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Millennium Media, the force behind action mainstays such as The Expendables and The Fallen franchise, is charting new territory with the Rambo saga.

Currently making waves at the Cannes Film Festival, the studio is shopping a prequel that will delve into the origins of John Rambo, an origin story that notably will not star Sylvester Stallone in the lead role (though a cameo isn't entirely off the table).

Millennium is financing the project and actively seeking distribution partners at the festival, with production anticipated to begin in October.

This trip into the past follows Millennium's previous franchise installments, Rambo (2008) and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). According to Deadline Hollywood, the film will explore Rambo's intense combat experiences in the Vietnam War, with directorial duties entrusted to Jalmari Helander, the celebrated director of the recent action hit Sisu.

The screenplay is penned by the writing team of Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani, known...

Exclusive: Film Bridge International has wrapped filming in New Jersey and New York on action-thriller The Florist, starring Dennis Quaid (The Substance), Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional), and Sky Katz (Raven’s Home).

Babak Najafi (London Has Fallen) directs from a script written by Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch) and Scott Windhauser (Mafia Wars). The film also features Anna Schafer (The Trials of Cate McCall) and Leonidas Gulaptis (A Nice Girl Like You).

Pic follows Carl Rikker (Dennis Quaid), an introverted, quiet horticulturist who loves his day job. However, he holds a dark secret – at night, he moonlights as a ruthless assassin. His identity is threatened when he forms an unlikely friendship with a teenage girl.

Film Bridge has secured international distribution partners including Square One (Germany), Mediaset (Italy and Spain), Monolith Films (Poland), Rialto Films (Australia/Nz), Cinesky (Airlines/Ships), Falcon Films (Middle East), Spenztos (Greece), and Pt Prima...

Gerard Butler has movies scattered across every streaming service, but one of them is due to depart its home soon. Butler stars alongside Dune: Prophecy veteran Travis Fimmel in Kandahar, the 2023 conspiracy thriller following a CIA operative and his translator who flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission. Kandahar has been streaming on Hulu for months now, but the streamer has announced that it will depart the platform on May 31, which still leaves more than a month for Butler’s fans to check out the film. Kandahar finished its run in theaters after grossing only $9 million, and the film earned a 45% rating from critics but a solid 82% rating from general audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Mitchell Lafortune wrote the screenplay for Kandahar, and Ric Roman Waugh was tapped to direct the film. Lafortune’s only other writing credit in his career has come from Last Breath,...

Gerard Butler has had a varied career so far, with him playing everything from action leads to rom-com love interests to a singing Phantom of the Opera for Joel Schumacher. But, it has to be said that his most consistently entertaining output falls squarely into the action genre, and as far as Gerard Butler movies go, the action films will always be our favorites… so don’t expect to see The Ugly Truth on this list, but the Jennifer Aniston adventure The Bounty Hunter might scrape by. Or maybe not. Let’s see how it goes:

300 (2006)

Perhaps The film that put Gerard Butler on the map for most people, particularly the action and comic book crowds. Butler is in peak physical form here, showing off his bod as the ultimate Spartan warrior and proving that he is indeed quite the leading man. His performance here is commanding, a bit in...

Image Source: Lionsgate Gerard Butler has firmly established himself as a modern action star, commanding attention with his gripping performances on the big screen. From the raw intensity of the Den of Thieves series to the adrenaline-pumping Has Fallen trilogy—Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), and Angel Has Fallen (2019)—Butler consistently delivers unforgettable action-packed moments. Adding to his impressive lineup is the 2023 hit Plane. Plane struck a chord with audiences, earning both box office success and a surge in streaming popularity. The film thrusts viewers into a nail-biting scenario: a veteran pilot, forced to make an emergency landing during a violent storm, finds himself and his passengers stranded in a perilous war zone. Butler, from the outset, recognized the film’s potential to resonate, attributing its success to a perfect mix of intense action and deeply human, relatable characters. (Click on the media bar below to see Gerard Butler.

Prime Video’s latest romantic comedy, Picture This, offers a fresh take on modern love, cultural expectations, and self-discovery. Directed by Prarthana Mohan, the film blends humor and heartfelt moments, making it a standout in the rom-com genre. This article delves into Picture This cast, characters, themes, and soundtrack, providing all the details you need.

What is Prime Video’s Latest Rom-Com ‘Picture This’ about?

Set in contemporary London, Picture This follows Pia, a 29-year-old photographer struggling to keep her business afloat. During her sister Sonal’s engagement party, a spiritual guru predicts that Pia will meet the love of her life within her next five dates. Encouraged by her family, she embarks on a series of blind dates, leading to humorous and emotional encounters that challenge her perception of love and destiny.

