Die Hard Prequel in the Works

[silverscreenselect]

Still in the early stages, but director Len Wiseman, who helmed Die Hard 4 has signed on. It would be set in 1979 with the John McClane character, played by a younger actor, as a New York cop. If Bruce Willis signs on, they will include some present day material as well, tied into the earlier storyline. No word on casting, but it would be interesting if they got Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's got experience playing Willis.

http://deadline.com/2015/10/die-hard-6- ... 201582142/

[SpacemanSpiff]

Still in the early stages, but director Len Wiseman, who helmed Die Hard 4 has signed on. It would be set in 1979 with the John McClane character, played by a younger actor, as a New York cop. If Bruce Willis signs on, they will include some present day material as well, tied into the earlier storyline. No word on casting, but it would be interesting if they got Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He's got experience playing Willis.

http://deadline.com/2015/10/die-hard-6- ... 201582142/

Maybe J G-L can learn to be right-handed this time?

[jaybee]

Yippie-ky-ya I've still got hair.

[Bob Juch]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

[SpacemanSpiff]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

Son of Sam time?

[Bob Juch]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

Son of Sam time?

No, he was captured in 1977.

[BackInTex]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

What does that mean?

[Estonut]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

What does that mean?

That the next Die Hard will be entirely copied & pasted from liberal propaganda sites.

[tlynn78]

Now that it's public news I can tell you that a friend and I are writing a treatment for it. It takes place in 1979 New York City.

What does that mean?

That the next Die Hard will be entirely copied & pasted from liberal propaganda sites.

LMAO - now that's funny, right there.

[SportsFan68]

I love the original Die Hard with Alan Rickman and Live Free or Die Hard with Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant. Maggie Q and Mary Elizabeth Winstead did super jobs with their roles too. The special effects -- wow! McClane knocking down a helicopter with a car! And a busted fire hydrant knocking a bad guy out of another helicopter! OK, OK, totally impossible. I still loved it.

I liked Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance, but not as much as those two.

I haven't seen A Good Day to Die Hard and won't go out of my way to do so. It won't have Alan Rickman in it, nor the technology of Live Free or Die Hard. Based on limited info, I'm really looking forward to 6. How is McClane still alive after how many times he's been shot and otherwise damaged? I read that Willis sustained a real injury when Maggie Q accidentally kicked him in the head with one of those stiletto heels -- so convenient for kung fu type fighting, as one critic pointed out . . . I don't care.

So, we'll find out if McClane is still kicking and whether he's still taking on bad guys. I'm hoping for a flashback type of plot.

[Bob Juch]

I love the original Die Hard with Alan Rickman and Live Free or Die Hard with Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant. Maggie Q and Mary Elizabeth Winstead did super jobs with their roles too. The special effects -- wow! McClane knocking down a helicopter with a car! And a busted fire hydrant knocking a bad guy out of another helicopter! OK, OK, totally impossible. I still loved it.

I liked Die Hard 2 and Die Hard with a Vengeance, but not as much as those two.

I haven't seen A Good Day to Die Hard and won't go out of my way to do so. It won't have Alan Rickman in it, nor the technology of Live Free or Die Hard. Based on limited info, I'm really looking forward to 6. How is McClane still alive after how many times he's been shot and otherwise damaged? I read that Willis sustained a real injury when Maggie Q accidentally kicked him in the head with one of those stiletto heels -- so convenient for kung fu type fighting, as one critic pointed out . . . I don't care.

So, we'll find out if McClane is still kicking and whether he's still taking on bad guys. I'm hoping for a flashback type of plot.

Yes, it will be bookended by present-day McClane.

[Coupon Boy]

It's quite ironic that they had a question about Die Hard on today's show.

[TheConfessor]

It's quite ironic that they had a question about Die Hard on today's show.

More of a coincidence than irony, I think.

[silverscreenselect]

Yes, it will be bookended by present-day McClane.

Only if Willis signs onto the project. In which case, the question will be whether he does a Saving Private Ryan bookend or something more substantial that actually wraps up the earlier storyline with real present day action.

[Bob Juch]

Yes, it will be bookended by present-day McClane.

Only if Willis signs onto the project. In which case, the question will be whether he does a Saving Private Ryan bookend or something more substantial that actually wraps up the earlier storyline with real present day action.

It will be the former.