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Die Hard 6 gets a screenwriter and a title
Are you ready for Die Hardest?



After the Russia-based antics of A Good Day To Die Hard, we’ve gleaned some exclusive details about the next installment in the Die Hard franchise.

Die Hard 6 - or Die Hardest, as it’s currently known - is currently at the writing stage, with Brit Ben Trebilcook penning a treatment.

Trebilcook is currently working on Knockout, a videogame-themed actioner set to star real-life martial arts stars. It was on this film that he came into contact with Larry D. Webster, consulting producer on A Good Day To Die Hard.

Through discussions with Webster, Trebilcook landed the Die Hard 6 treatment-writing gig. Details are scarce at the moment, but we know that the story begins in New York, before moving to Tokyo, which will be the predominant location.

As the project’s at the treatment stage, we’ll have to wait to see if this one does progress to production, but Trebilcook thinks his take will please fans. “It is extremely faithful to the franchise and characters and is a natural progression. It's also a very plausible storyline,” he told us.

Clarifying the current status of Die Hard 6, Trebilcook added, "Getting Larry's support was great, but there are many hurdles to leap yet and two of those are called Bruce Willis and [producer] Alex Young. [There's] the possibility producers might go back and find some other source material to base the next one on, like they did with the first and second. Mine though, I feel it could be the Rocky Balboa of the Die Hard franchise."

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Die Hard 6 gets a screenwriter and a title
Are you ready for Die Hardest?

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Have to agree. Torn the arse out of it now.

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24 to return in new format for 12-episode series
Fox Entertainment announces thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer will be renamed 24: Live Another Day



Kiefer Sutherland is to return in a new series of real-time thriller 24 â€" but in a 12-episode format in which the less interesting hours will be left out.

The new series, called 24: Live Another Day, was announced on Monday, three years after the Fox drama was axed after eight seasons, a total of 192 episodes between 2001 and 2010.

Following the exploits of counter-terrorism unit agent Jack Bauer, played by Sutherland, the drama was widely thought to have run out of steam by the end of its final season.

Plans for a 24 spin-off movie have been axed, and the new series comes after Sutherland's other Fox drama, Touch, was cancelled after two seasons.

But fans may be left wondering whether a 12-part 24 â€" the unique premise of the original series was that each hour in Bauer's life was played out in real-time across an (almost) hour-long episode â€" is really 24 at all.

Fox Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly said 24 showrunner Howard Gordon, whose credits also include Homeland, was "really energised" by the idea of a rebooted 24.

"They always had this idea of someday doing a feature film. I think they all agreed that '24' compressed into two hours is not 24," said Reilly.

"What they'll be able to do is go in chronological order of the day, but skip hours … Now we'll get the best part."

Sutherland said: "The response to 24 is unlike anything I have ever experienced as an actor before.

"To have the chance to reunite with the character, Jack Bauer, is like finding a lost friend. The story ideas from Howard Gordon are exciting and fresh, and will not disappoint."

Gordon, whose other credits include Homeland, the US adaptation of hit Israeli drama Prisoners of War, said: "Jack Bauer has always been an exciting, thrilling character, and I confess that I've missed him.

"I think the audience has too. The character has evolved through the years, and this new and exciting event series format is perfect to tell the next chapter of his story and continue to reflect how the world is changing. Fans can rest assured that the Jack they know and love will be back."

The new series of 24 is expected to air on Fox in May next year. The drama debuted in the UK on BBC2 in 2001 but the rights were subsequently bought by BSkyB.

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I don't know how much of an artistic departure this is for Lohan....

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Saw this trailer a week or so ago, doesn't look too bad, there's even an XBLA game alongside it.   

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