Olympus Has Fallen sequel planned

The cast of Olympus Has Fallen are reprising their roles in a sequel to the terrorist thriller which will be set in the UK.

The Hollywood Reporter says that Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman have signed up to return for the next film.

A US Secret Service agent (Gerard), the US president (Aaron), and the speaker of the House of Representatives (Morgan) attend the funeral of the British prime minister in the movie, London Has Fallen.

Olympus Has Fallen filmmaker Antoine Fuqua will not direct the sequel but Katrin Benedikt and Creighton Rothenberger are returning to pen the movie's script.

The film was released earlier this year starring Gerard as disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning, who finds himself trapped inside the White House in the wake of a terrorist attack.

Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Gerard Butler to Join Summit's 'Gods of Egypt'

 

He will play the nemesis of "Game of Thrones'" Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's character.

Gerard Butler is in negotiations to play a villainous god opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Summit's epic fantasy Gods of Egypt.

Alex Proyas is directing the film from a screenplay by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama. 

The story is set in the aftermath of when one ruling god, Set, kills another, Osiris. When Osiris' son Horus fails in his attempt to get revenge and has his eye plucked out, it's up to a young human thief in love with a slave to help defeat the angry god.

Coster-Waldau is portraying Horus. If a deal is made, Butler will play Set, the god of the desert. 

The movie is looking to go in the new year in Australia.

Butler, who last starred in the surprise hit Olympus Has Fallen, is repped by CAA and manager Alan Siegel.

Source: THR