White House Down Trailer #2

Since The White House is taken over by North Korean terrorists actioner Olympus Has Fallen is winding up its theatrical run--Sony Pictures' rival project White House Down gets a second trailer...

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.

I did not see "Fallen" (I will at some point) and as much as I think Emmerich has become a one note director--I get the sense from this peek that "Down" has the potential to be the better film of the two. Yes the action looks quite ridiculous and Tatum seems to channel Bruce Willis in the first Die Hard--right down to wearing a white tank top---Still this looks like it will be a fun Summer ride. Foxx and Tatum look like they had fun!

The film hits theaters June 28th--We will find out if the positive vibe I get from the trailer turns out to be correct...