Doctor Who’s Rory, Arthur Darvill, takes part in a global chase to stop a deadly virus in new TV series Apollo Has Fallen, filming now
Former Doctor Who companion Arthur Darvill is the latest star to join the popular ‘…Has Fallen’ action adventure franchise. The series began in 2013 with Olympus Has Fallen, where Gerard Butler’s secret service agent has to retake the White House after terrorists seize control. Since then it’s spawned two movie sequels, London Has Fallen and Angel Has Fallen. Last year a spin-off TV series Paris Has Fallen joined the universe. The next entry in the franchise will be Paris sequel Apollo Has Fallen, filming now, featuring Arthur Darvill.
Darvill joins Ritu Arya (Fugitive of the Judoon, The Umbrella Academy) and Tewfik Jallab returning as Paris Has Fallen’s MI6 agent Zara Taylor and former close protection officer Vincent Taleb. In that series they joined forces to save the French President from a vengeful rogue French Foreign Legionnaire. This time their mission takes them around the world when terrorists steal a deadly virus. But it’s sure to feature the same high octane action, twists, turns, and betrayals as you’d expect from the Has Fallen series.
Will Arthur Darvill be friend or foe to the pair as they fight to save the day again? That’s a mystery for now. But we do know another new member of the cast will be Annabel Scholey, who memorably played the Weeping Angel possessed psychic Claire in Doctor Who: Flux. Main series lead Ritu Arya was, of course, also in Doctor Who as the Time Lord Gat in Fugitive of the Judoon.
Alice Troughton (The Doctor’s Daughter, Midnight) will also direct episodes of Apollo Has Fallen.
Apollo Has Fallen is currently filming internationally, and will presumably be on television screens on Amazon Prime in the UK in 2026. In the meantime, you’ll soon be able to see Darvill in short film A Rose for Iris.
