FilmDistrict acquired USA distribution rights to Antoine Fuqua's White House thriller Olympus Has Fallen, which stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and Angela Bassett.
FilmDistrict will release the film wide on March 22nd, 2013.
In the film, Butler stars as an unlikely Secret Service agent trying to stop North Korean terrorists who have taken over the White House with plans to detonate a nuclear bomb.
Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell and Rick Yune round out the cast.
It's the second White-House-under-attack thriller that will be out this year; the other is Roland Emmerich's thriller White House Down, which stars Jamie Foxx and Channing Tatum.
Here's the trailer for Olympus Has Fallen:
15 Comments
miktal | January 23, 2013 4:06 AM
Did they actually film a movie or just edit one from various films? Unless I`m mistaken there is literally not one original thought in that trailer. PASS!! Sorry Mr Fuqua
Justin W | January 22, 2013 11:28 PM
Ughhhhh..............
jason | January 22, 2013 11:17 PM
so Angela Bassett is playing The Glen Close role from "air force one" um ok..
my2cents | January 22, 2013 10:57 PM
OHF has the jump since WHD doesn't come out until June, but I'm betting WHD will be a better movie.
D.C. Kirkwood | January 22, 2013 7:52 PM
I thought Channing Tatum was doing this? Gerard Butler is miscast for this role. This film looks cheaply made. That White House plastic model is laughable. This story has been done ad nauseum at this point. Ill stick to watching Homeland.
Donella | January 22, 2013 7:13 PM
Is Morgan Freeman the president again?
sergio | January 22, 2013 5:50 PM
What's with all this crummy CGI stuff in everything? Can't anybody do real practical effects anymore like they used to? What's the problem? Too expensive? Too time consuming? There's a HUGE difference between seeing something that's real than a cartoon. I'll even take model work over CGI any day
Connie | January 22, 2013 5:44 PM
Die Hard in the White House
regi | January 22, 2013 4:05 PM
mixed emotion: not a gerard butler fan, but i positively hate roland emmerich. hmmm, morgan, angela and aaron win!
Bemused | January 22, 2013 3:48 PM
Is that really the trailer for "Olympus Has Fallen? Nooo. It is? Really?
slb | January 22, 2013 3:33 PM
Anyone willing to guess which movie makes the most money? "Olympus" or "White House"? I'm leaning towards "White House". It has Channing Tatum who is on a hot box office streak right now and Jamie is coming off of "Django".