First version of the screenplay was based on a speculative script by James Haggin called "Troubleshooter", which involved terrorists seizing control of a Caribbean cruise ship while John and Holly are on a honeymoon cruise. The idea was abandoned after Trappola in alto mare (1992) went into production. It was long rumored that this script later became Speed 2 - Senza limiti (1997), but this is not true, Speed 2 was based on original story by director Jan De Bont. In 1992 John Milius was hired to write another new script, which was rumored to take place in jungle, but for some reason it was rejected. In 1993 Doug Richardson and John Fasano simultaneously worked on two separate Die Hard 3 scripts, which were both rejected by Bruce Willis. The plot of Richardson's script was about terrorists taking control of the Los Angeles subway system, but their real intention is to burglarize the federal reserve of the city. The plot of Fasano's script had McClane pursuing kidnappers who have abducted his teenage daughter, believing her to be the child of a wealthy and powerful industrialist. Although both scripts were rejected, the ending of Richardson's "Die Hard in a subway" script was re-used by 20th Century Fox for ending of Speed (1994) when the script for that film was going through re-writes. And supposedly, Richardson re-used some parts of his rejected Die Hard 3 script in his original script for Money Train (1995), but the final script for that film was re-written by David Loughery so final film probably doesn't includes anything from Richardson's script.
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