| Paris Has Fallen | |
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| Genre | Action 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 languages | French 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 |
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.
Set in the Has Fallen universe, a disillusioned former French Foreign Legion soldier launches a revenge attack against the French government.[1]
The 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] Filming for the second season occurred in Bristol in February 2025.[5][6]
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.[7][8]
The series was shown on Canal+ in France from 23 September 2024.[9] It premiered in Australia on public broadcaster SBS on 26 September 2024.[10] The series was released in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime Video on 1 November 2024.[11] All eight episodes premiered in the United States on 6 December 2024, on Hulu.[12][13]
Neil Armstrong in the i newspaper praised the performance of Arya and described it as a "silly but enjoyable action thriller".[14] 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" Average viewers disliked the direction of the series and saw it as unrealistic and trying to adhere to an agenda rather than provide entertainment.[15]
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.[16]
