After three Power Attack films and a fourth in the works, Night Has Fallen.
the franchise will continue with the eight-episode Paris Has Fallen TV series , produced in Europe by StudioCanal , which will begin shooting on May 30 in London and Paris.
Geard Butler , the interpreter of the American secret agent Mike Banning in the films, is not officially linked to the project but according to sources of Deadline could have a cameo. They are currently closing deals with the other cast members.
The filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz ( Amelie, Le Bureau – Undercover ) will play the protagonist Vincent, responsible for the protection of a French minister, target of a terrorist group led by the villain Jacob. Vincent works with Zara, an MI6 agent, to keep the politician safe, but the two end up uncovering a larger conspiracy, and suspect that a colleague from the security services is feeding information to Jacob, who is always a step forward in his mission to destroy Paris.
The staff
Scripted by Howard Overman (Misfits), the series is directed by Oded Ruskin (Hulu’s No Man’s Land)
StudioCanal (War of the Worlds) produces the series with Urban Myth Films , and two companies behind the films: Millennium Media and Butler’s G-Base .
Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy and Overman produce for StudioCanal -owned Urban Myth . Butler and Alan Siegel for G-Base , while Avi Lerner, Jeffrey Greenstein, Jonathan Yunger and Yariv Lerner for Millenium .