Paris Has Fallen

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.

Paris Has Fallen
Release poster
Genre	Action Thriller
Created by	Howard Overman
Screenplay by	Howard Overman
Directed by	Oded Ruskin Hans Herbots
Starring	Tewfik Jallab Ritu Arya Sean Harris
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
Production companies	StudioCanal G-BASE (Gerard Butler & Alan Siegel) Millennium Media Urban Myth Films (Johnny Capps, Julian Murphy, Howard Overman)
Original release
Network	Canal+
Release	23 September 2024 (2024-09-23) – present

Premise

Set in the Has Fallen universe, a disillusioned former French Foreign Legion soldier launches a revenge attack against the French government.^[1]

Cast

• Tewfik Jallab as Vincent Taleb, a Protection Service bodyguard and former soldier
• Ritu Arya as Zara Taylor, an MI6 agent stationed in Paris working with the French authorities
• Sean Harris as Jacob Pearce, a British terrorist and former Captain in the French Foreign Legion
• Ana Ularu as Freja Karlsson, a Swedish mercenary and ex-Special Operations Group soldier
• Camille Rutherford as Théa, Zara's French love interest
• Jérémie Covillault as Matis Garnier, the DGSI Head of Counterterrorism
• Emmanuelle Bercot as Juliette Levesque, the President of France
• Nathan Willcocks as Philippe Bardin, the French Defence Minister
• Laurent Lucas as Pascal Moulin, the CEO of KMI Systems, a French defence contractor and weapons manufacturer

Production

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]

Release

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]

Reception

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]

Sequel

Main article: Apollo Has Fallen

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]