White House Down White House Down White House Down is a 2013 American political action thriller film directed by Roland Emmerich about an assault on the White House by a paramilitary group and the Capitol Police Officer who tries to stop them. The film's screenplay is by James Vanderbilt, and it stars Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Woods, Jason Clarke, Joey King, and Richard Jenkins in supporting roles. The film was released on June 28, 2013 and grossed US$205 million worldwide. President of the United States James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) generates controversy over a proposed peace treaty between the
Toby Emmerich Toby Emmerich Toby Emmerich (born February 8, 1963) is an American producer, film executive, and screenwriter. His parents, Constance Marantz, a concert pianist, and André Emmerich (1924–2007), a Frankfurt-born gallery owner and art dealer, lived in NYC at the time of his birth. He has been producer or executive producer of over 50 films, and he also wrote the screenplays to the films "Frequency" and "The Last Mimzy", among other screenplays. After serving as president of production at New Line Cinema, Emmerich became president and chief operating officer of New Line on March 18, 2008, then in 2017, he became