Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed on Live with Jimmy Kimmel about his new series Touch, and of course the 24 movie. He once again claims they are aiming for an April start date, this time getting a little more specific and saying mid-April.
One interesting new reveal, is that despite the extra freedom of a movie versus a TV show when it comes to cursing, the current draft of the script has Jack Bauer swearing only a single time. This could potentially mean that 20th Century FOX is aiming for wider PG-13 release (like with Live Free or Die Hard) rather than making it R.
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January 24, 2012 at 6:08 pmDavidete
January 24, 2012 at 6:42 pmGerry Mander
January 24, 2012 at 10:09 pmBMAN
January 25, 2012 at 5:45 am24bauerfan
January 25, 2012 at 8:55 amSee, that’s just the problem. The balance shouldn’t be between action violence and language. The balance should be between emotion and action, nothing else. If the 24 movie is like the Die Hard movies (just blood and gore and language), I will have no problems in giving it a one star review.
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January 25, 2012 at 9:26 amI’m a bit skeptical of Kiefer’s “April” claims for the 24 movie considering the lack of any information (or even rumors). Feature films require a lot of preparation and with just under three months to go there isn’t much time left to hire a director, cast the movie, scout for locations, secure filming permits, build all the sets, and whatever other preproduction stuff they need.
Shame that none of these interviewers ever bother to ask Kiefer these kinds of follow-up questions about the movie.
Gerry Mander
January 25, 2012 at 11:47 pmBMAN
January 27, 2012 at 1:26 am24bauerfan
January 27, 2012 at 6:04 amMy favorite action movie for example, is “Crimson Tide” starring Academy Award Winners Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman. it is a WWIII type scenario in which a nuclear submarine is ordered to deploy nuclear weapons into russian rebels who have taken over the country. A few minutes later, they receive another message while they’re being attacked by another sub but they are cutoff and can’t receive the whole message. The message reads “stop deployment of nuclear payload”, but there’s no confirmation code on the Message because it was cutoff, so the message could in fact come from the rebels in an attempt to stop the attack. This turns into a great (and violent) debate between the sub’s old-guard captain and the young well-educated XO. It is exhilarating to see these two men fighting and arguing with a couple of violence thrown in. A couple of deaths and a lot of punches are thrown (with a couple of f**ks in between).
Nominated for 3 Oscars for sound mixing, sound editing and musical score, Crimson Tide remains the best action thriller I have ever seen. And it contained emotion, violence, a couple of swear words, a great plot and great characters. And THAT’S what I want from a 24 Movie.
24bauerfan
January 27, 2012 at 6:37 amGerry Mander
January 28, 2012 at 11:33 pmsamus88
February 1, 2012 at 3:13 am24bauerfan
February 1, 2012 at 12:47 pmBMAN
February 1, 2012 at 9:07 pm24bauerfan
February 2, 2012 at 1:28 pmX
February 9, 2012 at 10:23 pm24bauerfan
February 10, 2012 at 12:52 pm24bauerfan
February 10, 2012 at 1:07 pmBMAN
February 13, 2012 at 12:51 am24bauerfan
February 13, 2012 at 5:28 pmAnd my definition of “great” isn’t violence, blood, gore and gunshots every other scene.
My definition of “great” is a full, well rounded, thrilling, exciting and surprising story with action scenes that will blow me away and a strong central character (Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer) with a compelling supporting cast. Of course 24 without action wouldn’t be 24. I WANT action. I wan’t Jack to kick some terrorist ass from here to Sunday. But I don’t want to see that for 2 hours straight!!! I want to see that as a recurring element, not as the central part of the story.
I rest my case.
for now…
design
September 12, 2012 at 8:58 pm