have to get ready for a real challenger
