MUMBAI: Hitman screenwriter Skip Woods is in talks to write the script of a new version of Die Hard for 20th Century Fox.

The New York cop known for consistently being in the wrong place at the right time has already had four run-ins.

In his last outing, Live Free or Die Hard, McClane battled web terrorists to $378 million in worldwide gross, 20 years after Hans Gruber did the maiden role.

Though there‘s no word yet on the new project‘s story line of the film that former Fox executive Alex Young is producing.

Woods has co-written several high-profile projects for Fox, including X-Men Origins: Wolverine and the forthcoming TV-series adaptation The A-Team. He also wrote the original screenplay for Swordfish.