Die Hard.... reboot!

B.A._Baracus · 23-09-2019 1:27pm #1

Yup. You heard right. Disney has plans on rebooting Die Hard.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/teen-wolf-star-eyed-play-john-mcclane-disneys-die-hard-reboot/

It will no doubt be nothing compared to the original.

B_ecke_r · 23-09-2019 1:30pm

Please God and all his holy angels, no.

silverharp · 23-09-2019 1:31pm

PG Die Hard? , yippee ki yay, you meanie!

Urquell · 23-09-2019 1:34pm

This stops when we as a cinema going audience decides it stops....by not paying money to go see it.

There needs to be a string of reboots and remakes that lose a ton of money before they back off

B_ecke_r · 23-09-2019 1:36pm

I wouldn't even illegaly stream this one

theoneeyedman · 23-09-2019 1:39pm

silverharp wrote: »

PG Die Hard? , yippee ki yay, you meanie!

I once watched it in ITV, was dubbed 'yuppie ki yay Kimosabe', like WTF

heebusjeebus · 23-09-2019 2:52pm

theoneeyedman wrote: »

I once watched it in ITV, was dubbed 'yuppie ki yay Kimosabe', like WTF

"I've had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this monday to friday plane!"

:pac:

TheIrishGrover · 23-09-2019 2:58pm

ITV were always great doing this (And still heavily cut movies. Return of the King was on last night and there was a load cut)

I think it was Yipee Ki Yay Mother Funster on ITV? and on Lethal Weapon: That's a real badge, I'm a real cop and this is a real firing gun.

B_ecke_r · 23-09-2019 3:02pm

yeah now you mention it I remember watching T2 on ITV before and half the film was cut

silverharp · 23-09-2019 3:14pm

I can see it now, while it will still star the character of John McClane he will team up with a 12 year old girl who was there doing “science” or “computers” where she will save John on several occasion because he doesn’t know computers and she will even get the drop on Hans with her junior judo skills.
Are Disney hiring?

A2LUE42 · 23-09-2019 3:18pm

Don't you mean Joan McLane.

The high horse brigade · 23-09-2019 3:30pm

Urquell wrote: »

This stops when we as a cinema going audience decides it stops....by not paying money to go see it.

There needs to be a string of reboots and remakes that lose a ton of money before they back off

It makes no difference if you don't go, there's millions in their new biggest market China who love these crappy reboots

EltonJohn69 · 23-09-2019 3:34pm

They should get Steve Segal to play both John Mcclane and Hans Gruber..... and maybe Holly too... would be a bold and correct choice !

The high horse brigade · 23-09-2019 3:36pm

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

They should get Steve Segal to play both John Mcclane and Hans Gruber..... and maybe Holly too... would be a bold and correct choice !

It'll be the Rock, he's in everything these days

OU812 · 23-09-2019 3:40pm

I'm hoping that they're looking at this being something for Disney+ streaming. I wouldn't mind that. If they set it in the past & the kid grows up to be Bruce Willis over a number of seasons, but a straight reboot? No thanks.

The White Wolf · 23-09-2019 4:31pm

Lol.... Nice source.

Uncle Charlie · 23-09-2019 4:32pm

They need to bring back John McTiernan hes the only director who knows how to make a good Die Hard film.

TheValeyard · 23-09-2019 4:34pm

silverharp wrote: »

PG Die Hard? , yippee ki yay, you meanie!

John Woke McClane

lawred2 · 23-09-2019 4:39pm

what can you expect from a pig but a grunt..

hollywood has grown fat from the mindless churned out marvel and dc universe crap... it's realised that the masses are moronic and have no interest in stories or plots..

riffmongous · 23-09-2019 4:39pm

No worse than any of the movies since 3

Wanderer78 · 23-09-2019 4:41pm

With star character, Jenny maclain, formally john maclain!

Dades · 23-09-2019 5:07pm

Only Joseph Gordon Levitt has my blessing to play John McClane.

Some young buck with no forehead has no business being considered.

loyatemu · 23-09-2019 5:09pm

heebusjeebus wrote: »

"I've had it with these monkey-fighting snakes on this monday to friday plane!"

:pac:

this is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!

Stone Deaf 4evr · 23-09-2019 5:25pm

Dades wrote: »

Only Joseph Gordon Levitt has my blessing to play John McClane.

