The following will take place between January 2012 and December 2012. Mega-producer
Brian Grazer (who seems to be most known these days for attaching himself to every movie ever made) recently
confirmed in a tweet that the long rumored film adaptation of Fox's mega successful
24 series is still set for a 2012 release;
Got off the phone Kiefer yesterday and we are very excited about producing the 24 movie for next year,
24 was canceled a year ago after lasting eight seasons (or eight days rather). Grazer and Ron Howards company, Imagine Entertainment, produced the show and have long seen a film adaptation as been the natural progression of the Jack Bauer character. The last we heard about this project was last month when
Kiefer Sutherland gabbed it up with the girls
on the View also claiming the movie will hit 2012. Action maestro
Tony Scott who last directed the runaway train movie Unstoppable has been in talks to helm and seems to be excited about where he could take the Bauer character. I know huge fans of the show have been clamoring for this, but keep in mind there was a script written by
Billy Ray (State of Play) that was rejected by Fox and to date no replacement has been hired. Sutherland
still expressed much enthusiasm on the project to EW earlier this year back in January:
Billy did a fantastic job and there are aspects of that story I couldnt be more thrilled.
Little else is known about the 24 movie in terms of story, although my money is on it involving terrorists and Jack Bauer shooting people. A movie seems to make sense in terms of giving the property the budget it requires, although it does defeat the purpose of the unique 24 hour premise. Odds are we wont see a twenty-four hour movie, but will a two hour film cover the span of twenty-four hours? Well find out as Im sure Fox is banking on the hardcore fan base to come out in droves for this.
Story written by news trialist Daniel Cohen