‘Picture This’ Cast and Characters Explained:

Here’s a detailed look at the Picture This cast and the characters they portray.

Last year’s spin-off to one of Gerard Butler’s most beloved action thriller franchises, the Has Fallen saga, will return for more. Paris Has Fallenis a French and English-language action series which debuted on Canal+ before landing on both Prime Video and Hulu. Critically well-received, it has now been confirmed that the spin-off will return for a second season, with Paris Has Fallen Season 2 now in production and with filming now underway in the United Kingdom.

Released in the latter part of last year, Paris Has Fallen transports the action to the French capital, and follows Tewfik Jallab (Squad 36) as a protection officer who teams up with Ritu Arya’s (The Umbrella Academy) MI6 operative to stop a terrorist group led by Jacob Pearce, played by Mission: Impossible villain Sean Harris.

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The Has Fallen series, which was spun off of the Gerard Butler movies — Olympia Has Fallen, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen — will be getting a new season as confirmed by Canal+. The debut season, which was titled Paris Has Fallen, brings a lot of what made the movies successful to the show. Our own Alex Maidy says in his review, “Paris Has Fallen mines so much familiar territory covered in the feature films as well as countless other action shows on the small screen, but it does it with three charismatic leads who seem to be having a blast kicking ass through the City of Lights.”

According to Deadline, Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada confirmed the second season of the Has Fallen TV series in a statement made for Canal+’s preliminary full-year 2024 results. Saada said, “Studiocanal‘s first-ever global TV series Paris Has Fallen, based on the successful Has Fallen film franchise,...

Has Fallen will return for another high-stakes season on TV.

Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada today confirmed a second season of the action thriller series, which was spun out of the Has Fallen films, is in production in the UK on a second season. Season 1, Paris Has Fallen, was set in the French capital with some filming taking place in London.

Saada revealed the news in comments prepared for Canal+’s preliminary full-year 2024 results.

“Studiocanal’s first-ever global TV series Paris Has Fallen, based on the successful Has Fallen film franchise, was a smashing success in all Canal+ pay-tv territories, as well as on Amazon Prime in the UK and Hulu in the United States,” he said. “It will naturally be followed by a second season now shooting in the UK.”

No further details were given but Season 1 of the Canal+ original, which sold to the likes of Hulu and Prime Video,...

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Without question, the Has Fallen movie trilogy written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt is one Hollywood franchise that should be analyzed and studied. Starring Gerard Butler as Secret Service agent Mike Banning and Morgan Freeman (in various roles), each of the three movies barely passed their budget in North American box office totals and didn’t receive the best praise from critics. Albeit, the first and third films — 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen and 2019’s Angel Has Fallen — actually lead when it comes to the two aforementioned categories. On the other hand, 2016’s London Has Fallen, which sees Banning escort president Benjamin Asher out of the vice of Islamic terrorists, seems to have taken an even greater misstep.

The second action flick in the series not only stands out...

If we’re holding up the all-time best bank robbery movies, a special place is reserved for classics like Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, Heat, and a handful more. But when it comes to the most underrated recent cinematic bank heists, Christian Gudegast’s 2018 movie Den of Thieves ranks right up there with the most entertaining and hyper-violent examples like The Town, Point Break, Hell or High Water, and the like. Now that Gudegast recently unloaded Den of Thieves 2: Pantera on the masses this January, it’s high time to reflect on the making of the original.

While a tad long and baldly inspired by Michael Mann’s Heat, Den of Thieves was released in January 2018 to commercial success and middling critical acclaim. For those in the dark, the story concerns a unit of former Marines turned bank robbers called The Outlaws led by Ray Merrimen (Pablo Schreiber...

The Masters of the Universe star Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson has offered an update on the long-gestating reboot of the beloved ‘80s franchise. Jóhannesson, who can currently be seen making his MCU debut as Serpent Society member Copperhead in Captain America: Brave New World, has revealed that filming on the Amazon movie is set to start very soon.

Speaking with Deadline at the premiere for the MCU sequel (which has proven to be surprisingly divisive), Jóhannesson offered some insight into when Masters of the Universe will go before cameras, the prep it has taken to get there, and the “fun script” that will shape this new take on He-Man.

“We started prepping in November last year, filming starts I think in about a week or so…couple of weeks. Up until now it’s been a lot of weight lifting and rehearsing, but we’re about to get into it and...

James Purefoy (“King Randor”) and Charlotte Riley (“Queen Marlena”) have been cast in the upcoming live-action feature film “Masters of the Universe,” based on the iconic Mattel franchise, Amazon MGM and Mattel announced on Tuesday.

