8 Upcoming Movie Sequels That Are Doomed To Fail

by Danny Meegan

1. Die Hard: Year One

Die Hard Year One
Fox

Has there ever been a more stupid sequel idea than Die Hard: Year One?

Taking place in the present day, and in the past (with Bruce Willis playing old McClane and an unknown actor playing a younger version) the movie will explore a pre-Die Hard McClane while jumping ahead in time to catch up with the character after the events of A Good Day To Die Hard.

So essentially, Year One would be a John McClane origin story, even though most people would agree we've already seen a McClane origin story - the original Die Hard. What's the point in making another?

Before that first movie, McClane was a regular, run-of-the-mill cop, before his experience at Nakatomi Plaza forced him to play the hero. The whole point of Die Hard was that McClane was a normal guy in a situation he'd never experienced before. So is Year One going to skip further back in time and make McClane seem like an amazing action man, just so the movie is entertaining? That would basically be taking a dump on the first Die Hard's premise.

Ultimately, this sounds like a stupid, messy, and at worst, offensive idea. Willis is John McClane, and having anyone else play him wouldn't feel right at all.

Any other upcoming sequels that sound like bad ideas? Do you agree/disagree with our picks? Let us know in the comments section!

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!