American's greatest action hero translated into the sequential art form for the first time! Every great action hero got started somewhere: Batman Began. Bond had his Casino Royale. And for John McClane, more than a decade before the first DIE HARD movie, he's just another rookie cop, an East Coast guy working on earning his badge in New York City during 1976's Bicentennial celebration. Too bad for John McClane, nothing's ever that easy. Join legendary industry creator Howard Chaykin on a thrill ride that's rung up over $1 billion in box office worldwide and become the gold standard for classic action! Yippee Ki Yay!
If You Thought You Lived in a World Where Hollywood Would Not Make a Die Hard Origin Story, Well, Buddy, You Thought Wrong
It's nearly impossible to kill a franchise these days, and true to its name, the Die Hard franchise isn't going to let a little thing like the lackluster reaction to 2013's A Good Day to Die Hard force it to go gently into that good night: THR reports that Fox is currently developing a sixth Die Hard film, with director Len Wiseman attached. In keeping with current Hollywood practice, the currently untitled project will reportedly be a prequel that tells John McClane's origin story.
Though Bruce Willis is still expected to return to play the modern version of the character, Fox is apparently searching for someone to play the younger McClane in a story line set in 1979. Do you think Joseph Gordon-Levitt held on to those prosthetics?
