Die Hard 4 Info

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Die Hard 4

Genre: Action.

Studio: 20th Century Fox.
Production Company: Unknown.

Project Phase: Development Hell.

Who's In It: Well, we're assuming Bruce Willis will be back to portray the cop that is to terrorists what lightning rods are to major storms, Detective John McClane.
Who's Making It: Unknown. However, the script the movie is to be based on is called Tears of the Sun.

Premise: A 'jungle' setting has been mentioned as the location for this film.

Release Date: Unknown.

Comments: What do you do when you're the studio that produces a action film that is so popular, the film's set-up and twisting double-crossed protanogists actually forge a new sub-genre - the "Die Hard on a..." genre? Well, you make sequels, silly.

Die Hard - the building blows up.
Die Hard 2 - Die Harder - the airport blows up.
Die Hard With A Vengence - the city of New York blows up.

So, what do you decide to blow up in the fourth movie to top the previous three? Well, if the rumors are true, the fourth film will have McClane somewhere in a jungle enviroment - presumably, running for his life while the surroundings blow up. It's unconfirmed if there will be any terrorists with model hair and lovely foreign accents just yet.

Rumors: May, 1995... Published interviews with various cast and crew members of the Die Hard With A Vengence film mention that kinetic filmmaker Quentin Tarantino told Bruce Willis that he'd 'love to do the fourth film.' You just never know...

Scoop Feedback:

July 16, 1996... Daily Variety reports that Fox is considering a jungle script for the fourth Die Hard film. [Scoops submitted by 'pkalapa' and Christian.]

July 18, 1996... The script is described as 'Deliverance in the Amazon'. The original script, 'Tears of the Sun' was originally an Australian-US co-production to have been directed by John Woo and shot in North Queensland, or so says this scoop's source. [Scoop sent in by 'JockWu'; orignally presented in the Sydney Morning Herald, July 18 1996 edition.]

August 4, 1996... A script is now in place based on the original Tears of the Sun script. Robert Lawrence had been trying to develop the original property for the past six months at 20th Century Fox, and attracted the interest of John Woo at one point. [Scoop info mailed in by 'shape'.]

Fox announced that absolutely nothing has been finalized about the next installment of Die Hard, although it looks like it will indeed be based on the Tears of the Sun script. Filming probably won't begin for at least a year because of Bruce Willis' busy schedule. He will also join the $20 million dollar club when he makes the film. Brucie would get a cool $20 mil for the gig. [Scoop supplied by Christian "McClane".]

And when Willis does the flick, he may receive an additional 20% backend of the film's profits. [Scoop sent in by 'Compukiller'; originally appeared in The Hollywood Reporter.]

September 24, 1996... This fellow was involved in a thing called 'The Media Workshop' in Los Angeles this past August, and one of the lecturers was the president of Cinergi motion pictures (the producers of Die Hard 3 and current co-owner of the Die Hard franchise along with 20th Century Fox.) He said that a fourth installment was "very likely," but there was no story line yet and a director had yet to be be signed. He also said that John McTiernan would not be returning (he hinted that this was due to the director's price tag) and that Renny Harlin was also not a consideration because of the negative press surrounding him (Cutthroat Island anyone?) The lecturer also said that Jan De Bont (Twister) and Michael Bay (The Rock) are the two front runners for directors. [Scoop filed by 'Sgt. Spanky'.]