Kiefer Sutherland Says the '24' Movie Will Shoot Next Summer
Sutherland says the script is ready to go right after the second season of 'Touch.'
By Fred Topel
July 24, 2012
Last time we spoke to Kiefer Sutherland he thought he’d be shooting the 24 movie by now. When “Touch” premiered in January, he believed the script was ready to shoot in the summer. Then it got delayed for the second time. At the Fox party for the Television Critics Association this summer, Sutherland explained why they didn’t make it into production, but there’s no need to worry.
“Timing,” Sutherland said. “We didn’t have a script ready for that until very close to the end of ‘Touch.’ We knew we were coming back so there was a very finite window for me to make the film, to try to prep it, cast it and all of those other things. It was just unrealistic for Fox to try and make it, so they pushed it for next break.”
So to confirm, that means the script is now ready to shoot next time he’s available when “Touch” wraps its second season, right? “I believe so, yeah.”
The series finale of “24” left Jack Bauer fleeing the U.S. for his violent actions in the name of preventing terrorism. That was May 2010. If they shoot the movie in 2013 and it’s out in 2014, that’s four years since we last saw Jack. Sutherland is not worried about waiting too long.
“No, because I think we can make a great film. I mean, I don’t want to do it with a cane, but we’ll see. We’ll see what happens.”
CraveOnline will be back with more 24 news as soon as Chloe can patch us into the comm.
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July 24, 2012
Last time we spoke to Kiefer Sutherland he thought he’d be shooting the 24 movie by now. When “Touch” premiered in January, he believed the script was ready to shoot in the summer. Then it got delayed for the second time. At the Fox party for the Television Critics Association this summer, Sutherland explained why they didn’t make it into production, but there’s no need to worry.
“Timing,” Sutherland said. “We didn’t have a script ready for that until very close to the end of ‘Touch.’ We knew we were coming back so there was a very finite window for me to make the film, to try to prep it, cast it and all of those other things. It was just unrealistic for Fox to try and make it, so they pushed it for next break.”
So to confirm, that means the script is now ready to shoot next time he’s available when “Touch” wraps its second season, right? “I believe so, yeah.”
The series finale of “24” left Jack Bauer fleeing the U.S. for his violent actions in the name of preventing terrorism. That was May 2010. If they shoot the movie in 2013 and it’s out in 2014, that’s four years since we last saw Jack. Sutherland is not worried about waiting too long.
“No, because I think we can make a great film. I mean, I don’t want to do it with a cane, but we’ll see. We’ll see what happens.”
CraveOnline will be back with more 24 news as soon as Chloe can patch us into the comm.
Source: craveonline.com
Kiefer Sutherland: '24 fans still have huge interest in a movie'
Published Thursday, Jun 28 2012 by Digital Spy
Kiefer Sutherland has once again insisted that he is "anxious" to make a 24 movie.
A film version of the popular Fox drama has been in development since the show ended in 2010.
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"I've been working very hard to make that happen," Sutherland is quoted as saying by Yahoo. "The process has taken us so long because it's such a complicated script to write."
He explained: "Normally, we have 24 hours to tell a story. Trying to condense it into two hours involves a lot of hard choices: What kind of story do you want to tell? How political do you want to make it? How character-driven do you want to make it?"
Sutherland added that he is keen to recruit a director and begin casting the movie adaptation.
"The film will pick up with Jack Bauer six months after the end of the final TV episode," he confirmed. "We still need to find a director and see which actors from the series would be available to return to do the film with me."
The 45-year-old actor - who first played Jack Bauer in 2001 - also dismissed the suggestion that interest in a 24 film is lessening the longer it takes the project to materialise.
"I think audiences still remember the series and have a huge interest in seeing what a film version would be like," he insisted. "People still tell me how much they loved Jack Bauer and I think audiences appreciated that he wasn't a typical hero-type and had many flaws and contradictions.
