Jai Courtney To Star Alongside Bruce Willis As John McClane’s Son In ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’

20th Century Fox has announced that Jai Courtney will be playing John McClane’s son Jack in the fifth installment in the Die Hard series, ’A Good Day To Die Hard.’ Courtney is best known for playing Varro on ‘Spartacus: Blood and Sand.’ Directed by John Moore (Max Payne), the film has been set a February 14th, 2013 release date. The story is said to bring John McClane to Russia for more action-packed shenanigans, this time alongside his estranged son Jack.

The last instalment, ‘Live Free Or Die Hard,’ showed there was still steam in the franchise when it grossed $384 million worldwide. I’m looking forward to seeing John McClane back on the big screen – the man who can single-handedly take out 16 Russian mercenaries with no shoes on and a grubby vest. I’m a massive fan of the original ‘Die Hard’ movie, it’s one of the most entertaining and flat-out thrilling action movies ever made. I somewhat surprisingly enjoyed ‘Live Free Or Die Hard’, any movie that features dialogue like this gets my vote: Matt Farrell: “You just killed a helicopter with a car!” John McClane: “I was out of bullets.”

“Since the first Die Hard in 1988, John McClane has found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the skills and attitude to always be the last man standing, making him enemy #1 for terrorists the world over. Now, McClane faces his greatest challenge ever, this time on an international stage, when his estranged son Jack is caught up in the daring prison escape of a rogue Russian leader, and father and son McClane must work together to keep each other alive and keep the world safe for democracy.”