It appears that the rumors are true, and Fox’s hit series 24 is headed to the big screen.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The real-time TV thriller “24″ is headed to the big screen under a deal between movie studio 20th Century Fox and the show’s producers, trade paper Daily Variety said on Thursday.
The Hollywood publication said no deals are in place with the cast, although star Kiefer Sutherland — an executive producer of the series — has said he would like to reprise his role as sleep-deprived action hero Agent Jack Bauer in a feature version.
Oh you poor naive Reuters correspondent. You obviously don’t understand that Jack Bauer doesn’t need sleep.
Obviously, a movie version of 24 would be very different from the television show:
However, the paper said the “24″ movie would likely abandon the TV show’s distinctive real-time conceit, meaning that all the murder and mayhem will no longer be squeezed into one day. A rough plot outline has been drafted, but no details have been disclosed, it said.
There’s one thing that worries me, and that’s the last time that a break-out Fox series tried to make a blockbuster movie. It was, of course, The X-Files, and the movie was, for the most part, a disappointment. I’d hate to see the same thing happen to what has unquestionably been the best action series on television in a long time, possibly ever.
But what am I talking about ? This is Jack Bauer we’re talking about here.
H/T: Outside The Beltway Gone Hollywood
