Mark Millar Pitches In On That ‘Die Hard 6’ Pitch
By Jack Giroux/Nov. 13, 2015 2:00 pm EST
A few days ago Eric D. Wilkinson, a producer and writer of indies, took out a full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter with his pitch for the next Die Hard, which comic book writer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass) has now expanded upon.
Read Mark Millar’s Die Hard pitch after the jump.
Wilkinson’s idea is simple: a 60-year-old John McClane is wrongfully convicted of a murder. While the wisecracking cop is in prison, a riot, orchestrated by a terrorist organization, breaks out. The story would also cut to 1979, showing McClane’s younger days.
Wilkinson’s heart is in the right place. He simply wants a good Die Hard movie, as we all do, and he took a chance by posting his ad. Will anything come of it? We’re 99% certain nothing will, but it’s actually not a bad idea. However, I don’t think anyone has a burning desire to see John McClane’s origin story. Just let him be John McClane.
Comic book writer Mark Millar is a fan of Wilkinson’s idea, though. He posted some thoughts on the pitch over at his site (via Hollywood News). Here’s the direction he would take the story in:
The attack on the Nakatomi building
To get McClane in this high-security prison much faster and much more smoothly how about he’s arrested as he comes off a Christmas flight and he has no idea what the Hell he’s being charged with? He’s been busted under a Homeland Security provision, the last twenty five years of his life having him involved or certainly at the centre of…
The terrorist incident at Dulles airport
The bomb-threat to New York City
Die Hard 4’s cyber-terror threat
And, more recently, whatever actually happened in Die-Hard 5.
I think the genius of Die-Hard is staying simple and getting him into that situation as quickly as possible. It’s a third act spread over THREE acts. If this is any help to anyone they are more than welcome. [Producer] Lorenzo’s [di Bonaventura] a pal of mine and producing Jupiter’s Legacy so I’m going to shoot this over to him too as I’d love to see that guy get this gig. This is a movie I just want to see.
