Die Hard 6 origins tale in the pipeline – is it a good idea?

John McClane might be one of the great action movie heroes, but can a prequel satisfy his fans?

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This week has seen a series of announcements about movie spin-offs, reboots and origins tales, from Fox's two X Men themed series to a TV reboot of My Best Friend's Wedding. None has sparked as much interest as the news that a sixth Die Hard film is in the works.

Twentieth Century Fox and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura have revealed that they are going ahead with Die Hard 6 with Len Wiseman returning to direct the film. Wiseman was at the helm of the fourth, most lucrative, and only PG-13 rated Die Hard instalment Live Free Or Die Hard in 2007.

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