Elisha Cuthbert on 24 movie: “I know where I come into the story”

Well sounds like she’ll be apart of the story in some capacity. If I had to guess I would say she’s used as leverage to get to Jack or get Jack out in the open.

“…it’s ultimately up to the big guy.”

Ha ha, cute line that :-), I would hazard a guess that maybe Kim will be used as bait to draw Jack out of hiding, or it might be little more than a cameo, but who knows? The movie should concentrate exclusively on Jack; it should be HIS story, HIS struggle, HIS journey, and ultimately HIS life on the line and not the national security of the U.S. of A…

That’s the first time I’ve heard Tony mentioned in relation to the movie, as far as I know he was NEVER even considered to be in the movie… the series producers had thought about bringing him back in some capacity for Season 8 but couldn’t find a suitable narrative reason for doing so, and that’s the last time the subject of Mr Almeida came up, if memory serves.

Personally, my own opinion would be other than the fact he’s definitely not in the upcoming movie, I certainly wouldn’t rule him out if they make the potential ’24’ movie trilogy they have in mind… but only if there’s a definite reason for his inclusion, not just because he’s a fan favorite.

Like I said before, the movie should stand on its own and doesn’t need the tv baggage. The movie is a new beginning for the franchise and to have characters from the tv show to pop up during the movie just to please 24 fans will feel contrived and not real in my opinion. That’s why I think it’s necessary to not use 24 in the movie title. They could say “From the makers of 24 comes Jack Bauer first big screen adventure” and then reveal the movie title in their marketing campagin. That is another way to get the average moviegoer to think it’s a real movie instead of a tv show disguised as a movie if that makes any sense to you.

Oh, I forgot one thing I agree with you on the title it should be called 24 because that’s what it is but they shouldn’t call it 24 the movie that’s kinda cheesy they should give it a title like they did with redemption.

Sounds like a title spoof haha

They could give Jack an extra hour & call it 25

To chime in my factual opinion: 24 should continue the story and not dumb itself down to retarded people.

Retarded people don’t pay attention to a movie anyway. They just go for their dates and to kill time and see what everyone else is seeing. It doesn’t matter what’s on the screen. They never know what’s happening anyway. These people will forever be confused.

Why do you not think it will happen? The script is finished, the studio still wants to do it – according to Howard Gordon – and considering just how late in the day they were still ready to start filming earlier this year (and which would have happened had the studio not dragged their feet and low-balled them in terms of budget), all means there’s still every chance it will happen… you may be proved right, and it won’t, but until I hear otherwise, I’m still hopeful!

In terms of referencing the series in the movie, FOX are presumably hoping for a wider audience than just the ’24’ hardcore faithful, so we’ll likely have references to the events of Season 8’s latter third, and maybe a little bit of Jack’s background, but hopefully not much else, they only have approximately 120 minutes (with no reason for it to be any longer) to tell this story not approximately 1, 200 minutes like on each season of the show, so focus on Jack’s situation in the movie, and keep it moving forward… both in pace and in narrative.

Well given the fact that there’s been a change at management over at FOX, we don’t know how this will effect the chance to get the movie a greenlight. I hope it makes it easier to get the greenlight but given the lack of news this past eight months , I just don’t know anymore? There’s no news, rumors or even flat out lies about the 24 movie. If only Kiefer Sutherland, Howard Gordon, and FOX hold a press conference or at least talk to the press and say something concrete and making the movie is a sure thing, I will feel much better.

It’s just a pity that ‘Touch’ was pushed back to February as Kiefer would have been doing press interviews to publicize the second season right now (it would have started last Friday night if it had stayed to it’s original broadcast schedule), and he no doubt would have given an update on the current status of the ’24’ movie, alas…

Bman dude, I forgot about that change of management at FOX, I too hope it bodes well for the movie, but if not, I would hope the studio allow Imagine to get financing from another source – Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp would be a good place to start, having made many European-set action movies like the ‘Taken’ and ‘Transporter’ series’ – and all FOX has to do is distribute it, but either way, don’t bet against the tenacity of Brian Grazer, the man just doesn’t take no for an answer…

But does FOX have a desire to make the movie? If this was a X-Men, Wolverine or an Alien movie, I’m sure FOX will move heaven and earth to find a good director and give them a budget that is fair. But given this a movie based on a tv show and given the recent track record of films based on tv shows is not good (The X-Files, The A-Team, Miami Vice, Sex And The City) I’m pretty sure FOX is not all that enthusiastic about making the movie. Don’t get me wrong, I really want the 24 movie to happen but given FOX history, I wouldn’t be surprised if the movie didn’t get the greenlight. Like Gerry said at another post “hope for the best but be prepared for the worst.”

Guest dude, they DID take two years to get the script where it is today; Billy Ray was hired in February 2010 and it was March or April this year they finally finished it, and it wasn’t Kiefer’s tight window of availability that scuppered the ’24’ movie production this past summer, they knew since at least the latter half of 2011 that the intent was to shoot spring/summer 2012 – Kiefer even cleared his summer hiatus schedule to make room for the movie – it was FOX dragging their heels in greenlighting the movie and not assigning it a suitable budget that killed it… they had a script, a director, and a determination to get it done this year, until FOX decided that $30m was all they were getting, and the rest we all know!

