‘Die Hard 6’ In The Works; ‘Die Hard 4’ Director Len Wiseman To Return
By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2015 5:20 pm EST
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Die Hard 6 will mostly be set in 1979, when Willis’ John McClane was just a regular copy in gritty New York City, and “show how he became a die hard kind of guy.” A younger actor will play McClane in the 1979 portion of the film, and Willis will appear as McClane in scenes bookending the movie. I’d complain that the whole point of McClane in the first Die Hard was that he began as a fairly ordinary dude, and not “a die hard kind of guy,” but that ship sailed several sequels ago.
It’s worth pointing out that McClane’s origin story has actually been told before, in a comic book prequel published by BOOM! Studios in 2010. It began with McClane as a rookie cop working the 1976 Bicentennial celebration in New York City. It’s not clear if the Die Hard 6 movie will draw from that material, or whether it’ll be its own thing separate from the comic books.
The Die Hard movies have grossed nearly $1.5 billion worldwide to date. The last film, 2013’s A Good Day to Die Hard, fell short of its 2007 predecessor Live Free or Die Hard in terms of box office gross, and was widely regarded by fans as the worst film in the franchise. But it still made $300 million, so here we are.
