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24: The Movie

Director Tony Scott

Tony Scott in discussions to direct 24 movie

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…

Carlo Rota and Nazneen Contractor

Carlo Rota interviewed about ’24’ movie

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…

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Showtime to order ‘Homeland’ pilot from ’24’ team

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…

Justin Long confirms scrapped Die Hard/24 crossover movie

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,’…

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mary Lynn Rajskub interviewed by TV Squad

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,…

What’s the Plan for 24 on the Big Screen?

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…

Howard Gordon answers questions

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…

Kiefer Sutherland interviewed by Entertainment Weekly

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…