A recent article in Hindustan Times (the largest Indian newspaper) claims that Anil Kapoor has been trying unsuccessfully to make a 24 film.
“At the time of buying the remake rights of 24 for TV, Anil tried to convince the American makers to grant him the film remake rights too, but they turned down the request. Even now, he is keen on adapting the TV show’s storyline into a film,” says an insider close to the actor.
Kapoor starred as Omar Hassan in the eighth season of 24 and later acquired the television rights in November 2011 to adapt the series for Indian audiences. The second season is currently in pre-production with filming set to begin later this year.
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Comments ClosedSeba
April 14, 2014 at 9:58 pmTJ
April 14, 2014 at 10:04 pmGerry Mander
April 14, 2014 at 11:13 pmSeba
April 15, 2014 at 10:04 amSo, sorry, I cannot agree. There was and is and will be only one Jack Bauer, and He must perform the future film.
Joshua
April 14, 2014 at 10:26 pmSnooze
April 14, 2014 at 11:41 pmRaji Krishnan
April 15, 2014 at 2:39 amHowever I am a fan of Anil Kapoor and I appreciate his attempts. But better to leave the original as it is and give the credit to Fox for what they are. That’s it.
XAM
April 15, 2014 at 3:46 amAs for all this “Kiefer is Jack Bauer and Jack Bauer is 24” nonsense. Yes, he’s been great but the character has become so stale now and ever harder to sympathize with the more they repeat themselves with the character. For the love of Christ, they couldn’t come up with a more compelling reason to bring back Jack than “because there’s going to be an attack, because innocent people” pathetic! 24 is too good of a concept to just throw away on one character. Le Kief said as much himself.
More to the point, 24 doesn’t just need an exciting, fresh new lead, it needs to jettison Cassar, Gordon et al (who seem blissfully unaware how creatively bankrupt they are) and get in some new talent with passion and fresh ideas. ANYTHING can happen in 24 hours, the possibilities for exciting days are endless – and yet they insist on rehashing the same old shite like they clearly are with Just Another Day.
Trevor
April 15, 2014 at 4:44 pmPat
April 16, 2014 at 3:37 pmXAM
April 17, 2014 at 9:41 amDavid
April 17, 2014 at 9:59 amI’ve said it before but I cannot imagine the whole 24 team doing something half-baked and unoriginal, just for the sake of it, unless they were pretty confident that it was not going to destroy the well-earned reputation the earlier seasons gained. They surely can’t just want the money and be willing to risk their writing/directing futures just for that!?
TJ
April 18, 2014 at 1:36 amFrankly, I wasn’t impressed with him in either ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ or S8 – I don’t see why his admirers think he’s such a great actor…
tiny
April 15, 2014 at 5:52 pmCatherine
April 16, 2014 at 12:10 pmXAM
April 19, 2014 at 12:32 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJSVi_kAm9E
Amazing how much younger and whiter he looks when he’s doing all that running and jumping.
XAM
April 19, 2014 at 12:33 pm