It is a cruel, cruel world that gives us an Olympus Has Fallen sequel while White House Down languishes, tragically under-appreciated. — kateyrich (@kateyrich) October 29, 2013

The Olympus Has Fallen sequel will be called London Has Fallen. It's only a matter of seconds before Buckingham Palace Down is announced. — Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) October 29, 2013

I'm delighted about the sequel to OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN, which was the most authentic, accurate and believable movie ever!!!! — Sgt Mike Battle (@sgtmikebattle) October 30, 2013

The "Olympus Has Fallen" and "White House Down" folks should *team up* on "London Bridge Has Fallen Down." — Daniel Fienberg (@HitFixDaniel) October 29, 2013

essentially was a new take on the Die Hard formula , so it only makes sense that the movie would earn a sequel. ScreenDaily reports that Nu Image will "kick off talks" on, a continuation of the story of a beleaguered President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his tough-as-nails personal guard, Mike Banning (Gerard Butler). The site reports that Eckhart, Butler and Morgan Freeman are expected to reprise their roles, alongside Angela Bassett and Radha Mitchell. Original director Antoine Fuqua () is not being mentioned with regards to the sequel, though, and ScreenDaily says the producers "are out to directors."That makes me wonder if Fuqua passed, because when a film performs well at the box office (anddid), the director usually gets the chance to return and build on what he or she has started. Fuqua is in post-production onwith Denzel Washington, Chloe Moretz and Melissa Leo, but easily could slide back into the director’s chair for ansequel if he wanted him to. It sounds, in this report, like the producers want to go in a different direction.The sequel reportedly will go into production in London on May 5, 2014. The plot will follow, according to the site, "a plot to strike the city [of London] during the funeral of the British Prime Minister. Only the President Of The United States, his secret service head and an English MI6 agent can save the day."News of ansequel woke Twitter out of its slumber, and triggered the snark … particularly from supporters of, which arrived in theaters a few months afterand was significantly less successful at the American box office. Our own Katey Rich lamented:The jokes just kept on coming.But the winner of the day clearly was:I preferred, which was fun in the places wherewas dark, violent and uber-serious. We know the producers can create carnage. Willlighten things up, or continue punishing audiences (and potentially breaking the bank)?