"We'll also have a lot more creative freedom and possibilities doing the film as opposed to the kinds of limitations you have when doing a TV series in real time."
Source: Digitalspy.co.uk
He explained: "Normally, we have 24 hours to tell a story. Trying to condense it into two hours involves a lot of hard choices: What kind of story do you want to tell? How political do you want to make it? How character-driven do you want to make it?"
Sutherland added that he is keen to recruit a director and begin casting the movie adaptation.
"The film will pick up with Jack Bauer six months after the end of the final TV episode," he confirmed. "We still need to find a director and see which actors from the series would be available to return to do the film with me."
The 45-year-old actor - who first played Jack Bauer in 2001 - also dismissed the suggestion that interest in a 24 film is lessening the longer it takes the project to materialise.
"I think audiences still remember the series and have a huge interest in seeing what a film version would be like," he insisted. "People still tell me how much they loved Jack Bauer and I think audiences appreciated that he wasn't a typical hero-type and had many flaws and contradictions.
"We'll also have a lot more creative freedom and possibilities doing the film as opposed to the kinds of limitations you have when doing a TV series in real time."
Source: Digitalspy.co.uk
24 film pushed back by 20th Century Fox amid trilogy speculation
Filming for the eagerly anticipated 24 movie has been pushed back by 20th Century Fox amid speculation that the franchise is weighing up ideas for a trilogy.
By Emily Hewett - 15th March, 2012
Production on the film was due to start next month but Fox have postponed the project due to potential scheduling problems surrounding the series' star Kiefer Sutherland, who plays CTU hero Jack Bauer.
Should Sutherland's latest TV show, Touch, be recommissioned for a second series he would have to return to the programme's set in the autumn, meaning the schedule for the 24 movie would be too hectic and rushed.
A Fox spokesman confirmed the movie was on hold.
'We're still working on a script, and hope to make [it] when Kiefer next has time,' he said.
'This all came down to timing, and seven weeks is not enough time to prep a movie like this.'
The news comes amid speculation that screenwriter Billy Ray has handed in a script which sees the storyline play out across three installments.
Although the film is yet to receive the official green light, Fox were in the process of securing Training Day director Antoine Fuqua before it was put on the back burner.
The series' big screen adaption may go forward next year during Sutherland’s next hiatus, providing Touch goes beyond its first season.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/film/893204-24-film-pushed-back-by-20th-century-fox-amid-trilogy-speculation#ixzz1pKmFmv6o
Production on the film was due to start next month but Fox have postponed the project due to potential scheduling problems surrounding the series' star Kiefer Sutherland, who plays CTU hero Jack Bauer.
Should Sutherland's latest TV show, Touch, be recommissioned for a second series he would have to return to the programme's set in the autumn, meaning the schedule for the 24 movie would be too hectic and rushed.
A Fox spokesman confirmed the movie was on hold.
'We're still working on a script, and hope to make [it] when Kiefer next has time,' he said.
'This all came down to timing, and seven weeks is not enough time to prep a movie like this.'
The news comes amid speculation that screenwriter Billy Ray has handed in a script which sees the storyline play out across three installments.
Although the film is yet to receive the official green light, Fox were in the process of securing Training Day director Antoine Fuqua before it was put on the back burner.
The series' big screen adaption may go forward next year during Sutherland’s next hiatus, providing Touch goes beyond its first season.
Read more: http://www.metro.co.uk/film/893204-24-film-pushed-back-by-20th-century-fox-amid-trilogy-speculation#ixzz1pKmFmv6o
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March 12, 2012: Kiefer Sutherland talks about the '24' movie while in Moscow for TOUCH press tour
March 7, 2012: '24' Star Kiefer Sutherland On Film's Progress
Kiefer Sutherland talks about the progress of the long talked about '24' movie at the UK launch for his new TV show, 'TOUCH'
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Kiefer Sutherland Tweet Jan 31, 2012:
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Kiefer Sutherland Talks Touch and the "Very Difficult Task" of a 24 Movie - 1/23/12
Nobody panic: Jack Bauer is back! Well, Kiefer Sutherland is back...on TV. We'll have to wait a little bit longer for Bauer to save the world again, in the form of a 24 movie.
