Jai Courtney Will Be John McClane’s Son In ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’
By Russ Fischer/Feb. 22, 2012 1:00 pm EST
John Moore (Max Payne) will direct A Good Day to Die Hard from a script by Skip Woods, with Bruce Willis once again playing NYC cop (or perhaps former NYC cop) John McClane. This time, he travels to Moscow to talk the local authorities into freeing his jailed son, and both men end up embroiled in a world-threatening terrorist plot.
Deadline announces that Courtney has been cast, and says that the search was basically down to two guys after a long search and several shortlists: Courtney and Liam Hemsworth. Courtney is less experienced and probably cheaper. Whether he’ll be a good fit for the role is unknown, as we know very little about the character Skip Woods has written. Seeing who’s been cast, however, gives us some clues.A Good Day to Die Hard forgets all about McClane’s daughter, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Live Free or Die Hard. It will shoot soon for a February 14, 2013 release. Jai Courtney will have another film on screens right around the same time, as he appears in Christopher McQuarrie’s One Shot, alongside Tom Cruise.
