White House Down: Posters And A Peek

Now that  The White House is taken over by North Korean terrorists actioner Olympus Has Fallen has been released--the marketing push begins for Sony Pictures' rival project White House Down...

First Up: A trio of teaser posters

For Down James Vanderbilt wrote the script that sees a paramilitary takeover of The White House. Channing Tatum will star as a single father and Secret Service agent.

Maggie Gyllenhaal would play a fellow Secret Service agent. Jamie Foxx is set to play the President of the United States in the film. James Woods is in talks to play the head of the Secret Service. Joey King will play Tatum's young daughter. Jason Clarke will play Stenz, the leader of the mercenaries. Lance Reddick will play Colonel Janowitz, who serves as the handle for the Speaker of the House (Richard Jenkins) who trails the Vice President (Michael Murphy) in America's presidential line of succession. Garcelle Beauvais is the First Lady. Rachelle Lefevre will play the ex-wife of Tatum.

Sony paid $3 million for the script last year.

Roland Emmerich directs.

Emmerich, Vanderbilt, Harald Kloser, Bradley Fischer and Laeta Kalogridis will produce.

Even as the first trailer for the film dropped THR wondered Will 'Olympus Has Fallen' Success Hurt or Help 'White House Down'? The reviews for "Fallen" are fair and it finished in the #2 spot last weekend taking in upwards of $30.5 million...