Shadow Has Fallen: Tewfik Jallab and Iwan Rheon begin filming

Shadow Has Fallen, the third season of the action franchise’s television spin-off, has officially begun filming. Principal photography is taking place in the United Kingdom and South Africa for this new Canal+ Original Production, consisting of six 52-minute episodes. Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya reprise their roles, while Iwan Rheon joins the cast.

The story opens in Mozambique, where a prison convoy is ambushed. Vincent Taleb, a former French intelligence operative, and Zara Taylor, an MI6 agent, are tasked with extracting Miles, a British prisoner played by Iwan Rheon. The operation sparks a fresh crisis whose consequences could ripple across governments and critical infrastructure worldwide.

Miles is introduced as a whistleblower in possession of an undetectable cyber-weapon. Developed with his help for the British government before being stolen, this technology can seize control of computer systems as diverse as banking networks and military drones. Vincent and Zara must uncover Miles's true motives, but also identify the players trying to seize this weapon.

Ritu Arya and Tewfik Jallab thus extend the duo introduced in Paris Has Fallen, the saga's first TV series. After an attack targeting the French capital and then the events of Apollo Has Fallen, this third installment broadens the scope to Southern Africa and makes cyber warfare its main threat.

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The cast also includes Brendan Coyle, best known for Downton Abbey, and South African actor Atandwa Kani. Details about their characters have not yet been disclosed. The presence of Iwan Rheon, notably known for Game of Thrones, meanwhile places his character Miles at the center of the new storyline.

Howard Overman, the creator of the TV spin-off and writer of Paris Has Fallen, is assembling the six episodes. Direction is shared between Marco Kreuzpaintner and Alice Troughton. The series is produced by Urban Myth Films for STUDIOCANAL and the CANAL+ group, in partnership with Millennium Media and G-BASE, the company of Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel.

The Has Fallen franchise kicked off on the big screen with White House Down, in which Gerard Butler played agent Mike Banning. It then continued with London Has Fallen and Olympus Has Fallen, before moving to television with new characters. Paris Has Fallen has since sold in more than 170 territories, placing Vincent and Zara at the heart of this international expansion.

No air date has been announced yet for Shadow Has Fallen. Filming, however, confirms the TV franchise starring Vincent Taleb and Zara Taylor will carry on, now facing a threat that crosses national borders.

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