"24" Series Finale & Talk of A Movie

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I personally though that the series wrap up of 24 was outstanding. Like most movies or TV shows, you topically never like to see your favorite character die in the end, cause it kinda destroys the memories of the show, and probably will discourage you from re-watching it in the future knowing the end. 24 ended on a high note though, I think I tasted some Bourne action going on there, we'll see what twist they decide to take the show now that it is completed with Fox.

~Side thought, I'd love for them to twist President David Palmer from the tomb and bring him back to help Jack in Europe in the movie.

24 on IMB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0285331/

[[3 postings from 3 different sites talking about the end of 24 on Fox and the movie]]


MOVIESBLOG http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/05/25/24 ... -24-movie/

""The real-time televised saga of Jack Bauer came to an end last night as Day 8 of the long-running action series "24" came to a close. If it ended on more of a whimper than Sunday evening's "Lost" finale, it's probably because Kiefer Sutherland's Bauer isn't quite done with the spy life. He's just going to be playing it out on a much larger screen.

Plans for a "24" movie have been percolating as far back as 2006, when series star Sutherland told MTV that a script was in development. More recently it was revealed that "State of Play" writer Billy Ray had been hired to develop a script. Now that the series is over, showrunner Howard Gordon is speaking publicly about what's coming next.

"Another draft is being written [by Ray]," he said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. "I don’t have a timetable. I think sooner rather than later is a good idea, but the people at Fox have their own timetable."

Sutherland is of course returning -- the series ended with him wanted and on the run from the government he once served -- and Gordon hopes that other key characters will be back for the movie as well. He stops short of confirming anyone however, explaining that the situation is "fluid" and "in the early stages."

While it is certain that the story will pick up in the aftermath of Day 8, that's really all there is. The plan has always been to make the "24" movie a bigger experience with a broader scope, but the mechanics how that will happen is unclear. Bauer is on the run in his home country and, as Gordon explained, he "can’t go to China, can’t go to Russia, and he probably can’t go to Africa either."

"In my mind, Jack is cut free but again he is a nomad," Gordon said. "He’s a man without a country. The very country that he has served and obviously sacrificed everything for has basically spit him out again and he is a fugitive."

Where would you like to see a "24" movie go? What did you think of last night's series finale?""



---Someone posted [Brandon]"I heard that the 24 movie is going to take place in London. Hopefully there will be more than one movie." This is true, we might end up seeing some
Bourne action here.




HOLLYSCOOP http://www.hollyscoop.com/movies/24/24- ... _1950.aspx

""Jack Bauer will live on to save the world! 24 may be ending, but it’s not the last time we’ll see our favorite action star. It’s being reported that 24 is being turned into a movie.

According to the New Hollywood Reporter, the show’s producer Howard Gordon has given the film script the go ahead. It’ll be written by the same screenwriter who did State of Play and Shattered Glass, and could be out as soon "as early as next year, depending on how things come together,” said Gordon.

And the film is trying something completely different from the show by taking out the “real time” aspect. Gordon says over the years, that’s what has made the show so predictable.

"We've done everything we feel we can do with that character in this format," Gordon said. "The opportunity [of a movie] is not to use the real-time aspect and also to do it on a scale the TV show never allowed."

The only other thing we know about the flick is that it will not be a prequel. So that means Jack will likely live through the rest of this final season. But did we expect any less?! It’s Jack Bauer!""




MOVIES-IGN http://movies.ign.com/articles/108/1084464p1.html

""Following Kiefer Sutherland's well-publicised night out in London's Soho last week, the actor recovered in time to talk 24 at an exclusive BAFTA Q&A.

The star, still clearly emotional after having wrapped the eighth and final season of the show last week, said that he was looking forward to now concentrating on the spin-off movie.

- BAFTA/Jonathan Birch
Keifer Sutherland, in conversation at BAFTA on Friday.

According to Sutherland, screenwriter Billy Ray (State of Play) finished the film's script a couple of weeks ago, with the star planning to read it when he returns to the States.

The film will condense the show's 24-hour time-frame into two hours, meaning the plot won't be constrained by geography.

"We've always had to have the situation come to us," he explained. "But now it's feasible to get [Jack Bauer] from Eastern Europe to England [during the movie]."

Sutherland also hinted that the plot will hearken back to season one, with a more insular crisis. "It doesn't have to be a bomb," he continued. "It can be something personal that people understand."

The star gave no indication as to when production with start, but with the script written and his schedule now relatively clear, expect the 24 movie to hit sooner rather than later. ""