Die Hard 5:A Good Day to Die Hard-February 14,2013 - 1>3>2>4

After securing a director and locking down a Valentine's Day 2013 release date, Fox is ready to line up a young thesp alongside Bruce Willis for "A Good Day to Die Hard" -- and whoever wins the job could wind up carrying the lucrative franchise forward.
Multiple sources tell Variety that in the coming days, Willis will begin reading with actors for the role of John McClane's son.

Fox and Willis have been trying to get the latest "Die Hard," directed by John Moore from a script by Skip Woods, off the ground for some time. After a handful of rewrites and the loss of its original director, Noam Murro, over scheduling conflicts, Fox and producer Alex Young seem to have the wheels in motion to get the film into production sometime in 2012.

Plot details are being kept under wraps -- except that it will be set in Russia, with McClane and son fighting some sort of threat.

As the pic clears obstacles to production, the role of McClane's son has been on the minds of most of the young actors in Hollywood. Insiders say it could open the door for someone to inherit the "Die Hard" franchise -- much like Jeremy Renner could wind up the new face of Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" series, or Shia LaBeouf in "Indiana Jones."

Given how much control Willis has over the property, the coming chem tests will be critical in determining who'll get the gig.

Actors mentioned include Aaron Paul, but there have been numerous others, ranging from Paul Dano to Ben Foster (each of those two has worked with Willis in the past).

At this point, no thesp is said to have an inside track. The studio denied reports of multiple names cited, calling it "all misinformation and incorrect."

Foxhound wrote:Testing begins soon for Willis' 'Die Hard' son
Role winner could wind up front-and-center in Fox franchise

After securing a director and locking down a Valentine's Day 2013 release date, Fox is ready to line up a young thesp alongside Bruce Willis for "A Good Day to Die Hard" -- and whoever wins the job could wind up carrying the lucrative franchise forward.
Multiple sources tell Variety that in the coming days, Willis will begin reading with actors for the role of John McClane's son.

Fox and Willis have been trying to get the latest "Die Hard," directed by John Moore from a script by Skip Woods, off the ground for some time. After a handful of rewrites and the loss of its original director, Noam Murro, over scheduling conflicts, Fox and producer Alex Young seem to have the wheels in motion to get the film into production sometime in 2012.

Plot details are being kept under wraps -- except that it will be set in Russia, with McClane and son fighting some sort of threat.

As the pic clears obstacles to production, the role of McClane's son has been on the minds of most of the young actors in Hollywood. Insiders say it could open the door for someone to inherit the "Die Hard" franchise -- much like Jeremy Renner could wind up the new face of Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible" series, or Shia LaBeouf in "Indiana Jones."

Given how much control Willis has over the property, the coming chem tests will be critical in determining who'll get the gig.

Actors mentioned include Aaron Paul, but there have been numerous others, ranging from Paul Dano to Ben Foster (each of those two has worked with Willis in the past).

At this point, no thesp is said to have an inside track. The studio denied reports of multiple names cited, calling it "all misinformation and incorrect."

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118044428

Aaron Paul

Inherit the franchise though?

Memento Mori wrote:In an ideal world, John McClane Jr would be played by Aaron Paul.

Shadow wrote:4 was better than 2.

Die Hard > Die Hard with a Vengeance > Die Hard 4.0 > Die Hard 2: Die Harder (although that is blates the best name)

Shadow wrote:I really don't see the need in anyone "inheriting the franchise". It makes no sense to me at all, the only thing that really links the 4 films together is that they feature John McClane, take him out and you just have any other action movie.

Moggy wrote:Die Hard 6: Die Easy.

McClaine is trapped in the lift at his comfortable retirement home. As his nurse races to save him, McClaine passes away quietly in his sleep.

Mockmaster wrote:It's down to you Errkal.

At the moment you seem to rate them as 1 > 3 > 2. Good work so far, and just Die Hard 4 remains. Once you have viewed it, you can be the ultimate decider in this debate and definitively order it as it should be, 1 > 3 > 2 > 4.