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.
Premise
Set in the Has Fallen universe, a disillusioned former French Foreign Legion soldier launched 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]
The series was shown on Canal+ in France from 23 September 2024.[7] It premiered in Australia on public broadcasterSBS Television on 26 September 2024.[8] The series was released in the United Kingdom on Amazon Prime Video on 1 November 2024.[9] All eight episodes premiere in the United States on 6 December 2024, on Hulu.[10]
Reception
Neil Armstrong in the i newspaper praised the performance of Arya and described it as a "silly but enjoyable action thriller".[11] 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".[12]
