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Brian Damage · 08-03-2006, 03:21 PM

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The fourth installment of Bruce Willis' "Die Hard" action series will hit theaters on June 29, distributor 20th Century Fox said Wednesday.

"Live Free or Die Hard" is scheduled to begin production next month. Len Wiseman (the "Underworld" movies) is directing. At one point, the film was titled "Die Hard 4.0."

The story centers on an attack on America's computer infrastructure that begins to shut the country down. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every digital angle but never counts on Willis' old-fashioned, "analog" character, John McClane.

The three "Die Hard" films, released in 1988, 1990 and 1995, have earned $740 million worldwide and influenced a generation of action filmmaking. The franchise also made then-TV actor Willis into a bona fide film star.

At this stage, the new film's main rival on June 29 will be Disney's Pixar-produced cartoon "Ratatouille."

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

AKA · 08-03-2006, 07:11 PM

I'm looking forward to this, but I really, really, really hope they change the title. I felt the same way when Clerks II was going to be called The Passion Of The Clerks.

TJL · 08-03-2006, 07:19 PM

Hey, that sounds a lot like the "Wargames 2.0" script idea I had!

Bastards!

comedyfreak · 08-04-2006, 03:46 AM

I hope Reginald Vel Johnson is in this one.

08-03-2006, 03:21 PM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	"Die Hard" breaks "Free" next June LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The fourth installment of Bruce Willis' "Die Hard" action series will hit theaters on June 29, distributor 20th Century Fox said Wednesday. "Live Free or Die Hard" is scheduled to begin production next month. Len Wiseman (the "Underworld" movies) is directing. At one point, the film was titled "Die Hard 4.0." The story centers on an attack on America's computer infrastructure that begins to shut the country down. The mysterious figure behind the scheme has figured out every digital angle but never counts on Willis' old-fashioned, "analog" character, John McClane. The three "Die Hard" films, released in 1988, 1990 and 1995, have earned $740 million worldwide and influenced a generation of action filmmaking. The franchise also made then-TV actor Willis into a bona fide film star. At this stage, the new film's main rival on June 29 will be Disney's Pixar-produced cartoon "Ratatouille." Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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08-03-2006, 07:11 PM	#2
AKA Member Forum Star Join Date: Dec 17, 2001 Posts: 15,746	I'm looking forward to this, but I really, really, really hope they change the title. I felt the same way when Clerks II was going to be called The Passion Of The Clerks.