Paris Has Fallen release date, cast and plot: All there is to know about Prime Video drama

Paris Has Fallen is on the way but when will it be released and what will happen in the Prime Video drama?

The Has Fallen franchise first hit the big screens back in 2013 when actor Gerard Butler played Secret Service agent Mike Banning in Olympus Has Fallen.

There has since been two more movies with a fourth on the way but before its debut, there is the spin-off series Paris Has Fallen to get excited about with Butler on board himself as an executive producer.

Paris Has Fallen release date

Paris Has Fallen is going to premiere all eight episodes on Friday, November 1, on Amazon Prime Video UK.

Hulu has also picked up the rights for the series to be shown in America but a release date has not yet been announced.

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Paris Has Fallen cast

Leading the cast of Paris Has Fallen will be Spiral star Tewfik Jallab and The Umbrella Academy actress Ritu Arya.

While Jallab will portray French security officer Vincent Taleb, Arya is behind British MI6 operative Zara Taylor.

They will be joined by Sean Harris, best known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation and The Stranger, who is to play terrorist leader Jacob Pearce in the Prime Video drama.

In addition to this, Marie Antoinette star Nathan Willcocks is to portray French Minister Philippe Bardin, with other cast members including Camille Rutherford, Emmanuelle Bercot and Ana Ularu.

Paris Has Fallen plot

French security officer Vincent (played by Tewfik Jallab) will be tasked with protecting the French Defence Minister Philippe Bardin (Nathan Willcocks) during a party at the British Embassy.

But when a terrorist group stages a brutal takeover of the embassy, it is up to Vincent to get the minister out unscathed.

To protect him at all costs, Vincent teams up with MI6 operative Zara (Ritu Arya) as they quickly begin to realise there is more dangerous plans ahead.

Paris Has Fallen premieres on Friday, November 1, on Amazon Prime Video.