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'24' headed to the bigscreen
Fox TV, film studios team on feature adaptation
Source: Variety

Twentieth Century Fox's film and TV studios are conspiring to finally bring hit television series "24" to the bigscreen.

The film side has hired scribe Billy Ray ("State of Play," "Flightplan") to pen the script for the feature version.

Ray's pitch, which takes Jack Bauer to Europe, was a hit with Fox execs and producers of the high-concept television series.

Ray also wrote and directed "Breach" and "Shattered Glass."

Script is said to have come through "24" star Kiefer Sutherland, who's also an exec producer on the series -- and is said to be eager to turn the long-running TV skein into a feature franchise.

Feature would be produced by the TV show's key exec producers, including Sutherland. Series was created by Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow, while exec producer Howard Gordon runs the show through his Real Time Prods. banner.

Brian Grazer's Imagine Entertainment, which produces the show along with 20th Century Fox TV, also would be involved.

Insiders cautioned that a "24" feature is still very much in the preliminary stages. There are a number of factors influencing how quickly it moves ahead, including the fate of the TV show.

Fox doesn't have a deal for a ninth season of "24" and hasn't yet decided whether to order another season. Insiders said the network is waiting to see this week's ratings before making a decision, but the betting is that this season will be the final one.

Even if Fox winds up passing on another year of "24," 20th Century Fox TV could shop the show to other nets. In that case, a feature might have to take a back seat.

The series' producers have been kicking around the possibility of a feature adaptation for several years and came close to moving ahead on one several years ago.

But the prospect of shooting a film while the show was still on the air was daunting for the cast and producers. Critics and fans of "24" have always enthused about how the show is produced like a feature -- and the film studio would want to move most of the "24" series crew to work on the film. That's difficult to do while "24" is in production, and hiatuses aren't nearly long enough to shoot a movie.

The show's producers did take advantage of the writers strike to make a TV movie, however: "24: Redemption," which aired prior to the show's seventh season in 2008, was nominated for five Emmys.

The allure of spinning a popular TV series into a bigscreen film is hard to ignore for studio execs, since there is a built-in audience and brand awareness; "24" has also been a mammoth hit for the studio in foreign markets, which suggests that a feature adaptation would travel well.

Fox saw big rewards from turning TV toon "The Simpsons" into a feature film. In 2007, "The Simpsons" grossed $183.1 million domestically and $343.9 million overseas for a worldwide cume of $527.1 million.

Studio saw strong returns when adapting TV series "The X-Files." Feature film "The X-Files," released in 1998 when the show was still on the air, grossed $83.9 million at the domestic B.O. and $105.3 million overseas for a total cume of $189.2 million.

The second outing wasn't nearly as successful, however. "The X-Files: I Want to Believe," released in 2008, six years after the series went off the air, grossed just $68.4 million worldwide.
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'24′ return scoop: 12 episodes planned
Source: EW

With Kiefer Sutherland and Fox plotting the return of Jack Bauer, we're hearing some additional details about the plan.

You already figured this out, but now we can say with certainty: Touch isn't coming back for a third season. The mystical drama was shifted to Friday nights this season where it struggled in the ratings. Even without a 24 revival, it was considered pretty much dead in the water.

For 24 miniseries/limited series, we're hearing Fox is actually currently looking at a 12-episode order for the show. For a cable series, that's pretty much a full season (heck, for HBO's Game of Thrones, it's more than a full season). So that would be a pretty significant potential order to bring back Bauer.

Fox had no comment. Hopefully there will be clarity at the network's upfront presentation Monday.

Of course, a 12-episode order does raise the question: Will 24 continue in its real-time format, but just follow Bauer over the course of 12 hours? That would sort of botch the title, though, right? Or will Bauer face another 24-hour adventure, but the narrative will skip time? It would be great to see Bauer get on L.A.'s 405 freeway at the end of one episode and arrive at his destination two hours later at the start of the next episode — now that would be realistic action!
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Mary Lynn Rajskub will return for '24: Live Another Day'
Source: Hitflix

What? You thought there was any chance that they were bringing back "24" wouldn't Chloe O'Brian?

For shame.

FOX announced on Thursday (August 1) morning that Mary Lynn Rajskub will return for the spring 2014 event series "24: Live Another Day."

Although it seems like grumpy-yet-brilliant computer analyst Chloe was always a part of the TV world, she only joined the show in the third season. By virtue of not dying, Chloe ended the series with the second most episodes of any "24" character, behind only Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer.

Sutherland is, of course, also returning, as is executive producer Howard Gordon and a slew of other "24" veterans, including Evan Katz, Manny Coto, David Fury and director Jon Cassar.

"I am thrilled to be working with Howard and the writers again – and, of course, Kiefer!," blurbs Rajskub. "There's a lot more room to grow in my character...I'm going to start sharpening my computer skills now!"

Regarding "24: Live Another Day," FOX is only teasing that the story will pick up after the events of the finale, which aired on May 24, 2010. The real-time format will remain, but with hours skipped for Jack Bauer to nap and use the bathroom.
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Quote from: Melville on September 04, 2013, 04:59:04 AM
Mary Lynn Rajskub will return for '24: Live Another Day'
Source: Hitflix

What? You thought there was any chance that they were bringing back "24" wouldn't Chloe O'Brian?


For shame.
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