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PRODUCTION NOTES For additional publicity materials and artwork, please visit: https://www.lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/angel-has-fallen Rating: R for violence and language throughout Run Time: 114 minutes U.S. Release Date: August 23, 2019 For more information, please contact: Mike Rau Lionsgate 2700 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 P: 310-255-3232 E: [email protected] ANGEL HAS FALLEN LIONSGATE Publicity Materials: http://lionsgatepublicity.com/theatrical/angelhasfallen/ Hashtag: #AngelHasFallen Genre: Action Rating: R for violence and language throughout U.S. Release Date: August 23, 2019 Run Time: 114 minutes Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, with Nick Nolte, and Danny Huston Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh Screenplay by: Robert Mark Kamen and Matt Cook & Ric Roman Waugh Story by: Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt Based on: Characters Created by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt Produced by: Gerard Butler, Alan Siegel, Matt O’Toole, John Thompson, Les Weldon, Yariv Lerner SYNOPSIS: When there is an assassination attempt on U.S. President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman), his trusted confidant, Secret Service Agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler), is wrongfully accused and taken into custody. After escaping from capture, he becomes a man on the run and must evade his own agency and outsmart the FBI in order to find the real threat to the President. Desperate to uncover the truth, Banning turns to unlikely allies to help clear his name, keep his family from harm and save the country from imminent danger. ANGEL HAS FALLEN is directed by Ric Roman Waugh from a screenplay by Robert Mark Kamen and Matt Cook & Ric Roman Waugh, story by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt, and based on characters created by Creighton Rothenberger & Katrin Benedikt. Lionsgate and Millennium Media present, a Millennium Films/G-Base production. 2 ANGEL HAS FALLEN About The Production “It’s our moments of struggle that define us” --President Trumbull Gerard Butler reveals a whole new side to one of his signature roles--Secret Service agent Mike Banning-- in this explosive, rip-roaring thriller in which the fate of the nation rests on the very man accused of attempting to assassinate the President of the United States. Banning has long been one of the stalwart heroes-in-the-shadows on whom national security depends on day in and day out, but is the always-ready warrior starting to lose it? Haunted by a lifetime soaked in adrenaline, danger and more than a few insane snafus, Mike feels his usually knifelike edge slipping. The uncertain becomes the unthinkable as he wakes up to his worst possible nightmare: the President has fallen and Banning stands accused of conspiring to kill his friend, mentor and the man he’s sworn to protect. Now the expert hunter has become the hunted, spurring Butler’s deepest, darkest take yet on the loose- cannon action hero. On the run and with no one but his family on his side, Banning may not be able to pull himself back from the brink. But he will put his patriotism above his own as he stops at absolutely nothing to save the country that he’s alleged to have betrayed. As Banning maneuvers to evade his savvy colleagues, every quality that made him the top agent on the presidential detail is put to the test: his high-level combat skills, his ability to out-think the most twisted minds and his willingness to put himself at extreme risk to pull others from harm – only that might just be the easy part, for Banning now faces a situation for which he has zero preparation. Forced into the cold, isolated from his family, in dire physical and mental peril, the only way he can go forward is to take an unwanted turn into his past. The third installment in the Fallen series, Angel Has Fallen stands on its own as a psychologically tense, kinetic thriller that never lets off the accelerator from its opening killer-drone attack. It also adds a revealing new chapter to the legend of Mike Banning, as the hazards of his work collide into his private life, pushing him to explore how he became the man he is now. “I was really excited to come back to the Fallen series,” says Butler. “I was especially excited to do something fresh with the character and take things in a different direction. Mike Banning is known for his badassery, but also his humanity—and now we get to see a lot more of where he comes from. What’s great is that while this movie gets much more personal, there’s also more action than ever, so the ride is heightened on all levels. There’s brutal, crazy, epic combat—but in the same breath, there’s real drama and I think it’s also the funniest of the films.” Adds director Ric Roman Waugh: “I never thought of Angel as a sequel. I see it as a fresh, cool installment of the franchise that can stand alone while bringing everything fans love about Mike Banning. What Gerry and I really wanted to do was to put you inside Banning’s head as he goes from offense to defense, from proud warrior to fugitive, so that you get to see and feel everything he’s going through. For fans, it’s a chance to see what makes Banning tick, and for new audiences, I hope it’s a discovery of a really relatable character surviving in an extraordinary situation. So, you still get a tremendous amount of action but with a whole new and fresh point of view.” Reteaming with Butler in Angel Has Fallen is Academy Award® winner Morgan Freeman, this time as President Trumbull (he’s moved up, having been Speaker of the House and Vice President in the earlier 3 films), whose life is on the line along with his trust in Banning. Joining the series is a roster including, Jada Pinkett Smith as FBI Agent Thompson, Lance Reddick as Secret Service Director Gentry, Tim Blake Nelson as Vice President Kirby, Piper Perabo as Banning’s wife Leah and in a surprise turn, Oscar® winner Nick Nolte as Banning’s estranged father, a reclusive Vietnam vet who becomes his unlikely partner on the lam. Butler notes it has always been Banning’s everyday authenticity and down-to-earth humor that stands out against today’s line-up of fantastical superheroes, but in this film, he is stripped down to his most human yet. “I think part of Banning’s appeal has been that he’s such a real-life guy. He’s someone trying to be a family man while dealing with the heavy emotional toll his work takes on him. People can really relate to that, but on the other hand, he’s one of the toughest dudes you could ever hope to meet. He will never quit. That’s how he sees himself—but that image is put to the test in this film in ways he’d rather it wasn’t.” With his grit and loyalty under fire, Banning also comes face-to-face with the costs of the warrior’s life as he tries to evade mounting signs of PTSD. “In this chapter, you realize that this man you’ve seen go through all these firefights, explosions and crashes has paid a price,” Butler explains. “Banning has been silently struggling in his work and at home, but he’s keeping it all secret because he doesn’t want to let people down and he wants to keep doing the job he loves and believes in. It’s not the greatest timing for the whole nation to think he’s a terrorist at large, to say the least. He’s also very clear on that fact that, whatever his fate, the President is in grave danger and he is the only person left who can figure out where the threat is coming from.” Producer Les Weldon, who has been with the Fallen series from the start, loves that as Banning is put under crushing pressure, it gives Butler more room to dive deep. Weldon united with fellow producers Butler, Alan Siegel, Matt O’Toole, John Thompson, and Yariv Lerner to oversee the technically-intricate production. All were excited to see Butler bring a darker, harder edge to the beloved character while showing a new vulnerability—and keeping all the fun intact. “From the beginning, Mike Banning has been almost an extension of Gerry. They’re both dedicated, demanding guys, yet both have a really personable, emotional core,” observes Weldon. “That comes out even more in Angel Has Fallen and I think audiences will really connect with him. It’s very revealing to watch an incredible hero you’ve always seen chasing others, become the chased and desperate man.” Raising the Bar on the Fallen Series Secret Service agents live in a constant state of high alert. At any given second, they have to be ready to thwart a near-infinite number of potential threats that could come from any country, any group, or any person, without warning. Their sacrifices—the persistent danger, the merciless demands on body and soul, the stress on their relationships—are rarely recognized publicly, but they don’t do it for the recognition. They do it because they are driven to serve the highest office of the land and the bedrock of democracy. That kind of devotion has always defined Mike Banning, though, he is also a man of contrasts. On the job, he is a cunning, dogged, laser-focused patriot, but he is also a self-questioning and at times a self- deprecating man who has his dark corners of jagged regrets and frustrations.