Some young buck with no forehead has no business being considered.

we'll probably get someone like Zachary Levi, and they'll lean too hard into the comedy aspect of it.
I cant think of who I'd go with though, it shouldnt be someone who's physically ripped, needs to be an ordinary guy who's a believable but likeable a-hole, Will Arnett maybe?

El Duda · 24-09-2019 10:28am

OU812 wrote: »

I'm hoping that they're looking at this being something for Disney+ streaming. I wouldn't mind that. If they set it in the past & the kid grows up to be Bruce Willis over a number of seasons.

Somehow you've managed to come up with an even worse idea than just a straight remake.

Wayne Jarvis · 24-09-2019 11:10am

Uncle Charlie wrote: »

They need to bring back John McTiernan hes the only director who knows how to make a good Die Hard film.

I believe he is blacklisted in Hollywood these days. Did some time in prison for paying to have a movie producer's phone tapped illegally. The case dragged on for nearly a decade before he was convicted and he made a lot of enemies in that time. He hasn't directed a movie since 2006.
It's a shame as Die Hard and Predator are two of my favourite movies and Die Hard 3 is brilliant too.

CastorTroy · 24-09-2019 12:34pm

Ignoring the film itself for now, but what younger action stars do we have these days?
Seems what few action movies we have are headlined by the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel

mikhail · 24-09-2019 1:00pm

B_ecke_r wrote: »

yeah now you mention it I remember watching T2 on ITV before and half the film was cut

I saw Jaws on ITV once. It's about some guys who go fishing and don't catch anything.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 24-09-2019 1:06pm

Reboots.... film is as good as dead as far as ideas go.

OU812 · 24-09-2019 1:14pm

El Duda wrote: »

Somehow you've managed to come up with an even worse idea than just a straight remake.

I vehemently disagree.

If they do it that way we get to see the early John McClane and everything that got him to Nakatomi Tower.

If they do it the other way we get watered down “hip” versions of the movies.

A police procedural set in the 70s & 80s NYC could be brilliant & we still get to keep the classics as is.

I know what I’d prefer.

For the record - the Die Hard series is Die Hard 1-3 & 16 Blocks.

FortuneChip · 24-09-2019 2:08pm

Absolutely pointless reboot.

One against many movies exist aplenty, so why bother branding it with the Die Hard name, I don't think it's going to boost profitability - Die Hard is what it is because Bruce Willis made it so, and even that star faded in later instalments, so don't see how a new face can bring it back.

RobbingBandit · 24-09-2019 2:11pm

Bruce Willis as Hank Goober the hipster bald Canadian antagonist

JP Liz V1 · 24-09-2019 2:39pm

The high horse brigade wrote: »

It'll be the Rock, he's in everything these days

With Kevin Hart :P

CastorTroy · 24-09-2019 2:55pm

I've seen a non nude version of Showgirls, so I know anything is possible

El Duda · 24-09-2019 2:57pm

OU812 wrote: »

I vehemently disagree.

If they do it that way we get to see the early John McClane and everything that got him to Nakatomi Tower.

If they do it the other way we get watered down “hip” versions of the movies.

A police procedural set in the 70s & 80s NYC could be brilliant & we still get to keep the classics as is.

I know what I’d prefer.

For the record - the Die Hard series is Die Hard 1-3 & 16 Blocks.

The whole point of the first film is that he is an ordinary beat cop thrust into a extraordinary situation. Giving him a back story which would no doubt involve explosions, villains etc... would just completely negate the premise of the first film.

There's a line in the second film; "How can the same crap happen to the same guy twice"

TWICE. Throwing in some back story would make no sense.

It'd be like making a prequel to Alien where Ripley defeats an Alien.

OU812 · 24-09-2019 3:02pm

El Duda wrote: »

The whole point of the first film is that he is an ordinary beat cop thrust into a extraordinary situation. Giving him a back story which would no doubt involve explosions, villains etc... would just completely negate the premise of the first film.

There's a line in the second film; "How can the same crap happen to the same guy twice"

TWICE. Throwing in some back story would make no sense.

It'd be like making a prequel to Alien where Ripley defeats an Alien.

No... A police procedural - NYPD Blues style, where he's a beat cop raising through the ranks to detective. Nothing to do with terrorists or explosions. He's just investigating crimes.

