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It’s official folks: the movie version of 24 has a greenli…. Well, it has a scr…. Actually, it just has a deal in place for the producers of the show to write the script.
But while 20th Century Fox’s film team will decided whether or not to proceed with the film based on the strength of creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran’s script, it hardly seems likely that the company will pass up the chance to base a film on one its most popular TV franchises.
With US audience figures at an all-time high and fans here in the UK lapping up Jack Bauer (Keifer Sutherland)’s bad days, it looks like we can expect a 24 film by 2007 or 2008 at the latest.
The current rough idea for the film is held in a vault so impenetrable Jack would have to torture thirteen people and shoot down a helicopter before he got access, but we do know that the producers plan to shelve the real-time hook so that our hero can dash around the world (including, possibly London) and still find time to, you know, go to the toilet.
And the plan is also to make sure it’s watchable even for those who don’t regularly catch the show.
All together now: Beep… Beep… Beep…