Both will star alongside the already announced Nicholas Galitzine (“He-Man”), Camila Mendes (“Teela”), Morena Baccarin (“The Sorceress”), Alison Brie (“Evil-Lyn”), Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (“Malcolm/Fisto”), Jared Leto (“Skeletor”), Idris Elba (“Duncan/Man-at-Arms”), Sam C. Wilson (“Trap Jaw”), Hafthor Bjornsson (“Goat Man”) and Kojo Attah (“Tri-Klops”).

Travis Knight is directing the film from a screenplay by Chris Butler. Plot details are being kept under wraps for the film, which will be released exclusively in theaters worldwide on June 5, 2026. The movie will be produced by Escape Artists and Mattel Films.

Mattel introduced the world to He-Man in 1982 with the launch of a toy line (dubbed Masters of the Universe) and the debut of the animated series “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe...

He-Man’s royal parents have been found.

James Purefoy and Charlotte Riley have been cast as King Randor and Queen Marlena in Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel Films’ live-action take on Masters of the Universe.

Travis Knight is directing the feature that Amazon MGM plans on releasing theatrically worldwide June 5, 2026.

Based on the quintessential toyline first launched in the 1980s and the popular cartoon of the same era, the concept centers on the character of Prince Adam of Eternia who, thanks to his Power Sword, turns into the muscular He-Man and is imbued with superhuman strength and abilities. With his assortment of allies, he defends the planet from the evil Skeletor and his armies.

Nicholas Galitzine is the sword-wielding prince while Jared Leto is on board as Skeletor, an evil sorcerer looking for secrets of the mysterious Castle Grayskull.

Also on the call sheet are Camla Mendes as Teela, Morena Baccarin as the Sorceress,...

Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's 2013 action thriller film White House Down can now be watched for free. The movie is officially streaming on Tubi as of Feb. 1.

White House Down's new streaming home comes directly after the Channing Tatum film left Netflix on Jan. 31 alongside 21 and 22 Jump Street. In the movie, Tatum stars as divorced US Capitol Police officer John Cale, who finds himself fighting to rescue his daughter and the President of the United States (Jamie Foxx) when a terrorist attack occurs in the White House. Other cast members in the film included Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins and James Woods.

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Ridley Scott's critically acclaimed gangster film starring Denzel Washington has a new streaming home.

Tatum and Foxx's chemistry was one of White House Down's strengths, according to critics, but it wasn't...

Eddie Murphy has been cast in the superspy action comedy ‘Blue Falcon’ for Sony.

Murphy will play a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son and finds himself in proximity to his arch-rival.

Penned by ‘London Has Fallen’ scribe Chad St. John, the project will be produced by Davis Films’ John Davis, Cliff Roberts through Syndicate Entertainment, and Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster through Eddie Murphy Productions.

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Murphy was last seen reprising his iconic role as Axel Foley in Netflix’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’. He is also set to reprise his voice role as Donkey in ‘Shrek 5’, alongside Mike Myers as Shrek and Cameron Diaz as Fiona with DreamWorks Animation setting a December 2026 release date. His other projects include reuniting with Bill Condon on the life of Parliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton.

Comedy and Hollywood icon Eddie Murphy is all set to return to the world of action comedy, but not as Beverly Hills Cop’s Axel Foley. No, this time, Murphy will lead the original action outing Blue Falcon, which finds the Shrek star channeling James Bond as a retired superspy who finds himself in danger while attending his son’s wedding.

According to Deadline, Blue Falcon will be “a two-hander action comedy,” with Sony Pictures having now picked up the rights to the project. If the idea of Eddie Murphy as a retired superspy is not quite enough to have you excited for the action movie shenanigans to come, Blue Falcon has been written by Chad St. John, whose previous writing credits include the action thriller Peppermint starring Jennifer Garner, the Gerard Butler-led action sequel London Has Fallen, and the upcoming Motor City starring Reacher’s Alan Ritchson.

Blue...

Eddie Murphy is set to star in the action comedy 'Blue Falcon'.The 63-year-old actor has landed a role in the two-hander film that has a script by 'London Has Fallen' writer Chad St. John.In 'Blue Falcon', Murphy will portray a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son – only to find himself in proximity with his archrival.The 'Coming to America' star is producing the picture for his Eddie Murphy Productions company with Charisse Hewitt-Webster as well as John Davis for Davis Films and Cliff Roberts through Syndicate Entertainment.Murphy will once again lend his voice to Donkey in the upcoming film 'Shrek 5', which is set for release in 2026, and revealed that he would like to make a movie that combines every role he has played previously.He told Australia's Who magazine last year: "Sure. We're just doing another Shrek,...

We don't know about you, but there was just something about seeing Eddie Murphy back on laugh-out-loud funny form in last year's Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F that felt right. Sure, Murphy's put in solid work in the likes of You People and Candy Cane Lane in recent years, but his return to the role of Axel Foley was a glowing reminder that the legendary funnyman still has it in him to lead and carry a big comedy star vehicle. And Sony clearly got the memo, as Murphy has been tapped to lead Blue Falcon, an original comedy joint hailing from London Has Fallen writer Chad St. John.

