''Paris Has Fallen'' is a 2024 French and English-language action television series. It is written by

Howard Overman Howard Overman is a British television writer, best known for creating the series ''Misfits'' which won the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series. Career Overman has written scripts for serial dramas such as '' Hotel Babylon'', ''New ...

and directed by Oded Ruskin and Hans Herbots. The cast is led by Tewfik Jallab,

Ritu Arya Ritu Arya is a British actress. She first became known for her role as Megan Sharma in the soap opera ''Doctors'' (2017), for which she was nominated for a British Soap Award. She gained further recognition for her roles as Flash in the sci-fi ...

and

Sean Harris Sean Harris (born 1 June 1966) is an English actor. He played Ian Curtis in '' 24 Hour Party People'' (2002), Micheletto Corella in '' The Borgias'' (2011–2013), Fifield in ''Prometheus'' (2012), Solomon Lane in '' Mission: Impossible – R ...

Premise

Set in the ''

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'' universe, a disillusioned former

French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion (, also known simply as , "the Legion") is a corps of the French Army created to allow List of militaries that recruit foreigners, foreign nationals into French service. The Legion was founded in 1831 and today consis ...

soldier launches a revenge attack against the French government.

Cast

* Tewfik Jallab as Vincent Taleb *

as Zara Taylor *

as Jacob Pearce *

Ana Ularu Ana Ularu (born 26 June 1985) is a Romanian actress based in Germany. Biography Born in Bucharest, daughter of Nicolae Ularu, theatre set designer and decorator, and wife Carmen Mihaela Trifu, theatre costume designer, she graduated with a Bac ...

as Freja Karlsson * Camille Rutherford as Théa * Jérémie Covillault as Matis Garnier *

Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter. Career Filmmaking Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film '' Clément'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film ...

as Juliette Levesque * Nathan Willcocks as Philippe Bardin * Laurent Lucas as Pascal Moulin

Production

The eight-part series is written by Howard Overman and produced by

StudioCanal StudioCanal S.A.S. (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ D.A., and Canal+ Production and also known as StudioCanal International) is a French film & television production and distribution company which is a ...

, Urban Myth Films, and

Millennium Media Millennium Media (formerly Nu Image and Millennium Films) is an American independent film production and financing company that was founded by Avi Lerner, Trevor Short, Danny Dimbort and Danny Lerner in 1992, and is one of Hollywood's longest runn ...

and G-BASE, the two companies that produced the ''

'' film franchise. Eclectic Pictures is also attached. Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy, and Howard Overman are producers for Urban Myth, whilst

Gerard Butler Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor and film producer. After studying law, he turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as '' Mrs Brown'' (1997), the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never ...

and

Alan Siegel Alan Siegel (born August 26, 1938) is the CEO of Siegelvision, a brand identity consultancy. He is the founder and chairman emeritus of the global brand strategy firm Siegel+Gale. Early life Alan Siegel was born to Eugene and Ruth Siegel in New ...

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. The lead directors are Oded Ruskin and Hans Herbots. Filming took place in October 2023 with filming locations including Paris and London. Filming for the second season occurred in

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in February 2025.

Mathieu Kassovitz Mathieu Kassovitz () is a French actor, film director, film producer and screenwriter. He has won three César Awards: Most Promising Actor for '' See How They Fall'' (1994), and Best Film and Best Editing for '' La Haine'' (1995). He also re ...

was initially cast in the lead role but was later replaced by Tewfik Jallab. Other cast members include

and Camille Rutherford, as well as

, Jérémie Covillault and

Release

The series was shown on

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in France from 23 September 2024. It premiered in Australia on

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on 26 September 2024. The series was released in the United Kingdom on

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on 1 November 2024. All eight episodes premiere in the United States on 6 December 2024, on

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Reception

Neil Armstrong in the '' i'' newspaper praised the performance of Arya and described it as a "silly but enjoyable action thriller". Adam Sweeting for ''

The Arts Desk ''The Arts Desk'' (theartsdesk.com) is a British arts journalism website containing reviews, interviews, news, and other content related to music, theatre, television, films, and other art forms written by journalists from a variety of tradition ...

'' 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" Average viewers disliked the direction of the series and saw it as unrealistic and trying to adhere to an agenda rather than provide entertainment.

Sequel

On March 28, 2025, it was announced that a second series continuing with some of the same actors, '' Apollo Has Fallen'', was in production, with filming underway.

References

External links

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