London Has Fallen is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Babak Najafi and written by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Chad St. John, and Christian Gudegast. It is a sequel to Antoine Fuqua's 2013 film Olympus Has Fallen and stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, and Morgan Freeman, with Alon Moni Aboutboul, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Melissa Leo, and Radha Mitchell in supporting roles.
Filming began on October 24, 2014, in London, a Christmas break started in November with filming resuming in February 2015. London Has Fallen is set to be released on March 4, 2016 by Focus Features under their recently revived Gramercy Pictures label.
Directed by Babak Najafi
Produced by
Gerard Butler
Mark Gill
Danny Lerner
Matt O'Toole
Alan Siegel
Les Weldon
Screenplay by
Creighton Rothenberger
Katrin Benedikt
Chad St. John
Christian Gudegast
Story by
Creighton Rothenberger
Katrin Benedikt
Based on Characters by
Creighton Rothenberger
Katrin Benedikt
Starring
Gerard Butler
Aaron Eckhart
Morgan Freeman
Alon Moni Aboutboul
Angela Bassett
Robert Forster
Melissa Leo
Radha Mitchell
Music by Trevor Morris[1]
Cinematography Ed Wild
Edited by
Michael J. Duthie
Paul Martin Smith
Production
company
G-BASE
Millennium Films
LHF Film
Distributed by
Gramercy Pictures (US)[2]
Lionsgate Films (non-US)
Release dates
March 4, 2016 (United States)
Running time
99 minutes[3]
Country United States
Language English
Budget $105 million[4]
Cast[edit]
Gerard Butler as Mike Banning, a Secret Service agent.[6]
Aaron Eckhart as Benjamin Asher, the President of the United States.[6]
Morgan Freeman as Allan Trumbull, the former Speaker of the House who was sworn in as the Vice President of the United States following the death of Charlie Rodriguez.[7]
Alon Moni Aboutboul as Aamir Barkawi, a terrorist mastermind who is #6 on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list.[8]
Angela Bassett as Lynne Jacobs, the Director of the United States Secret Service[6]
Robert Forster as US Army General Edward Clegg[8]
Melissa Leo as Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan[9]
Radha Mitchell as Leah Banning, Mike's wife and a nurse[6]
Charlotte Riley as the British MI6 agent[10]
Jackie Earle Haley as Deputy Chief Mason[11]
Sean O'Bryan as Ray Monroe, the Deputy Director of the National Security Agency[8]
Mehdi Dehbi as Sultan Mansoor, the youngest of three brothers whose life has been forever changed after a drone strike.[12]
Waleed Zuaiter as Kamran, Barkawi's henchman[8]