Per Deadline's reporting, Murphy is poised to take on the role of a retired superspy in St. John's film, with the rub being that his character will come face to face with an old rival while trying to build bridges at his estranged son's destination wedding.

It looks like Eddie Murphy has found his next project. After a 2024 that saw the long-awaited release of “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F,” we’ve been wondering what project Murphy would sign on for next. Well, we have an answer now— “Blue Falcon.”

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According to Deadline, Eddie Murphy is set to star in “Blue Falcon,” a project that originated from “London Has Fallen” writer Chad St.

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Exclusive: Sony Pictures has Eddie Murphy poised to star in Blue Falcon, a two-hander action comedy. Studio acquired a script by Chad St. John, the the London Has Fallen scribe who most recently scripted the just-wrapped Alan Ritchson-starrer Motor City.

In Blue Falcon, Murphy will play a retired superspy who heads for the destination wedding of his estranged son, and finds himself in proximity with his archrival.

The film will be produced by Davis Films’ John Davis, Cliff Roberts through Syndicate Entertainment, and Murphy and Charisse Hewitt-Webster through Eddie Murphy Productions.

Murphy, who’s repped by WME, Ml Management and Ziffren Brittenham, most recently starred in Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, and among the projects he’s got percolating is a reteam with Dreamgirls‘ Bill Condon on the life of Parliament Funkadelic founder George Clinton.

He also is set to return at Donkey alongside Mike Myers as...

Gerard Butler es una estrella de películas de acción probada en este punto de su carrera, y Den of Thieves 2: Pantera le permite reemplazar una franquicia importante. Más de una década después de su papel protagónico en 300 , Butler sigue siendo un atractivo importante para las películas de acción. Den of Thieves de 2018 fue otro recordatorio de su posición, por lo que no fue una sorpresa cuando comenzó el desarrollo de otra película de acción de Gerard Butler . El resultado es Den of Thieves 2 , que marca solo la tercera vez hasta la fecha que Butler regresa para una secuela de una de sus películas de acción en vivo.

La original Den of Thieves fue un éxito de taquilla sorprendente, recaudando más de $ 80 millones en todo el mundo con un presupuesto de tamaño medio. Si bien ha sido parte de muchos éxitos de taquilla más grandes, Den of Thieves 2...

Gerard Butler once claimed a key Den of Thieves scene was the best of his career - and he's right. Audiences have had a long wait since Den of Thieves ended, which saw Gerard Butler's "Big Nick" O'Brien realize that Donnie (O'Shea Jackson Jr.) was the actual criminal mastermind behind the crew. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera sees Nick change sides, in a move that builds off his persona from the original. Nick was never the good guy, so his "breaking bad" makes a certain amount of sense.

It's been interesting charting the rise of Den of Thieves as a rewatchable favorite, with the film having been dismissed originally as a Heat ripoff. It's certainly that, but it's also got great characters, dialogue and action sequences of its own. Big Nick is one of Butler's best characters; an obnoxiously macho cop whose toxic habits have also left his private life a shambles.

Action star Gerard Butler has had many accidents while filming. He discussed this while supporting his new movie, “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,” on January 10. The Scottish star shared some stories as the film’s director announced plans for a third movie in the series.

During the filming of “300,” when the cast frequently required medical care, Butler experienced his most dramatic moments. Butler told People magazine that “every day, someone was being taken to the hospital.” He talked about instances where players got hurt badly, including one getting a spear in the eye and others breaking their ankles during fight scenes.

The actor has faced danger in more than one movie. In 2012, Butler needed hospital care and a defibrillator after nearly drowning while filming “Chasing Mavericks.” He has also had some close calls, like accidentally hurting Hilary Swank while filming “P.S. I Love You” and nearly shooting Angelina Jolie...

Gerard Butler and director Christian Gudegast have become one of the sharpest filmmaking duos working in the action genre. The two worked together on numerous projects, most notably London Has Fallen, Plane, and 2018's Den of Thieves. The sequel to that heist film, Den of Thieves: Pantera, is out now, paving the way for a true franchise that could follow the characters Big Nick (Butler) and a clever thief, Donnie (O'Shea Jackson Jr.). In a recent MovieWeb interview about the action-packed sequel, Gudegast admitted that he knew early on that he and Butler would be a good team and would continue collaborating on projects, noting:

“[I knew] right from the beginning… he's a man's man, he's a big dude, and we just kind of got along right from the beginning. He was sort of attracted to the kind of stuff I was writing, and by the time we did Den of Thieves,...

