In it, Channing Tatum plays Capitol Policeman John Cale, who has recently been turned down for a job in President James Sawyer’s (Jamie Foxx) Secret Service protection detail. Not wanting to disappoint his daughter with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, but the tour coincides with the storming of the building by a heavily armed paramilitary group.
As the government falls into chaos, Cale finds himself at the centre of a major battle to to save his daughter, the president, and the country.
White House Down was written by James Vanderbilt, and produced by Bradley J. Fischer, Harald Kloser, James Vanderbilt, Larry Franco, and Laeta Kalogridis.
Executive Producers are Ute Emmerich, Channing Tatum and Reid Carolin.
White House Down will be released in the UK by Columbia Pictures on September 6th.