Bury your head in the sand all you want — Die Hard 6 is happening. Not only is it happening, but it's being planned as a prequel/sequel where we get to see how a rookie John McClane learned to walk across glass and first discovered his trademark "Yippie Kay-Yay" catchphrase — probably.
Anyway, this future bargain bin DVD is inevitable; hell, Len Wiseman is even returning to direct, so you know the auto-pilot is really on for this one. However, as the rest of us (former) Die Hard fans let out a deep sigh and wish this whole thing would just go away, someone came up with a plan to make the next installment actually worth the price of a ticket ... well, a matinee-priced ticket — provided you disguise yourself as a senior citizen or child under 12.
The fan in question is Eric D. Wilkinson, an indie movie writer and producer who actually took out a full-page ad in The Hollywood Reporter to pitch his own take on Die Hard 6. Here's a picture of the ad, courtesy of The AV Club and Twitter user @IvyLam22:
Yippee ki yay MFs pic.twitter.com/36YwFr7177
— Ivy Lam (@ivylam22) November 9, 2015
Wilkinson uses the same prequel/sequel set-up as the inevitable dumpster fire that we'll see in theaters, but it's actually pretty engrossing here. The proposed movie deals with a 60-year-old McClane being sent to prison, as we are thrown into various flashbacks of his early years. Then, of course, a riot breaks out in the prison, and McClane is forced to go all Nakatomi Plaza on everyone as he fights his way out and saves his wife.
Sounds pretty Die Hard-y to me. And nary a sighting of Justin Long anywhere.
Hopefully, Bruce Willis, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Len Wiseman actually pay attention to this and not just let it turn into another piece of unrealized fan-fic.
Via: Uproxx
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