Neither Reacher nor Night Agent, this famous action saga will continue as a TV series

In May 2023, Deadline announced that the Has Fallen film series had been spun off. Written by Howard Overman (Wrong) and directed by Oded Raskin (False Flag), the 8-episode show is described by a representative of production company Studiocanal as a “mini-movie” with “epic action scenes”.

Recall that in the franchise, Gerard Butler plays Mike Bunning, the bodyguard of the President of the United States, who did not stop saving his country – and at the same time in London – in three films that collected more than 522 million dollars globally. Box Office: The Fall of the White House by Antoine Fuqua (2013), The Fall of London by Babak Najaf (2016) and The Fall of the President by Rick Roman Waugh (2019).

Gerard Butler’s successor defends Paris from terrorists

According to Variety, the series was first detailed at the TV Screenings show in London, which aims to attract distributors, among other things.

fell in Paris (or fall of paris) A young bodyguard (Tewfiq Jalab) must save the French Minister of Defense from death when terrorists take advantage of a major event to launch an attack. He is assisted in his mission by an agent of the British secret service MI6 to ensure the protection of the politician as much as possible. But caught in the middle of a much bigger conspiracy than expected, they quickly suspect that one of their colleagues has been passing information to an enemy who is always one step ahead of them…

Earlier it was announced for the casting Paris has fallenMathieu Kasowitz will finally not play the lead role in the fiction that will air on Canal+. It is now Tewfik Jalab Therefore, (Ooussekine, Cœurs noirs, Engrenages), who will play the main role in the series (via satellites). Emmanuel Bercot (Mon Roi) is also set to join the cast and portray the President of the Republic…

Competition for Night Agent and Reacher

Spy series are all the rage: Paris has fallen It will go up against series like The Night Agent, Citadel or even Reacher, the latter of which is currently a hit on Prime Video. That said, it’s still unclear when the new show will debut. Rumor has it that filming has already wrapped and will be released later this year…

At the moment, Mike Banning (the character played by Gerard Butler) is not part of the script, but a potential cameo for the actor is not impossible. To be continued.

In the meantime, the La Chute saga can be rediscovered on VOD.