“Misfits” creator Howard Overman is writing “Paris Has Fallen,” with StudioCanal and Urban Myth Films (the 2019 “War of the Worlds” TV present) becoming a member of forces with Gerard Butler’s G-Base and Millennium Media (that are additionally behind the “Has Fallen” motion pictures) to again the collection. Here’s how Deadline describes the present:
[Mathieu] Kassovitz will star as Vincent, a safety officer to a French Minister, who’s the goal of a terror group led by villain Jacob. Vincent works with MI6 operative Zara to maintain the politician protected, however they finally unravel a wider plot, suspecting {that a} safety service colleague is feeding info to Jacob, who’s at all times a step forward in his mission to carry down Paris.
StudioCanal is planning to buy the eight-episode present to U.S. and UK patrons within the months to come back, with filming set to happen in London and Paris beginning on May 30, 2023. (Writers strike? What writers strike?) Butler truly filed a lawsuit over earnings he claims he was owed from “Olympus Has Fallen” again in July 2021, however plainly’s not stopping the person from persevering with to work on the “Has Fallen” franchise. He’s additionally received sequels to “Den of Thieves” and his 2020 catastrophe movie “Greenland” in improvement, and I truthfully would not rule out the concept of him reprising his animated function as Stoick for the live-action “How to Train Your Dragon” remake.
Say what you’ll about Butler and his artwork, however you gotta respect the hustle. Case in level: Butler will return later this month when his newest motion/thriller, “Kandahar,” hits theaters on May 26, 2023.