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The film comes on 14th February.
Action heroes Die Hard.
Sometimes these filmmakers need to realize when enough is enough or common sense dictates the closure of a specific franchise or series, this is just such an example
You forgot one thing Bruce Willis has always been the sole performer of John McClane, it is unlike the 007 series in that is chronological shows an older cop at the wrong place at the wrong time. He is not a supercop just one who doesn't like losing.
I think some "fans" should recognize the fact that people enjoy seeing more of a particular hero. DH4 did well enough in the cinema's and I found Willis refreshing back in his role of scruffy hero, I am sure enough that DH5 will deliver another good actioner like the previous 4.
ANd f*** commonsense otherwise 007 would have stopped being a franchise after Connery stopped playing the part. It is due to decent greed and the love of some director/producer that we still enjoy some great franchises. Heck I even liked the last installment of The Rambo series which was in my personal view a step up after the last two episodes.
Some new info:
http://collider.com/die-hard-5-update-tom-rothman/162457/
20th Century Fox CEO Tom Rothman Talks A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD; Says John McClane’s Son Is “A Badder Ass Than John McClane”
by Adam Chitwood Posted:April 27th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
After 12 years, the Die Hard series returned in 2007 with the first PG-13 entry in the franchise, Live Free or Die Hard. The film did considerable business, and so development began on Die Hard 5. After a long director search, Fox finally settled on John Moore (Max Payne) to helm the pic, which now finds Bruce Willis’ John McClane in Russia and teamed up with his son, played by Jai Courtney (Spartacus: Blood and Sand).
Steve recently sat down with 20th Century Fox CEO Tom Rothman at CinemaCon, and during the course of their wide-ranging conversation the executive spoke quite a bit about the story of A Good Day to Die Hard and what makes the film different from other entries in the franchise. Hit the jump to see what he had to say.
Steve asked Rothman what he could tell us about the story for this fifth Die Hard, and Rothman responded by talking about what sets the film apart:
“I love this one. It’s called A Good Day to Die Hard, and two things make it new: 1. John McClane, the ultimate American hero, goes to Russia. So talk about a fish out of water, he’s completely out of water. And 2. It’s really a father-son story, which is that John McClane’s been a great cop his whole life but he’s been a pretty lousy father. He has a grown son who he’s not really been in much touch with, and McClane thinks the son’s a **** up—that’s a technical term.”
So what brings everyone’s favorite hardened cop to Russia? His son, of course:
“So he goes to Russia, he thinks, to bail his son out of jail, and it turns out the son’s not a **** up, he’s the antithesis of that. In fact, the apple has not fallen far from the tree, the apple has not fallen from the tree, which is that the son is a badder ass John McClane than John McClane.”
Essentially the set up is that McClane reunites with his estranged son, who turns out to be John McClane 2.0. As far as the villains go, Rothman said The McClanes make quite a few enemies overseas:
“It comes to the point in the story where they’re basically the most wanted men in the entire Soviet Union, and it’s the two of them against all of the bad guys. I’ve just gotta say, it’s a classic, classic Die Hard.”
Though I was really hoping to see Mary Elizabeth Winstead return as McClane’s daughter from Live Free or Die Hard, it sounds like they may possibly be setting the franchise up for a new lead in the future. Given that McClane’s son is “a badder ass than John McClane,” I could see Courtney being poised to lead the series in a few years with Willis taking a smaller role in subsequent installments. Fox took their sweet time settling on just the right actor to take the McClane Jr. role, so hopefully Courtney impresses when the release date rolls around.
And a video of a truck chase they filmed:
http://index.hu/video/2012/04/24/die_hard_5_forgatas/
We all know this is a crock. HE'S JOHN FREAKING MCCLANE!!!!!
Nobody can replace Willis. They should finish the franchise after the 6th like he said, then that can be the end of it. The new logo looks really badass though.
It's just like Cruise passing Mission:Impossible on, to someone else. We had this talk after the third and fourth film and guess what? He's still here!
Sadly because that's they only way they get fully funded/produced. I don't see how the M:I team can convince the studio to go on without Cruise..
Exactly, to my anger. And the man that said that obviously has no idea who John is as a character.
And at the end when the fedora fell at Mutt's feet, oh KILL ME NOW!!! MIGP, Indy 4, and scores of others all look like purposeful set ups for a supporting actor to take over the mantel, while in reality none did, and AGDTDH will be no different.
completely agree. If they wanna continue the franchise? Recast the lead actor or actress like they did with Bond? Bond has shown that this can be done! None of this handing over the reigns crap!
Damn :-(
Willis doesn't report for a month or so, so there is still a chance for Stewart.
As for Indy: I never cared for Shia L. and I was praying the series would not go to him.
I rewatched it last night and actually think Willis did a great job playing an older McClane, even if it was harder to picture without hair.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/cole-hauser-joins-bruce-willis-in-a-good-day-to-die-hard/
Only Die Hard 2 is faulty in my opinion, and I don't attribute anything you said to the Die Hard series as a whole.
ALSO YOU HEAR ABOUT RAMBO 5??
YUP
http://www.movieweb.com/movie/a-good-day-to-die-hard/PGrqX2lpMqlEuz
Really??? You better not be messing with me here. Is Stallone returning? Hang on, I'm of to google this.
EDIT: Yep, Rambo 5, it's gonna be awesome. Apparently he'll be taking on Mexican drug lords this time.