Gerard Butler has long been a staple of the action genre, and it seems as if he's only leaned harder into this area of his career over the last decade or so. After becoming a big name due to movies like Reign of Fire (2002) and 300 (2006), Butler appeared in a handful of exciting action flicks, including RocknRolla (2008), Gamer (2009), and Machine Gun Preacher (2011). It was in 2013, however, that Butler's action hero persona really evolved.

In 2013, Butler starred in Olympus Has Fallen, which could be seen as the start of a new phase of his career. In addition to starring in two sequels to this White House action movie, including London Has Fallen (2016) and Angel Has Fallen (2019), Butler appeared in a mix of action-forward movies that varied quite significantly in quality, including Geostorm (2017), Hunter Killer (2018), Greenland (2020), Copshop (2021), and Plane (2023). There was one 2018 title, however, that really struck a chord with audiences.

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Worldwide box office January 10-12 RankFilm (distributor)3-day (world)Cume (world)3-day (int’l)Cume (int’l)Territories 1. Mufasa: The Lion King(Disney) $41.1m $539.7m $27.9m $350.9m 53 2. Sonic The Hedgehog 3(Paramount) $31.3m $384.8m $20.3m $180.3m 63 3. Nosferatu(Universal) $20.5m $135.8m $13.7m $54m 64 4. Den of Thieves 2: Pantera(various) $19.7m $19.8m $4.2m $4.3m 35 5. Moana 2(Disney) $17.6m $989.8m $11.1m $554.9m 53 6. Wicked(Universal) $10.6m $697.6m $5.6m $238.7m 82 7. Octopus With Broken Arms(various) $10.3m $93.8m $10.3m $93.8m 6 8. Big World(various) $6.1m $90m $6.1m $90m 1 9. Babygirl(various) $6m $28.1m $2.9 $6.3m 22 10. Honey Money Phony(various) $5.6m $39.9m $5.6m $39.7m 4

Credit: Comscore. All figures are estimates.

Audiences love the winning combination of Gerard Butler and filmmaker Christian Gudegast. Having co-written London Has Fallen, and executive produced Plane, Gudegast has an unbelievable sense of which environments audiences want to see Butler kicking ass. Now, as writer and director of the Den of Thieves franchise, Gudegast blows up his Butler-led, heist-filled universe with great passion and an eye for expansion and evolution. Along with producer Tucker Tooley, Gudegast pilots the second chapter of the wildly entertaining series Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, only in theaters.

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera writer-director Christian Gudegast has the patience of a saint.

2018’s Den of Thieves, starring Gerard Butler, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Pablo Schreiber, took 15 years to reach the big screen, overcoming the bankruptcy of Relatively Media and various other obstacles along the way. The would-be franchise launcher, despite mixed reviews, then became a modest box office success, grossing over $80 million against a $30 million budget. However, the action-heist film surged in popularity by way of the home market and a particularly vocal social media fanbase. Gudegast is beyond grateful for that audience, but he insists that the sequel was already in motion before their added embrace.

Development on Den of Thieves 2 began in February 2018, as Gudegast, much like filmmakers Taylor Sheridan and Jeremy Saulnier, went to great lengths to research real-life laws, loopholes and incidents to inform his fictional narrative. And just as production was...

The 2025 box office has so far been dominated by the final movies of 2024, but Den of Thieves 2: Pantera and Better Man arrive with hopes of potentially bringing the new year some early hits. Although the Robbie Williams biopic, where he's a CGI chimpanzee, received a limited theatrical release at Christmas, it only played in six theaters. January 10th marks the wide release of Better Man as it squares off with Gerard Butler and O'Shea Jackson Jr.'s sequel to 2018's surprise action/crime hit Den of Thieves.

The option for audiences to watch Den of Thieves 2 in theaters, and Better Man for that matter, is just what the box office needs at this stage. Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Nosferatu, Moana 2, and Wicked were the top five earners at the domestic box office during the first weekend of January. With Vertical's horror movie...

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu has crossed $100 million at the global box office, becoming the director’s highest-grossing film to date. Released by Focus Features, the reboot of F.W. Murnau's 1922 classic stars Bill Skarsgård as Count Orlok, a terrifying vampire who becomes infatuated with a young woman named Ellen Hutter (Lily-Rose Depp) upon her visit to his castle. Since its debut on Christmas Day, the film has brought in $69.4 million domestically and $100 million internationally, with its second weekend contributing $13.2 million across 3,132 theaters.

According to Variety, Nosferatu is currently ranked third at the domestic box office, and continues to outperform expectations for an independent film. With its $100 million worldwide earnings against a $50 million budget, it skyrocketed past Eggers' previous films, including The Northman, which grossed $69 million globally against a budget of $90 million, and The Lighthouse, which earned $18 million worldwide against a budget of $11 million.

