Gerard Butler's "London Has Fallen" release date movedJune 13, 2015 - 14:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Gerard Butler's "London Has Fallen" is no longer slated to hit the big screen this year. Gramercy Pictures announced on Friday, June 12 that the movie originally set to be released in the U.S. on October 2 would now arrive on January 22, 2016, AceShowbiz reports. The film avoids competition with 20th Century Fox's "The Martian", which was recently moved up from November 25, and Sony's "The Walk". It's now pitted against Ariel Vromen's thriller "Criminal", the faith-based mystery "Risen" and the horror flick "The Boy". "London Has Fallen" comes as a follow-up to 2013's "Olympus Has Fallen" which grossed $161 million worldwide. Directed by Babak Najafi from a script by Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt, Christian Gudegast, it starts after the British Prime Minister passes away and his funeral then becomes a target of a terrorist organization to destroy some of the world's most powerful leaders. Butler is back as Secret Service agent Mike Banning in the sequel. Other returning cast members include Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman and Charlotte Riley. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. |