Starting off as an eager young cop & finishing up a couple of years before Holly moves to LA (she could get a job with the Nakatomi corporation in the final episode) as a borderline alcoholic, weary detective. It's a great setup.

FunLover18 · 24-09-2019 3:16pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Ignoring the film itself for now, but what younger action stars do we have these days?
Seems what few action movies we have are headlined by the likes of Dwayne Johnson, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel

Bruce Willis wasn't an action star and wasn't ripped when he did Die Hard so you could get someone who's not known for action.

I hope it doesn't happen but I'd rather a reboot than another ****e sequel. Whatever happens, the first three will remain as they are.

OU812 · 24-09-2019 3:23pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Bruce Willis wasn't an action star and wasn't ripped when he did Die Hard so you could get someone who's not known for action.

I hope it doesn't happen but I'd rather a reboot than another ****e sequel. Whatever happens, the first three will remain as they are.

FIRST three??? There's only three (& the unofficial fourth 16 blocks)

El Duda · 24-09-2019 3:32pm

OU812 wrote: »

No... A police procedural - NYPD Blues style, where he's a beat cop raising through the ranks to detective. Nothing to do with terrorists or explosions. He's just investigating crimes.

Starting off as an eager young cop & finishing up a couple of years before Holly moves to LA (she could get a job with the Nakatomi corporation in the final episode) as a borderline alcoholic, weary detective. It's a great setup.

I'd have much more interest in that if it was just a standalone, original film with no links to an existing franchise.

I'm sick of this need to explore every major characters back story. Can't we learn from Solo? That film was wretched.

Homelander · 24-09-2019 4:03pm

I don't mind a reboot as long as it's not actually a remake. Just follow the first movies premise of chucking a low-level/rookie cop into an extraordinary situation, without trying to make it an action comedy, and it could be perfectly fine. The first four films are good (4 in a different way but I still like it), Die Hard 5 was an utter horror. Franchise can only go up from there.

24-09-2019 4:13pm

Hopefully this will "DIE HARD"

Lewis_Benson · 24-09-2019 4:14pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Yup. You heard right. Disney has plans on rebooting Die Hard.

https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/teen-wolf-star-eyed-play-john-mcclane-disneys-die-hard-reboot/

It will no doubt be nothing compared to the original.

Rebooting eh?
****ing buzzwords.

FunLover18 · 24-09-2019 4:22pm

You couldn't really do it today anyway what with advancements in technology.

JP Liz V1 · 24-09-2019 4:36pm

FunLover18 wrote: »

Bruce Willis wasn't an action star and wasn't ripped when he did Die Hard so you could get someone who's not known for action.

I hope it doesn't happen but I'd rather a reboot than another ****e sequel. Whatever happens, the first three will remain as they are.

What about Miles Teller, Boyd Holbrook, Dylan O’Brien or a Hemsworth?

Loughc · 24-09-2019 10:28pm

sugarman wrote: »

Skyscrapper was basically a Die Hard rip off.

It wasn’t a bad movie. It just needed a leg up.

pixelburp · 25-09-2019 12:24am

Honestly, I'll believe it when I see it: not going to take the word of one particular outlet.

This was always coming, let's be honest: when the dust settled on Disney's monolithic acquisition of Fox, and got their ideas in order, there is a huge toy-chest of IPs to play with here. Though I'd have guessed something like Alien or Predator would have been their first visit to that well, not Die Hard.

CastorTroy · 25-09-2019 3:12pm

So the biggest question is: Will it be a Christmas movie or not?

TheIrishGrover · 26-09-2019 12:58pm

loyatemu wrote: »

this is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps!

Pardon my french, but you're an aardvark!

Loughc · 26-09-2019 1:10pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

So the biggest question is: Will it be a Christmas movie or not?

Now you're talking :pac:

B.A._Baracus · 26-09-2019 1:28pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

So the biggest question is: Will it be a Christmas movie or not?

As there's a divide in fans of the movie who say it is a christmas movie and those who say it's not. I'll say they'll push the Christmas tones more so in a remake.

TheIrishGrover · 26-09-2019 2:00pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

As there's a divide in fans of the movie who say it is a christmas movie and those who say it's not. I'll say they'll push the Christmas tones more so in a remake are wrong

FYP

Die Hard.... reboot!

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