What This Means For Nosferatu's Box Office...

Gerard Butler has a new action sequel, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, due in theaters in just a few weeks, but five years ago he starred in another action sequel that’s climbing streaming charts. Butler features alongside Morgan Freeman in Angel Has Fallen, the 2019 conspiracy thriller that follows both Olympus Has Fallen and London Has Fallen. The threequel has become a streaming phenomenon over the last few weeks, climbing into the top 10 Netflix global charts in the #8 spot at the time of writing, according to FlixPatrol. Angel Has Fallen also stars Danny Huston and the late Lance Reddick, and the film currently sits at a “rotten” 38% score from critics but a “verified hot” 93% rating from general audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Refresh for more…Mufasa continued to get from the count on Thursday, beating Sonic The Hedgehog 3, $12M to $11.55M. The 3-day and 5-days on these two family movies are expected to be close. Mufasa is currently looking to be the stronger at $58M. Running total through yesterday on Mufasa is $76.4M while Sonic 3 stands at $99.55M.

But enough about those filthy animals, the real story over the holiday are the classic labels, Focus Features and Searchlight which are both seeing record openings. Post Covid, Focus Features rose from the ashes this weekend to remind the town how hip they can make movies, the win here being Robert Eggers’ gothic vampire movie Nosferatu which is eyeing a $21.4M 3-day and $40.6M 5-day after $7.6M yesterday, the pic’s second day of release. At five days, that’s the biggest Focus Features opening ever, besting the Friday-Tuesday take of 2019’s Downton Abbey which did $38.4M.

In 2013, there were two high-profile Hollywood movies about terrorists invading the White House, and the brave Secret Service agents who stepped forward to protect a beleaguered President. On June 28, Roland Emmerich's excellent "White House Down" was released in theaters, and it starred Channing Tatum as the beleaguered agent, and Jamie Foxx as the president. The bad guy terrorist was played by Jason Clarke. "White House Down" also starred Maggie Gyllenhaal, Joey King, and Richard Jenkins. It was, for my money, one of the best films of 2013. 

A broader audience, however, better remembers Antoine Fuqua's "Olympus Has Fallen," which beat "White House Down" to theaters by about three months. "Olympus Has Fallen" starred Gerard Butler as the beleaguered agent and Aaron Eckhart as the President. The bad guy terrorist was played by Rick Yune. The cast of "Olympus" contained more uncut starpower than "White House," as Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd,...

In 2013, two films were released, both of which featured the White House being overtaken by terrorists, and both leaving the fate of their respective presidents in the hands of one man with something to prove: Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down. The former stars Gerard Butler as a disgraced Secret Service agent looking to save the U.S. President, played by Morgan Freeman, while the latter features Channing Tatum as a US Capitol Police officer looking to save the U.S. President, played by Jamie Foxx. The differences between the two are negligible, but it would be Olympus Has Fallen that won over moviegoers, with the film taking in triple its budget, while White House Down barely broke even. The success of Olympus opened the door for two sequels, 2016's London Has Fallen and 2019's Angel Has Fallen, mercifully saving us from Eiffel Tower Down or MoMA Down. The...

A Gerard Butler franchise has received an encouraging update from its director ahead of the second movie's release on January 10. The Scottish actor started his career during the mid-1990s with a small role in the James Bond movie, Tomorrow Never Dies. During the early 2000s, Butler continued to star in franchise films, playing the eponymous role in Dracula 2000 and appearing in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life in 2003.

After elevating his status with a lead role in Zack Snyder's 300, Butler went on to star in several more franchises, including lending his voice to the animated How to Train Your Dragon franchise. During the 2010s, Butler starred in the Has Fallen franchise, comprised of Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen. Butler's streak of action franchises has continued with Den of Thieves and Greenland, which will both be receiving sequels in early 2025.

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Warning: Spoilers for Paris Has Fallen below!If Paris Has Fallen's second season wants to tie back into the movie series, then it should bring back newly minted action hero Aaron Eckhart as President Asher. The three Has Fallen movies have grossed over $520 million worldwide (via Box Office Mojo), but in a bold move, the TV spinoff has virtually zero connection to them. It has no cameos or references and instead focuses on new protagonists trying to stop terror attacks in Paris. While a cameo for Gerard Butler's Banning was rumored when it was announced, the star doesn't actually appear in the show.

Paris Has Fallen's ending leaves the door open for another series - and suggests the story will be moving to Africa. The show has received an impressive 88% on Rotten Tomatoes too, and appears to have been a streaming hit across the world. The next...

