Latest Information On Die Hard 4

We haven't heard much about the direction "Die Hard 4" is taking - hey, who the heck yelled out good guy shoots back at bad guys?! - since Doug Richardson was hired to pen it, but over the weekend we had the pleasure of having some details passed on.

I've been told that, in December, a second draft of the "4.0" screenplay is to be handed in to the Twentieth Century Fox Execs and also Cheyenne Enterprise's Bruce Willis and Arnold Rifkin, who are producing the movie for Fox. Writing duties were provided by "Die Hard 2: Die Harder"'s Doug
Richardson, who also penned the upcoming Willis starrer "Hostage" as well as "Money Train" and the original "Bad Boys".

Word is that the script was a spec called "Worldwar3.com" and was in the vein of the 80's Matthew Broderick flick "War Games". Mark Bomback who scripted the God awful "Godsend" was brought in and whom was rewritten by Richardson a few months ago.

As yet, only Willis himself has been cast and "Die Hard" and "With A Vengeance" helmer John McTiernan IS NOT going to be involved.

Despite no firm storyline being released, detective John McClane is supposed to be RETIRED in the fourth movie of this most successful and entertaining action
franchise.

We also checked in with Ben Trebilcook, who penned a version for "Die Hard 4", to see what he's heard and whether he'll be involved.

"I certainly think Doug Richardson is the way to go with this film. Steven De Souza should be brought in too. People forget that those guys played a major part in creating this franchise as well. I'm a huge admirer
of them both. I'm really looking forward to "Hostage", says the writer, whose new film "Daisy Scarlett" is in production.

"It's been ten years since "With A Vengeance". In the first movie, McClane said he had been in the job for 11 years. If it was real life, he'd be the right age for retirement. It has to be kept as real as possible. It's where Lethal Weapon 3 and 4 went wrong with Danny Glover's Murtaugh. He was about to retire in the Lethal Weapon, back in 1987. Sure it's 'movie world' but movie world has to make sense sometimes."

Is he involved? "For once, I won't say too much, however don't anybody rule out any Die Hard related involvement where my name's concerned."