We talked with Sutherland at Fox's TCA Winners Walk, where he told us why Touch was the show to bring him back to the tube, and when fans can expect that big ol' 24 clock on the big screen…
"We're planning on starting the very end of April, the beginning of May," he reveals to us about the movie adaptation of 24. Hopefully it'll be all systems go by then, because even Sutherland has some qualms about transferring Jack Bauer to the big screen. "I believe very strongly—and I apologize, it's a very difficult task to take what we would do in a season, which would be 24 episodes, and try and condense it into two hours. And so it took us a little while to put that together, but I feel very strongly that we have ...I don't like to say anything is done until it's finished, but we should be starting in May."
If Kiefer feels confident about it, that's good enough for us.
—Reporting by Kristin Dos Santos
Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/kiefer_sutherland_talks_touch_very/284943#ixzz1kJV2szzN
We talked with Sutherland at Fox's TCA Winners Walk, where he told us why Touch was the show to bring him back to the tube, and when fans can expect that big ol' 24 clock on the big screen…
"We're planning on starting the very end of April, the beginning of May," he reveals to us about the movie adaptation of 24. Hopefully it'll be all systems go by then, because even Sutherland has some qualms about transferring Jack Bauer to the big screen. "I believe very strongly—and I apologize, it's a very difficult task to take what we would do in a season, which would be 24 episodes, and try and condense it into two hours. And so it took us a little while to put that together, but I feel very strongly that we have ...I don't like to say anything is done until it's finished, but we should be starting in May."
If Kiefer feels confident about it, that's good enough for us.
—Reporting by Kristin Dos Santos
Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/kiefer_sutherland_talks_touch_very/284943#ixzz1kJV2szzN
Jan 8, 2012: Kiefer Sutherland Discusses The 24 Movie
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Kiefer Sutherland has been one of the most beloved actors of the last decade. Sutherland starred as the flawed hero Jack Bauer, who was called upon to save the country-and even the world -- day after day on the hit the FOX series 24. Sutherland, who is returning to television on the new FOX series Touch, told us that Jack Bauer will be back, with 24 movie scheduled to go into production in April. With anticipation for the movie running extremely high, it's clear that audiences want to see more of Jack Bauer. We asked Sutherland why he thinks that is.You can get your first look of Touch during a special preview with Wednesday January 25 after American Idol. Look for the 24 movie to be released sometime 2013.
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Jan 12, 2012: Hollywood Exclusive: Kiefer Sutherland Says '24' Movie Will Be 'Like Going Home'
By Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith
It's been more than five years since the "24" team first set its sights on making a feature. Sutherland acknowledges, "That process has taken us so long; it's such a complicated script to write. Normally, we have 24 hours to tell a story. Trying to condense it into two hours involves a lot of hard choices: What kind of story do you want to tell? How political do you want to make it? How character-driven do you want to make it?"
Sutherland was in fine form at the Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour this week, talking about his Jan. 25-debuting Fox "Touch" series that has him as the father of a mute, possibly autistic boy who has an astonishing understanding of numbers and their correlation to the universe.
The star was also was among the notables on hand at Fox's party at the historic Castle Green Hotel in Pasadena, Calif., where he chatted away gamely and amiably even though a small group of reporters pretty much backed him into a small space behind a grand piano. He elaborated on some of what he talked about at the earlier press conference -- including the "24" film.
As far as the answers to all those questions about how political and/or character-driven the big screen "24" will be, he laughed and said, "You'll have to wait and see it." He said that several "great actors have expressed interest in (acting in) it, either as an ally or villain."
