Last week, a new report surfaced thatDie Hard 6is moving forward, which will be set both in the 1970s and in the present day, giving fans both aprequeland a sequel at the same time.Bruce Williswill come back as iconic NYPD cop John McClane for the present day scenes, with a younger actor being sought to play the 1970s version of the beloved character. The scenes that take place in 1979 will be set 10 years before the events of the originalDie Hard. While attending the red carpet premiere ofRock the Kasbah, Bruce Willis shed some new light onDie Hard 6, revealing he’s excited to tell John McClane’s origin story.
“It’s a very good idea, a really tricky idea, and I’m very happy about it. It’s a really cool idea, because it’s the origin story. It’s gonna happen at the beginning of this. We’re going to bounce back and forth.”
The project will reuniteBruce WilliswithLive Free or Die HarddirectorLen Wiseman, who is set to direct and is currently developing the sequel with producerLorenzo di Bonaventura. The producers are currently seeking a screenwriter to craft this new story.Bruce Willisadded that he is “probably” going to produce the sequel withLen WisemanandLorenzo di Bonaventura, but he isn’t quite sure yet who will play the young John McClane.
“We’ll see. I don’t know. We’re not there yet, but we’ll see. Hopefully he’s got a hard head.”
Lorenzo di Bonaventurais based at Paramount, but he came aboardDie Hard 6because 20th Century Fox was interested in turning one of his other projects into aDie Hardmovie. This actually mirrors the development of anotherDie Hardmovie, 1995’sDie Hard: With a Vengeance, which originated from a script by Jonathan Hensleigh entitledSimon Says, that was turned into a John McClaneaction-thriller. There was a rumor back in 2013 that this new sequel would be set in Tokyo, but it’s clear that they’re going in a different direction now.
Way back in 2010,Bruce Willissaid he wants to “retire” his John McClane character afterDie Hard 6, but it isn’t known if this will actually be his final performance as McClane. It also isn’t known if hisA Good Day to Die Hardco-starsMary Elizabeth WinsteadandJai Courtney, who played his children Lucy and Jack, will reprise their roles forDie Hard 6. Are you looking forward to John McClane’s origin story being told inDie Hard 6?
