Bruce Willis to Make Die Hard 4
He may be a little older, but John McClane is definitely back in action, as Bruce Willis announced today that he will star in a fourth Die Hard movie next year with the subtle title of Live Free or Die Hard. And the next Die Hard in the Bruce Willis franchise is coming quick, supposedly set for release on June 29th. 2007, with production starting as early as next month. Die Hard 4 tosses its hat into what's already been called "sequel summer" with Shrek the Third, Harry Potter 4, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Ocean's Thirteen, Spider-Man 3, Fantastic Four and the Silver Surfer, Evan Almighty, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Alien vs. Predator 2 ALL scheduled to open during the summer months of 2007. Now we can add Live Free or Die Hard to the long list of Summer 2007 sequels.
The Die Hard franchise began with the highly influential first film in 1988, which catapulted Bruce Willis from TV star to movie action star. Since then, through two sequels - Die Hard 2: Die Harder and Die Hard With a Vengeance, the franchise has earned $740 million and that doesn't even touch the very lucrative DVD sales or the fact that one of the three movies plays on cable pretty much every week. The Die Hard movies are a staple of the action genre and Live Free or Die Hard will be the first film in the franchise since 1995. With Sylvester Stallone going back to Rocky and maybe Rambo and Harrison Ford continually talking about making another Indiana Jones adventure, it was only a matter of time before John McClane and the Die Hard franchise resurfaced.
Bruce Willis is set to star in Live Free or Die Hard but Len Wiseman, the man behind the Underworld films will direct the film. Live Free or Die Hard will feature a modern terrorist threat, an attack on a US computer network that could "bring the country to a standstill." Of course, John McClane will save the day. Well, I assume he will.
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