The strange case of Die Hard 24/7, the Die Hard/24 crossover that never was but still sort of is
Late last night, Ain’t It Cool broke the news that the next installment in the Die Hard series is rumored to have the rather ridiculous title Die Hard 24/7, which may as well be subtitled You Know It, Brah!. Now the site is claiming to have heard from an inside source (“an established creative talent within the entertainment industry”) where it came from: Supposedly it’s the last vestige of what was intended to be a Die Hard crossover with 24, with Fox working some synergistic magic on its film and TV properties and bringing 24’s Jack Bauer in for an adventure with Die Hard’s John McClane. Unfortunately (?), the idea was scrapped when 24 star Kiefer Sutherland said he was more interested in developing his own 24 film franchise, but by then the title had apparently stuck.