The Feature Film Version Of ‘24’ Might Not Happen This Year After All
By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 9:00 am EST
Will the movie ever happen? Deadline notes that the key ingredients are ready: the script is there, Sutherland is there, and Imagine Entertainment is ready to run with it. There was even groundwork laid for a three-film arc, established by the script for this first movie.
But with every step taken away from the planned 2012 start, 24 could seem less insistent. What might get the film made, however, is Imagine Entertainment producer Brian Grazer, who has a reputation for tenaciously sticking with projects until they go forward, even if delays get in the way. But even if Grazer keeps 24 pulled together for an eventual shoot, it seems like that might not be until Spring 2013 at the earliest.
As a tease for what is to come, Sutherland described the plot of the movie script in general terms, saying that Bauer is hiding in Eastern Europe, his cover is blown, and various groups all want to kill him. He has to survive that assault, and rather than saving the US once again, he has to save himself.