Many have tried, and many have failed; the tale of the “∫” knockoff remains as old as time, at the very least since 1988 when the action pioneer made its way into the public consciousness and initiated that exhaustive debate still ongoing as to whether it exists a Christmas film. This exhaustive, endless list surely warrants its own article, and in 2013 B-movie dynamo Gerard Butler took on the starring role in yet another, that being Antoine Fuqua‘s “Olympus Has Fallen,” one of two “White House under Siege” films of the year (alongside Roland Emmerich‘s “White House Down“), and debatably a far more fun effort; “Olympus Has Fallen” remains an enjoyable throwback to the glory days of ’80s and ’90s-era schlock, crammed with the perfect blend of cheese, genuinely thrilling setpieces and Butler’s well-timed one-liners without any one element overwhelming the others. Unsurprisingly, a franchise would soon emerge, with 2016’s...

Warning: Major spoilers for Paris Has Fallen below!Paris Has Fallen is a spinoff of the Has Fallen franchise, and the show made a smart choice by setting itself apart from the Gerard Butler saga. In 2013's White House Down vs Olympus Has Fallen box-office battle, the latter emerged victorious; of course, it also had the benefit of being released months ahead of its rival. Butler's Secret Service agent Mike Banning returned for the entire Has Fallen movie trilogy, but Paris Has Fallen takes the series in a very different direction by moving to television.

The spinoff still has all the action and one-liners, but it's able to spend more time developing the protagonists too. Paris Has Fallen feels more like 24 than the movie series that spawned it, with its cast constantly racing against the clock while getting into periodic gunfights and car chases. It even avoids the Has...

Paris Has Fallen, the Hulu television series spinoff of Gerald Butler's hit movies, sets a new record for the action franchise. Hulu landed the U.S. rights to Paris Has Fallen in October, with episodes debuting in December. The story centers on Vincent Taleb (played by Tewfik Jallab), a protection officer to a French Minister. The French official becomes the target of a terror group, causing Vincent to work with MI6 operative Zara (Ritu Arya) to keep the politician safe. But it's not long before a deeper conspiracy is uncovered, threatening the city of Paris itself.

Paris Has Fallen has the best Rotten Tomatoes score of any entry in the Has Fallen franchise, currently sitting at 86% based on 7 reviews. The score is likely to fluctuate as more reviews are added, though the score is relatively high with only one review leaning negative so far.

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The following contains spoilers for Paris Has Fallen, now streaming on Hulu. It also contains mention of violence and sexual assault.

Hulu's Paris Has Fallen is the latest attempt to convert a hit movie franchise into a TV series. It's based on the Has Fallen action films, which starred Gerard Butler as one-man army Mike Banning, and deservedly raked in plenty of money at the box office. But this is an international co-production between the United States, France and the United Kingdom, so rather than just adapt those movies, the action is set in Paris with a new cast of characters. And unfortunately, neither those characters nor the story can hold a candle to the originals.

Paris Has Fallen Lacks a Compelling Main Character Vincent Taleb Doesn't Measure up to Mike Banning

The mere existence of London Has Fallen proved that the franchise could move overseas -- but what Paris Has Fallen...

A spin-off to one of, if not the best Gerard Butler action franchise, the Fallen saga, is now available to stream in the United States. After originally debuting earlier this year in the U.K., all eight episodes of Paris Has Fallen Season 1 is now streaming on Hulu, and promises to deliver the same explosive action as Butler’s escapades as the intrepid Secret Service agent Mike Banning.

Starring Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Ary, Paris Has Fallen follows a protection officer teaming up with an MI6 operative to stop a terrorist group led by Jacob Pearce, played by Mission: Impossible villain Sean Harris. The cast also includes Ana Ularu, Camille Rutherford, Jérémie Covillault, Emmanuelle Bercor, and Karl Collins. Action fans already sang its praises when it premiered earlier this year, singling out the talented main cast members and exhilarating fight sequences. You can check out the official synopsis below:

"When...

"Move fast, kill the bad guys." Which is usually the best strategy. Hulu has debuted a new official trailer for the French action series called Paris Has Fallen, which is streaming in the US in December. It already launched a few months ago in France. As the trailer directly points out, this is a TV continuation of the "Has Fallen" franchise of movies - which includes Olympus Has Fallen (2013), London Has Fallen (2016), Angel Has Fallen (2019). Did we really need more of these stories as a TV series? A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack strikes Paris. They suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy from a madman threatening Paris. The plot follows protection officer Vincent Taleb who finds himself working with street-smart MI6 agnet Zara Taylor to save the day. Starring Tewfik Jallab, Ritu Arya, Sean Harris as the main bad guy,...

Who would have thought the rather corny “Olympus Has Fallen” actioner would become its own franchise? After three films in the series, “London Has Fallen” and “Angel Has Fallen,” the franchise moves to television with “Paris Has Fallen.”

