Angel Has Fallen

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Gerard Butler Reteams With Millennium Films For Threequel ‘Angel Has Fallen’


EXCLUSIVE: Millennium Films is teaming up with Gerard Butler again, this time for Angel Has Fallen, a threequel follow up to hit action titles Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen.

Butler will be back to star as Secret Service agent Mike Banning, who has spent his career keeping American presidents safe. This time, he’s the target. If his attackers can take down half of Washington D.C. with it, all the better. Among those at risk include the President, whose official Air Force One plane is code-named Angel.

Producers are Butler, Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson and Matt O’Toole. Exec producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short and Christine Otal.

Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who created the franchise, will write the script. No director has been set yet.

Millennium will be launching the title to distributors at the American Film Market next week and it’s sure to be one of the hottest titles up for grabs given the box office success of the first two installments: Olympus Has Fallen took $161M at the worldwide box office while London Has Fallen generated a whopping $205M worldwide.

Millennium is targeting a production start in the first half of 2017.

The company will also be shopping Adrian Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas starrer Unchained, a Reservoir Dogs-style thriller, directed and written by Paul Solet.

Butler is repped by CAA.

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The director was announced today, no news on when the filming starts


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‘Shot Caller’ Director Boards ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Sequel ‘Angel Has Fallen’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Ric Roman Waugh will direct the next installment in the “Olympus Has Fallen” series, “Angel Has Fallen” starring Gerard Butler.

Butler returns as secret service agent Mike Banning and Morgan Freeman is also on board to reprise his role.

Butler will produce with his partner Alan Siegel at their G-BASE production banner, alongside Danielle Robinson. Millennium Entertainment’s John Thompson, Matt O’Toole, and Les Weldon will also produce, with Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, and Boaz Davidson exec producing.

Heidi Jo Markel will also exec produce on behalf of Eclectic Pictures

“Olympus Has Fallen” bowed in 2013, grossing $170.3 million worldwide, including $98.9 million at the domestic box office. The sequel, “London Has Fallen,” did even better overseas, earning $205.8 million worldwide, leading Millennium to move forward on a third installment.

After saving the president in the first two pics, secret service agent Banning himself becomes the target of terrorists, this time while mid-flight on Air Force One.

Insiders say Butler has been a fan of Waugh’s work since seeing his first film, 2008’s “Felon,” and has wanted to collaborate with him ever since. After attending an early screening of Waugh’s new movie, “Shot Caller,” which earned rave reviews after its premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival, with a handful of producers, Butler was convinced that Waugh was the perfect person to bring a new vision to the franchise.

“Shot Caller” serves as the end of the filmmaker’s prison trilogy that featured “Felon” and the Dwayne Johnson-starrer “Snitch.” Saban Films acquired “Shot Caller” from Relativity following the studio’s bankruptcy and set it to hit theaters on Aug. 18. It’s currently on premium video-on-demand.

Waugh is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.

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'Olympus Has Fallen' Follow-Up Gets Director


Ric Roman Waugh, who wrote and directed the Stephen Dorff-starrer Felon, will helm the Olympus Has Fallen sequel, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Gerard Butler will reprise his role in Millennium Films' Angel Has Fallen, a threequel following the action flicks Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. Waugh will direct Butler as the Secret Service agent who has kept American presidents safe — but this time, he's the attackers' target.

Among those also at risk is the commander-in-chief, whose official plane Air Force One is code-named Angel. Butler will produce with Alan Siegel, Mark Gill, John Thompson and Matt O'Toole. Executive producers are Avi Lerner, Trevor Short and Christine Otal.

Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who created the franchise, are penning the script. The threequel follows Antoine Fuqua's 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen, which earned $161 million worldwide. Babak Najafi's London Has Fallen, released earlier this year, grossed $195 million globally.

Waugh, a former stuntman before turning to directing, is repped by WME and Anonymous Content.

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Angel Has Fallen starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman to shoot at Virginia Water Lake


Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman could be among some of the superstars shooting a new action film in Surrey later this month.

Virginia Water Lake looks to be the likely location after residents were sent a letter on Friday (January 26) confirming film crews would be in the village from Monday.

Angel Has Fallen, which follows Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen, will begin shooting in Virginia Water on Monday (January 29) - and is scheduled to continue until February 23.

Other cast members include Holt McCallany, best known for Fight Club and The Losers, and Jada Pinkett Smith, who starred in The Matrix trilogy and voiced Gloria in the Madagascar films.

Some of the scenes due to be filmed in Virginia Water are set to involve a "significant number of special effects, stunts, pyrotechnics, explosions and blank gunfire".

According to the produces, filming will only take place within the park and "specifically on the shoreline and on the water". For safety reasons, the path around the lake will be fully shut on February 8, 9, 12 and 15.

Directed by Ric Roman Waugh, the film is about a secret service agent, Mike Banning, who becomes the target of terrorists.

Producers have been working with the Crown Estate, Surrey County Council (SCC), Surrey Police and Surrey Highways before the shooting begins.


In the letter sent to residents, the film's location manager said they wished to thank the people of Virginia Water in advance for their "assistance and patience" during the production.

"I look forward to meeting some of you during our time at Virginia Water," they said.

According to IMBD, the film is set to be released later this year.