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.
In the pic Murphy will play Vice-President Alvin Hammond who tries to establish order and a chain of command.
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 in America's presidential line of succession.
Sony Pictures paid $3 million for the script, the highest amount for a spec script sale so far this year.
Roland Emmerich will direct
Emmerich, Vanderbilt, Harald Kloser, Bradley Fischer and Laeta Kalogridis will produce.
Production kicks off this month in Montreal. Variety reports that Sony has moved up the thriller from its November 1, 2013 release date to June 28, 2013
Down is not to be confused with a rival project with the similar action-thriller Olympus Has Fallen.
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