The Die Onerous franchise might have acquired one ultimate installment underneath the path of Ballerina helmer Len Wiseman, however the film by no means materialized. Whereas selling his new John Wick universe film, Wiseman shared just a little perception into why Die Onerous 6 didn’t occur.
Die Onerous launched the profession of Alan Rickman and made Bruce Willis an motion hero in 1988. Whereas Willis had beforehand been identified for his comedy roles, his wise-cracking, relatable John McClane grew to become an icon of the style and ended up showing in 4 additional films, with A Good Day to Die Onerous being the ultimate film launched in 2013. Nevertheless, as Wiseman advised IndieWire, there ought to have been one final huzzah for the New Jersey-born New York cop.
“For 4 years I used to be engaged on what was speculated to be the final John McClane film. It was such a cool script and such a cool concept. Different films would pop up, and I’d be like, ‘No, that is going. We’re shut.’ There have been 4 years the place I assumed that film was occurring after which it didn’t.”
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Clearly, a number of issues modified across the time Die Onerous 6 was being thought-about. Disney’s merger with twentieth Century Fox handed them the keys to the franchise, and on the time, they didn’t need to drive it, they usually put McClane on indefinite depart. A short time later, the choice to doubtlessly revive the franchise was taken out of their arms when Willis revealed his well being points to the world and retired from Hollywood.
‘Die Onerous’ Did Get a Prequel – In Comedian Ebook Type
Whereas the story of John McClane got here to an finish in A Good Day to Die Onerous on display screen, there was an extra McClane story, which materialized because the comedian ebook restricted sequence, Die Onerous: Yeah One (additionally identified merely as McClane). This eight-issue restricted sequence acted as each a prequel and sequel to the unique film, and was launched in 2009.
At one level, there have been plans for this to be tailored into Die Onerous 6. Though it’s not sure that this could have been Wiseman’s film, the filmmaker did share a storyboard hinting this could be the case when the film was nonetheless in improvement. The speculated plot would have seen McClane being wounded whereas chasing down a prison, and whereas in hospital he would have regarded again on his life, together with a flashback to being shot on the job in 1979, and fixing the riddle of who did it. A second plot would have adopted McClane going again to the Nakatomi Plaza to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the occasions of Die Onerous, however would quickly discover his previous catching up with him. A part of this model would have been primarily based on the novel Previous Habits by Ben Trebilcook.
Whereas we won’t get to see Bruce Willis yelling “Yippee Ki-yay once more, Disney shouldn’t be identified to sit down on a high-profile IP for too lengthy with out making an attempt to squeeze just a little extra money from it. Whereas it’s unlikely they might try and recast John McClane for a brand new film, there may be nonetheless a chance they might try to move again into the previous and develop a venture round a rookie McClane.
Supply: IndieWire