Sutherland also anticipates more big names will turn up on "Touch" -- which already boasts Danny Glover as a professor who has a handle on matters where quantum physics meets metaphysics. "Because it's a procedural drama as opposed to a serialized show, we could get someone in and out as quickly as an episode," noted Sutherland, who is also a producer on the series. "Or if someone was interested in being involved in a longer arc, I'm sure we could accommodate them."
Sutherland definitely made the most of his two years away from the TV cameras. Asked what the time meant to him, he said, "I got some rest. I got to think about other things I wanted to do. I got to do two films I was very excited about, with very different characters." Those are Mira Nair's upcoming "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," with Liev Schreiber and Kate Hudson, and Lars von Trier's "Melancholia," with Kirsten Dunst.
"And doing 'That Championship Season' on Broadway. I did those things and also had some time off and got some rest -- and realized that I missed working."
Source: National Ledger
12.5.11 - 24 Heating Up For Spring Start with Kiefer Sutherland in Jack Bauer Mode
By MIKE FLEMING | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 3:27pm EST
The clock has started on 24, the feature version of the Imagine Entertainment/Fox series. The project, which brings back Kiefer Sutherland’s tireless government operative Jack Bauer. Mark Bomback–a favorite writer at 20th Century Fox writingThe Wolverine and Shadow Divers–will turn in the latest script draft by year’s end. Imagine and the studio have about five directors in mind–no, Tony Scott is not attached anymore–and it will all begin happening very quickly in the early part of next year. The goal is to get the film into production to match Sutherland’s availability, which begins in April. That should give producer Brian Grazer something to do after he completes producing the Academy Awards and it is certainly good news for fans of the show who were beginning to fear the project wouldn’t happen.
Source: Deadline.com
10.4.11 - 24 Movie News From Kiefer Sutherland At MIPCOM 2011 Conference (Cannes, France)
Countdown to 24 movie begins
MIPCOM NEWS: A movie version of US network Fox's action drama 24 could go into production next spring, after a screenplay for the long-awaited feature was delivered, its star Kiefer Sutherland has revealed.
Speaking at the launch of his new network drama Touch, written by Heroes creator Tim Kring, Sutherland said the process of turning the show's 24x60' format - which plays out in real time over 24 hours each season - into a two-hour film had been more challenging than expected.
He told the audience: "We're very close (to a movie). We've worked very long and hard the last two years on a screenplay. It was actually much more difficult to take this idea that was in 24, which had 24 hours and 24 episodes to tell a story, and condense that into two hours. We thought it would be easier but it was much more difficult.
"Now a wonderful writer named Billy Ray has finished the screenplay. Hopefully we're looking at the end of April to start production, and we'll see."
24 ran for eight seasons on Fox between 2001 and 2010. The movie is being developed by 20th Century Fox.
Michael Pickard
4 Oct 2011
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Source: C21Media.net
9.25.11 - Kiefer Sutherland talks progress on 24 movie
Elaine Lipworth: When will we see the much talked about and anticipated big screen version of 24?
Kiefer Sutherland: We are coming very close to having a finished script. That’s been the most difficult thing. You have to remember that we have 24 hours to explain the stories in 24 and so trying to condense that into a two-hour film version has been a real shift in gear for us.
We were originally trying to make it too big and put too much into it – but once we relaxed, we found out how to tell that story. So yes we definitely do plan on making the film.
Read complete interview here: telegraph.co.uk
24 Movie News
6.20.2011: From the article: Q&A: Imagine Partners Brian Grazer And Ron Howard On 25 Years Together as Imagine Partners
DEADLINE: I am going to toss out Imagine film and TV titles at you. Give me the first memory that pops into your mind. 24?
GRAZER: Kiefer Sutherland and how not only did he play Jack Bauer more successfully than anyone else could have, but proved himself to be a surprisingly talented television producer who took charge and demonstrated taste and discipline. And we’re working on that 24 feature.
Source: Deadline.com
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