BMan dude, the first ‘X-Files’ and ‘Sex and the City’ movies were considered creative and commercial successes (their respective sequels less so), because they captured what made the series’ work, and for the same reason, the ‘A Team’ and ‘Miami Vice’ movies failed at the box-office because they bore little resemblance to the series’ that inspired them… the moral of the story seems to be make one great movie that captures the essence of what made the series popular, and quit while you’re ahead!

And the problem with the ‘Star Trek: TNG’ movies was precisely because they were rushed and/or (mostly) half-baked affairs; ‘…Generations’ came out in November 1994, a mere six months after the series ended, much too short a time to fully develop a proper script and get the best film possible made – which is why Leonard Nimoy declined to direct it, calling the script “lousy” – they shouldn’t have even considered the movies until the series was finished… a move that the ’24’ people (for the most part) wisely avoided!

Guest dude, the first two TNG movies were easily the best – and the most enjoyable – it’s just that they probably shouldn’t have started work on them until the series was wrapped, with ‘…Generations’ released in November 1996 (not 1994 as it was) and directed by Leonard Nimoy, and what became ‘…First Contact’ released in November 1998 and directed by David Carson (easily the series’ best director, in my opinion)… better budgets from Paramount would have helped, as well!

The ’24’ movie people were working with Billy Ray up until late last year, when Mark Bomback came in to give the script – which was already as good as finished at that point – a final polish, it would appear that polish lasted until March or April this year, when Kiefer has strongly implied the script was completely done and dusted. At the same time, they were furiously trying to put the movie together in advance of Kiefer’s very tight window of availability between late April and late July, but FOX were apparently dragging their heels on the project, not being consistent with notes and generally conveying a lack of urgency, and with the clock running out, FOX finally made Imagine Entertainment an insultingly low $30m budget offer in early March this year – a whole $15m less than the bare minimum that Imagine insisted they needed to do the film right – and by the time negotiations and arbitration between studio and production company got down to brass tacks, it was late March, by which time, they would have had only seven weeks to prep the movie before filming would have begun, and that’s if everything had been agreed to, which they were far from being, so both studio and production company postponed it until next year, and that’s where we find ourselves at present…

Had they agreed on a budget and filming began this past April or May, they probably would have had between ten and twelve weeks to shoot the film, which is tight, but still completely achievable (Spielberg shoots many of his films in as tight a production schedule), but all things considered, I’m glad they waited until 2013, now they have NO excuses for any further delays…

I know Frakes directed ‘…First Contact’, I was stating that if they had taken their time with ‘…Generations’ it would have had Leonard Nimoy directing, and that in my opinion, David Carson would then have been ideal (based on his outstanding work on the series) to direct the darker Borg-centered ‘…First Contact’, Frakes was an excellent television director (I have no idea what his current work is like) but a mediocre movie director…

And of course Kiefer denied publicly criticizing FOX over the budget and salary disagreements, he’s not going to bite the hand that feeds him, although I believe the sentiments expressed by unnamed insiders close to Kiefer and Imagine in that article about the alleged dispute were accurate and genuine… let’s just hope the two sides are indeed “on the same page now”, according to Howard Gordon, and that the ’24’ movie finally moves up several gears in it’s journey to the big screen.

Okay this is kinda off subject but I was looking at imdb.com & in the 24 movie details it list howard Gordon under the screenplay list he was involved to get the script where it is right now correct? I don’t entirely remember how much. I assume pretty much the whole thing right. feel free to correct me.

The only thing we knew about that was the story whatever it was was that it was suppose to be in Prague, London, and Morocco as you said. & I also heard them say Jerusalem. But yeah I agree wonder why there story wasn’t used?… Howard did say when I asked him on twitter that both creators will serve as producers on the movie.

Abso- flippin’- lutely on that one, BMan dude, I was gutted when the ’24’ movie shoot was postponed this year and Fuqua moved on to pastures new, but if he becomes available again early next year, I say go for it… having watched (and been mighty impressed by) ‘Brooklyn’s Finest’ recently, I can think of no-one better than A.Q. to helm Jack Bauer’s big-screen debut, and I mean NO-ONE!

Dang it, double post, what happened there, sorry all…

There’s a youtube video where’s Gerard Butler is giving his wrap speech and it reads that the movie wrapped on Aug 14, 2012 in Shreveport, LA. While that’s true or not, who knows? But just as long as Antoine Fuqua is available and still interested in directing the 24 movie, I will be thrilled.

Just for the record Training Day & shooter were the best. I personally wish Cassar would direct but Antoine Fuqua’s not bad. He would have to direct it more like shooter keeping the realism of there lives intact kinda like taken 2 was.

I agree they need to get moving on the movie pronto, but considering that they were effectively in active pre-production as late as early March before it was postponed, I tend to think that much work has already been done and that it could be reactivated pretty quickly once a greenlight is given by the studio (with a likely budget around the $40m range), even if as late as next February, and still have production commence that May, with a likely schedule of around 65 shooting days or thereabouts taking them through until late July when Kiefer would have to return to ‘Touch’ if renewed for a third season, that is.

If ‘Touch’ is not renewed for a third season – and I bet it won’t – then Le Kief (it’s been a while since I used that) could very easily film the Western from April, and then transition onto ’24’ without any delay or interruption before the summer’s out, probably around June or July…