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20th Century Fox has set A Good Day To Die Hard for a February 14, 2013 release, the highlight of several pictures the studio has just dated on its release calendar. Bruce Willis is set to reprise his role as John McClane in the John Moore-directed film, and casting is just getting underway for the role of his son, John McClane Jr, which has the agencies abuzz because of the opportunity for a young actor to make a mark.
Fox has dated the Liam Neeson-starrer Taken 2 to open Columbus Day weekend, on October 5, 2012; the Curtis Hanson-directed surfing film Of Men & Mavericks will open October 26, 2012 with Gerard Butler starring; the Billy Crystal/Bette Midler comedy Parental Guidance will bow November 21, 2012 for Thanksgiving; Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters will open March 27, 2013, which is the Wednesday leading into Easter weekend; and Walking With Dinosaurs has moved to the Columbus Day weekend and will open October 11, 2013. The 3D film was originally scheduled to open December 20, 2013.
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Scares me that John Moore is directing this
that title scares me – A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD? who in their yippie kay yay mother(gunshot) mind came up w/ that one? i’d take DIE HARDEST over that (eh, maybe not). Give me a sec, i’ll come up w/ a better title. Fox, bubbie, i’m your white knight
Ha, Doug. I agree with you that the title leaves much to be desired.
I actually like the title. A little wink to a famous quote.
Now the writer and director? THOSE scare me
“How can the same thing happen to the same guy twi— I mean, three–I mean four—I mean FIVE TIMES??!!”
—John McClane
it would scare me too, his handling of dialogue scenes is admittedly unwatchable, but John Moore does some seriously fuckoff action sequences. and Len Weisman killed the quality of the franchise anyway. so i say, bring it on.
So with the exception of Die Hard, they’re releasing a bunch of break-even bombs. What is Fox doing over there?
Taken cost $26m and made $226m worldwide. If they keep the budget below $50m they’re bound to make a decent profit.
An under 50 mil Die Hard sequel? Good luck.
I’m a huge Die Hard fan. But they need to put this franchise out of its misery.
Let me guess, “Yippee-Kai–ah, hell… I’m too old for this shit” is going to be the clincher line from the trailer.
John Moore… thanks for another uninspired director, Rothman. This is still a fantastic franchise. I hope you have a great second unit director.
he killed max payne. R.I.P
i hope Fox Goes Out Of Business
Sound the trumpets, Die Hard has officially jumped the shark. Just let it die, please man, let it die.
Let it Die…Hard?
tis a good day for it…
Hey, now you’re on to something…
I was mildly interested in this slate until the Percy Jackson announcement. This is Clash of the Titans Junior, and about as well-done. Harry Potter it ain’t.
no Justin Long?
Yay! The box-office bomb factory is running at full capacity. Can’t wait to see how their marketing idiots fuck these up.
Sounds awful. And why are they releasing a summer blockbuster (well, hasn’t every other die hard film opened in the summer) on valentines day? Yuck.
The title should be ‘Die Hard 5: Die Hardest’.
Shia LaBeouf, Anton Yelchin, Zac Efron, Ed Westwick, Penn Badgley, Chad Michael Murray, Chace Crawford or James Lafferty as John “Jack” McClane, Jr.
Or…or…how about Ashton Kutcher?
Chaz Bono?
Anton Yelchin
Who/What is a ‘Foc’ in the second paragraph? Would that be ‘Focs’ or ‘Faux’ or ‘Fox’?
What happened to the previous announcement of Noam Murro directing? Ha…the producers figured him out too, like Spielberg’s team did, that Noam is more full of Shiat’ than John Moore will ever be. At least John Moore will show-up without a bunch of attitude or food falling out of his mouth.
The title works for me. Much like Die Hard With A Vengeance and Live Free or Die Hard, it doesn’t make any excuses about what kind of film it is.
I am looking forward to seeing Taken 2.
Which…in the spirit of the Die Hard announcement…ought to be titled…”ReTaken”
Epic Fail.
Have any movie franchises worked when introducing the ‘son’ aspect? can’t think of any off the top of my head… (getting gassy just thinking of Indy 4)
What a bunch of garbage.
What happened to the daughter played by Elizabeth Winstead in 4? I liked her.
Yes– I thought he was supposed to have a daughter, not a son, so why can’t she become the kickass second generation?
Yes, I agree with vjinia. I think it would be a really interesting spin to have the daughter follow in the footsteps and also pay homage to his strong wife. But the fifth one. This guy really does die hard.
If you would watch the first one You would know he had a son and a daughter
John Jr. was seen in a picture or two in the original film; Lucy was the one who actually got screen time.
Anyway: maybe John Moore will surprise me a la Len Wiseman (he’s no McTiernan, but he did a serviceable job). But I really want to know who’s writing this thing…
Anton Yelchin would make a great son of mccain
The best casting choice for the John McClane Jr. role is clear to me: Aaron Paul from “Breaking Bad”.
Armond White liked Max Payne.