Will There Be Another DIE HARD Movie?? Maybe So...

Merrick here...
MTV's conversation with Bruce Wilis turned towards DIE HARD, where Mr. Officer John McClane revealed...

"I think we're going to do a 'Die Hard 5' next year."

...says Bruce HERE. In the MTV piece, Willis goes on to suggest the direction he feels the franchise should head:

"Well it's got to go worldwide," Willis concluded. "That would be my contribution to [the next movie]."

So, I guess the big questions here are: how much of this is Bruce simply talking about what he'd like to see happen, and how of this is actually in a more formal discussion/planning stage? I'm really on the fence about this. Part of me is totally crazy for the John McClane character & universe - another part of me found LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD aggravatingly tepid compared to the previous films in the series, and didn't feel Olyphant was a particularly compelling nemesis/presence. I guess my enthusiasm here would depend on what kind of DIE HARD film we'd actually get this time around. I hate to revive the "R" -vs- "PG-13" argument once more, but having seen these movies back-to-back fairly recently, I don't see how people can say that LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD's softer rating didn't negatively impact the tone of the film. Of course, the Box Office is the final arbiter in such matters - and the film did quite well overall - so there's probably not too much point in bitching about this further.
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