Three years have gone by since Millennium Media greenlit three more sequels in the Has Fallen franchise, but we’re still waiting for Night Has Fallen to make it into production. Thankfully, franchise star Gerard Butler has kept busy making action movies where he doesn’t play Mike Banning – movies like Greenland, Copshop, Last Seen Alive, and the upcoming Lionsgate release Plane. Plane is scheduled to reach theatres on January 27th, and a trailer has arrived online to start building the hype. Check it out in the embed above!
Directed by Jean-François Richet, whose previous credits include Blood Father and the Assault on Precinct 13 remake, Plane has the following synopsis:
Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. In order to rescue the passengers, Torrance will need Gaspare’s help, and will learn there’s more to Gaspare than meets the eye.
Butler is joined in the cast by Mike Colter (Luke Cage), Daniella Pineda (Jurassic World Dominion), Yoson An (Mortal Engines), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost), Paul Ben-Victor (The Wire), Remi Adeleke (The Terminal List), and Joey Slotnick (Twister).
Plane started out as pitch that was sold by novelist Charles Cumming back in 2016. Cumming shares screenplay credit with J.P. Davis, who previously wrote the Chris Pine action thriller The Contractor. Butler had been attached to star in the project since 2019, but due to studio issues caused by a COVID delay it didn’t start filming until last year.
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