Mary Lynn Rajskub was interviewed on Sky News and revealed some top secret details of the 24 movie. “I’m actually writing the movie myself. It involves Jack using a jet-pack in his underwear. I just started writing it a couple days ago, I have high hopes. The movie is in the works.”
Howard Gordon did an interview with Sky UK and revealed that at one point early on, network executives were considering Jeff Goldblum for the role of Jack Bauer. “But once Kiefer [Sutherland] came up that was pretty much done”, he says. He also speaks of the final scene in the series finale and briefly about… View Article
Deadline is reporting that Tony Scott is in discussions to possibly direct the upcoming 24 movie: All this goes on while 20th Century Fox continues to work out the beats of the 24 movie. It’s unclear when that picture will go into production with Sutherland reprising. There is a script draft by Billy Ray, and… View Article
Question: I was curious if you had any information on the 24 movie. Will it be going into production soon? —Brandon Ausiello: Based on the following status report from Rajskub, I’m guessing the answer is no. “I don’t know what’s going on with it,” she says. “Everybody asks me about it, but I don’t know… View Article
Fans of 24 know Carlo Rota as Morris O’Brian, the recovering-alcoholic husband of the show’s snarky super-sleuth Chloe O’Brian, played by Mary Lynn Rajskub. For three seasons of the FOX hit, he aided his wife in saving the world, but this weekend, he helped children fight cancer. On The Red Carpet caught up with Rota… View Article
In its first major development decision since taking the programming reins at Showtime as entertainment president, David Nevins is close to greenlighting his first pilot, a psychological thriller, from former 24 executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon. Ben Affleck, hot off the No.1 opening of his crime caper The Town, is circling to direct. He has read… View Article
Remember rumors of a Die Hard/24 crossover? They gained a bit more credibility today, with actor Justin Long (who co-starred in Live Free or Die Hard) confirming on video that a script for the Die Hard/24 movie was “imminent”. “For a while, there was talk of, they were going to combine ‘Die Hard’ with ’24,’… View Article
From a blurb on Kim Raver’s new Lifetime television movie Bond of Silence in USA Today, she was asked about a possible return of Audrey Raines in the upcoming 24 movie: Would Raver appear in the projected 24 movie if asked? “Never say never on 24,” she says. “Audrey’s not dead. She’s just in bed… View Article
Elisha Cuthbert says she would absolutely love to be part of the upcoming 24 movie and would be there whenever they need her.
Were you working on it while you were finishing up ’24’ or was this something that came after? Yeah, I was working on it a lot and all of a sudden I’m just thinking I’d like to take a vacation. I wanted to transition off ’24’ but I didn’t want to jump on another show,… View Article
Aint It Cool News is reporting a juicy rumor on how the next Die Hard film got it’s name of Die Hard 24/7 – apparently FOX execs floated an idea of using their two properties in a crossover flick that would have Jack Bauer and John McClane appear in the same film. The source says… View Article
Remember President Taylor urging Jack to flee for his life in 24‘s series finale? That’s probably just what he’ll do—straight to a movie theater. “Jack ended in a way like never before—as a fugitive from everyone,” says executive producer Howard Gordon, who envisions Sutherland giving Bruce “Die Hard” Willis and Harrison “The Fugitive” Ford runs… View Article
THR: So Jack lives. I know you’ve got the movie planned, but how much did you seriously consider killing him in the finale? Gordon: We certainly considered it. We considered killing him earlier (in the season) as an off-rhythm thing. But every time we went there and penciled it out, it didn’t feel satisfying. It… View Article
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Back in 2001, did you have reservations about debuting the show after Sept. 11? KIEFER SUTHERLAND: Huge, massive concerns. It was something that was really transcendent to the population, and it wasn’t about the show. I think we all went through a period for three weeks, that if you weren’t a doctor, a… View Article
If you’re still reeling from last night’s totally mind-blowing episode of 24, we feel you. Really, we do. And that’s why we’re here to offer up some equally mind-blowing intel on the dreaded series finale (yes, time really is almost up). And have you heard of a little thing we’re calling the fan-freaking-tastic 24 movie?!… View Article