Gerard Butler to foil a White House invasion in 'Olympus Has Fallen'

Gerard Butler is attached to star in a White House-set action film called Olympus Has Fallen.

Butler's agency confirms the 300 star is developing the project, from writers Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, which centers on an ex Secret Service agent who must foil a terrorist attack on the president's residence. Millennium Films is currently seeking a director for the project.

Butler will produce with Millennium's Mark Gill. Avi Lerner is executive producing with Trevor Short.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

 
Also reported by Collider and Empire Online