MUMBAI: Gerard Butler, known for his recent films like Machine Gun Preacher and The Bounty Hunter, is heard to be developing a White House-set action film called Olympus Has Fallen for Millennium Films.
 
The film is about a Secret Service agent who must foil a terrorist attack on the president‘s residence.
 
The 300 star is developing the project from writers Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt. The production house is currently seeking a director for the project.

The film has Butler co-produce the project with Millennium‘s Mark Gill.

Butler‘s most recent films have been box-office disappointments. He is currently working in the upcoming surfing film Of Men and Mavericks.