Of course, there’s no Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, or Morgan Freeman in this one, but there’s at least Sean Harris (“Mission Impossible—Rogue Nation”).

Continue reading ‘Paris Has Fallen’ Trailer: The ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Franchise About Presidential Attacks Moves To France In December at The Playlist.

After making three successful and action-packed films in the Has Fallen franchise, the political conspiracy thriller series is shaking things up by bringing the fight to the small screen. The latest installment of the Has Fallen franchise, Paris Has Fallen, is a TV series coming to Hulu, starring franchise newcomers Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya. Hulu debuted a Paris Has Fallen trailer on Tuesday, giving action fans something to look forward to before Thanksgiving madness finds the entertainment industry hitting the snooze button for a few days.

Here’s the official synopsis for Paris Has Fallen courtesy of Hulu:

“When a terrorist group led by the villainous Jacob Pearce (Sean Harris) attacks a high-profile embassy reception, with the French Minister of Defence as their target, protection officer Vincent (Tewfik Jallab) finds himself working with street-smart MI6 operative Zara (Ritu Arya) to save the day. But when events take an increasingly dark turn,...

Action enthusiasts will have a hard time watching the Has Fallen trilogy on Hulu. Only the first entry in the Gerard Butler-led film series will hit the streaming platform at the end of November.

Beginning Nov. 29, Olympus Has Fallen will become available to stream on Hulu. Unfortunately, its sequels, 2016's London Has Fallen and 2019's Angel Has Fallen, will not be joining the 2013 movie on the streaming platform which will no doubt frustrate fans of the franchise who subscribe to Hulu. Olympus Has Fallen introduces audiences to Butler's Mike Banning, a former Army Ranger and current Secret Service agent who finds himself in the midst of a national crisis. When North Korean terrorists seize the White House, Banning must use his skills and insider knowledge to rescue the President and reclaim the nation's symbol of power.

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Over the course of his nearly 30-year career in film, Gerard Butler has staked his claim as one of the kings of the mid-budget action movie. The Scottish actor has been a mainstay on movie screens since his American breakout in 300 back in 2007, and while most of his movies are met with indifference from critics, he remains a solid box office draw, anchoring films that frequently outperform their modest budgets. But besides bigger franchises like How to Train Your Dragon or the trilogy of Olympus Has Fallen, London Has Fallen, and Angel Has Fallen, few of them have warranted making a sequel, though that's about to change with the upcoming Den of Thieves 2: Pantera.

Pantera is a direct sequel to 2018's Den of Thieves, an action-heist film that premiered in the notoriously sleepy January movie season, earning middling reviews but making $80 million on a $30 million budget. The first...

Stephanie Collie, the costume designer behind film and television projects such as “Peaky Blinders,” died of cancer on Oct. 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London.

Over the course of her career, Collie worked with talent including Michael Caine, Henry Cavill, Jessica Chastain, Daniel Craig, Penélope Cruz, Morgan Freeman, Samuel L. Jackson, Cillian Murphy, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds and Michelle Williams.

Collie began her career in the sewing room of the BBC alongside costume designer Susan Coates. Following an introduction from Coates to David Parfitt, she worked as a wardrobe assistant to Branagh on “Much Ado About Nothing.” From there, Collie worked as a costume designer on “Peter’s Friends,” which was directed by Branagh.

In 1988, Collie had her work featured onscreen in Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy film “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.”

Of her design for the film, Christopher Laverty said: “You could not pick up a men...

Stephanie Collie, the acclaimed British costume designer whose work on Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Peaky Blinders moved beyond the screen and made its way into mainstream culture, has died. She was 60.

Collie died Saturday at St. Christopher’s Hospice in South London following a terminal cancer diagnosis six months earlier, a publicist announced. Her husband, director of photography Hubert Taczanowski, died in June, also of cancer, at age 63.

Collie’s résumé also included Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love (2013), starring Steve Coogan, Anna Friel and Imogen Poots; London Has Fallen (2016), starring Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, and its 2019 sequel, Angel Has Fallen; and Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017), starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ryan Reynolds and Salma Hayek, and its 2021 sequel, Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.

Collie had a career breakthrough with the British gangster film Lock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), directed by Guy Ritchie and produced by Matthew Vaughn.

Stephanie Collie, the UK costume designer who created the iconic fashion look on the first season of Peaky Blinders, has died at the age of 60.

Collie died on October 26 at St Christopher’s Hospice in London, following a terminal cancer diagnosis six months previously.

Collie based the look for Tommy Shelby and his early 20th century Birmingham street gang on criminal mugshots of the period. Her costume choices had significant influence on British fashion, and their effect continues to be felt 10 years after the show premiered.

Following a degree from the London College of Fashion, Collie worked in the sewing room at the BBC,...