Billy Ray is a Hollywood screenwriter that was hired to write the first draft of the 24 movie script in early 2010.
Former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon has said that although he was happy with the script, it “needed more work”, and the year delay will be a positive thing in the end. “The status was, I would say as recently as a week or two ago, pretty positive that it was going to happen as early…
TheWrap is reporting that there’s no chance of the 24 film being shot this year, and that the script will be reworked yet again. Kiefer Sutherland has made peace with Twentieth Century Fox over his “24” movie, but the project has been pushed until next year, TheWrap has learned. The movie production was set to…
Disappointing news today, but not entirely surprising – the 24 movie is not happening anytime soon. EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that fans of the Fox series 24 are going to have to continue waiting for the long-awaited 24 feature film. 20th Century Fox isn’t going forward with the film this year. It hadn’t been greenlit, but…
Here’s a radio interview in which Kiefer Sutherland talks about the 24 movie. Both he and former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon have been “very involved” in shepherding the project, which was written by Billy Ray. “We’re gonna hopefully start production in April on the film, and that’ll be out later on in the year. We’re…
Kiefer Sutherland has some great news for 24 fans – the screenplay for the movie has been finished and production is scheduled to start near the end of April. “We’re very close (to a movie). We’ve worked very long and hard the last two years on a screenplay. It was actually much more difficult to…
Deadline reports that screenwriter Billy Ray is still penning the script to the 24 movie. Last we heard roughly ten months ago, his initial script was turned down by the studio. Ray is scripting the revisionist Peter Pan pic Pan for Channing Tatum and Joe Roth, adapted A Captain’s Duty with Paul Greengrass directing Tom…
Some great 24 movie news from LA Times. They are reporting that the 24 movie is actively being worked on and is a “priority” for both the studio and producers, with Kiefer Sutherland meeting with a high-profile writer. Despite Kiefer Sutherland’s enthusiasm for a “24” movie, which he told “Extra” yesterday would begin filming in…
Howard Gordon is interviewed by Newsday’s Verne Gay about his upcoming debut novel Gideon’s War, the 24 movie, and a possible Jack Bauer novel should the movie deal fall through. The interview also mentions a planned sequel to Gideon’s War, “Allegiance,” due out next year. The ninth season of “24” should have been starting just…
Entertainment Weekly’s Lynette Rice talked to Howard Gordon about the 24 movie being in limbo (which he first revealed to AssignmentX two weeks ago). “As far as I know, it is in suspended animation,” Howard Gordon, the longtime executive producer of 24 who is also expected to produce the big screen version, told EW exclusively.…
Rather unfortunate news about the 24 movie from Howard Gordon. In an interview with Assignment X he reveals that Billy Ray’s script for the 24 movie was turned down by the studio with the reason being that it “wasn’t strong enough or compelling enough” for the studio to move forward with it. Gordon also mentions…
24 showrunner Howard Gordon revealed some more solid details on the 24 movie in a recent interview with Digital Spy. He reveals a returning character (and hints at there being more), the movie locations, and the time gap between Season 8 and the movie. Moving on, how far along are you with the 24 movie?…
Now that the new TV season has started I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where the 24 crew went after the series ended a few months ago. Fans that have watched the DVD bonus features probably know that the cast and crew were very close to each other, and that’s…
Jack Bauer may finally hit the big screen. Though Fox has yet to decide whether to pick up a ninth season of 24, an insider confirmed that the film side is in talks with Billy Ray (State of Play) to write a screenplay for the franchise. Word is the scribe came in and pitched his…