London Has Fallen attacked for ‘insensitivity’ by 7/7 victims’ trust

The chairman of an organisation set up to honour the memories of the victims of the 7/7 terrorist strike on London has labelled a new trailer for the Hollywood disaster movie London Has Fallen “extremely insensitive”.

Babak Najafi’s film, a big budget sequel to 2013 action thriller Olympus Has Fallen, stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman in the story of an attack on the capital. Chair of the 7/7 Memorial Trust, Philip Nelson, said the timing of the trailer’s release was wrong just a few days before the 10th anniversary of Britain’s worst terrorist strike of recent times.

“This is not the first time that Hollywood has been insensitive,” he told the Mirror. “If the story is about terrorism then this is extremely insensitive. People have also recently died of a terrorist attack in Tunisia.

“I have seen an image of Big Ben with the clock face blown out, that’s also insensitive. “[Our Trust] has had lots of help from America so I just think that these are the wrong images to portray. Is the summer the best time to be promoting this film anyway?”

It was not clear whether Nelson contacted the Mirror to express his concerns or was approached for a comment by a reporter seeking to put together a story. However, the trailer for London Has Fallen has also provoked upset on Twitter.

Fifty-two people died and more than 700 were injured in the bombings at Russell Square, Edgware Road, Aldgate and Tavistock Square, London on 7 July 2005. 

London is Fallen is due to be released in the US on 22 January.

Westminster is under attack in the first London Has Fallen trailer

After a brutal terrorist attack on the White House in 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, it’s now London’s turn to come under fire.
Sequel London Has Fallen sees the world leaders congregating in the capital for the Prime Minister’s funeral.

Once there, Gerard Butler’s secret service agent Mike Banning discovers an assassination plot promising to cause major shockwaves across the globe if successful.

The US is forced to team up with MI6 to take down the terrorist threat and prevent catastrophe.

Alongside Butler’s hard-as-nails US agent, Aaron Eckhart is back in the cast as President Benjamin Asher and Morgan Freeman will play VP Allan Trumball. Charlotte Riley will star as an MI6 agent who unites with Banning to face the terrorists.

‘London Has Fallen’ Trailer: ‘Olympus’ Sequel Brings the Mayhem Across the Pond

Lionsgate UK released the first trailer for London Has Fallen on Wednesday.

After top Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) saved President Ben Asher (Aaron Eckhart) from North Korean militants in 2013, the two now travel to London to attend the funeral of the British Prime Minister.

But a terrorist group plans to assassinate all the world leaders attending the funeral, forcing Banning and the President to once again fight for their lives.

The Focus Features film is a follow-up to the 2013 hit Olympus Has Fallen. The film was a surprise hit, grossing over $161 million worldwide against a $70 million budget.

Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Melissa Leo will all reprise their roles from the original film. The sequel also reunites screenwriters Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, along with writers Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John. Babak Najafi is directing.

London Has Fallen will open in US theaters on January 22, 2016.

 

”London Has Fallen” Teaser Trailer Released

Lionsgate has released the trailer for London Has Fallen. The sequel Olympus Has Fallen begins in London, where the British Prime Minister has passed away under mysterious circumstances. His funeral is a must-attend event for leaders of the western world. But what starts out as the most protected event on earth, turns into a deadly plot to kill the world’s most powerful leaders, devastate every known landmark in the British capital, and unleash a terrifying vision of the future. Only three people have any hope of stopping it: the President of the United States, his formidable secret service head, and an English MI-6 agent who rightly trusts no one.

Directed by Babak Najafi, the film stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett and Charlotte Riley. London Has Fallen comes to theaters in 2016.