Paris Has Fallen is a 2024 French and English-language action television series. It is written by Howard Overman and directed by Oded Ruskin and Hans Herbots. The cast is led by Tewfik Jallab, Ritu Arya and Sean Harris.
| Paris Has Fallen | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Thriller |
| Created by | Howard Overman |
| Screenplay by | Howard Overman |
| Directed by | Oded Ruskin Hans Herbots |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Ian Arber Dave Rowntree |
| Country of origin | France United Kingdom United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Johnny Capps Julian Murphy |
| Producers | Alan Siegel Johnny Capps Julian Murphy Gerard Butler Howard Overman Avi Lerner Jeffrey Greenstein Jonathan Yunger Yariv Lerner Heidi Jo Markel |
| Cinematography | Adam Etherington Philippe Kress |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Canal+ |
| Release | 23 September 2024 – present |
Premise
editSet in the Has Fallen universe, a disillusioned former French Foreign Legion soldier launched a revenge attack against the French government.[1]
Cast
edit- Tewfik Jallab as Vincent Taleb
- Ritu Arya as Zara Taylor
- Sean Harris as Jacob Pearce
- Ana Ularu as Freja Karlsson
- Camille Rutherford as Théa
- Jérémie Covillault as Matis Garnier
- Emmanuelle Bercot as Juliette Levesque
- Nathan Willcocks as Philippe Bardin
- Laurent Lucas as Pascal Moulin
Production
editThe eight-part series is written by Howard Overman and produced by StudioCanal, Urban Myth Films, and Millennium Media and G-BASE, the two companies that produced the Has Fallen film franchise. Eclectic Pictures is also attached. Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy, and Howard Overman are producers for Urban Myth, whilst Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel produce for G-Base. For Millenium Media Avi Lerner is a producer along with Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger, and Yariv Lerner as well as Heidi Jo Markel from Eclectic Pictures. Lati Grobman is an executive producer.[2][3] The lead directors are Oded Ruskin and Hans Herbots. Filming took place in October 2023 with filming locations including Paris and London.[4]
Mathieu Kassovitz was initially cast in the lead role but was later replaced by Tewfik Jallab. Other cast members include Sean Harris, Ritu Arya and Camille Rutherford, as well as Ana Ularu, Jérémie Covillault and Emmanuelle Bercot.[5][6]
Release
editThe series was shown on Canal+ in France from 23 September 2024.[7] It premiered in Australia on public broadcaster SBS Television on 26 September 2024.[8] The series was released in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime Video on 1 November 2024.[9] All eight episodes premiere in the United States on 6 December 2024, on Hulu.[10]
Reception
editNeil Armstrong in the i newspaper praised the performance of Arya and described it as a "silly but enjoyable action thriller".[11] Adam Sweeting for The Arts Desk gave the show four stars and praised "strong work from Arya and Jallab" but felt that "the show’s major calling card is Sean Harris".[12]
References
edit- ^ Klein, Brennan (30 August 2024). "Paris Has Fallen Trailer Introduces New Heroes to Gerard Butler's $523.5M Action Franchise Olympus Has Fallen". Screen Rant. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (20 October 2024). "Hulu Closes U.S. Deal For StudioCanal Series Paris Has Fallen". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Sharma, Dishya (10 November 2024). "Paris Has Fallen Writer Howard Overman Says They Didn't Want Show to Be 'Bleak And Too Dark'". News18.com. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Shoot starts on Urban Myth's Paris Has Fallen". Televisual. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Mathieu Kassovitz Exits Paris Has Fallen TV Series; StudioCanal Releases First-Look Images". Deadline Hollywood. 13 October 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Kanter, Jake (12 May 2023). "Has Fallen Film Franchise Switches to TV; Mathieu Kassovitz to Star in Series Backed by StudioCanal & Co-Produced by Gerard Butler's G-Base". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Blanvillain, Allan (30 August 2024). "Paris Has Fallen : pas de Gerard Butler, mais beaucoup d'action dans la bande-annonce de la série Canal+". Journaldugeek. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ "Don't miss the exclusive Australian premiere of Paris Has Fallen on SBS and SBS on Demand", 18 September 2024, Special Broadcasting Service, Australia
- ^ Anderson, Hayley (30 October 2024). "Paris Has Fallen release date, cast, plot for Gerard Butler's Prime Video drama". Leeds-live. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Davis, Edward (19 November 2024). "Paris Has Fallen Trailer: The Olympus Has Fallen Franchise About Presidential Attacks Moves to France in December". The Playlist. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Armstrong, Neil (1 November 2024). "Paris Has Fallen review: I've found the next Bond – and she's a British-Asian lesbian". inews. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (14 November 2024). "Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review – Afghan war veteran wreaks a terrible vengeance". The Arts Desk. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
