Fox have partially greenlighted a 24 cinema film

Ken from Chicago...

Some have argued for "2.4" (2 hours and 36 minutes).

David...

It could take place over 24 hours.

Variety have mentioned (the story is below) that Fox's cinema division
have partially greenlighted a cinema version of the 24 show with the
show's creators, but want to read a finished script in a few months
time, before finally deciding to allow it to go ahead. It's likely to

Rob Jensen...

That's NOT a partial greenlight. That's still Development Hell.

-- Rob

be set mostly outside of California and North America, which is
something a 6th or 7th season should do, but it'd probably be too
expensive. It'd be cool if it was a prequel to the TV series, but it
probably won't be. It doesn't look like any deal with Kiefer
(regarding payment) has been signed yet, pending on what the script is
like, which he'll probably have input in. The success of a 24 film
and next year's The Simpsons film, will probably determine whether a
2nd X Files cinema film gets greenlighted.

Posted: Wed., Jun. 7, 2006.
Fox counting down to '24' pic.
Hit series headed to the bigscreen By JOSEF ADALIAN.
'24's' Jack Bauer makes a move to the bigscreen.

After years of speculation, the clock's officially ticking down toward
a 24 feature film. Twentieth Century Fox has closed a deal with series
creators Robert Cochran and Joel SurnowJoel Surnow, as well as
showrunner Howard Gordon, to bring the Kiefer Sutherland real-time
thriller to the bigscreen.

Surnow and Cochran will write the script, with Gordon working on the
story. All three will produce via their Real Time Prods. banner, as
will Imagine's Brian Grazer.

No talent deals are yet in place, though Sutherland -- an exec producer

Ken from Chicago...

Shouldn't that be "greenlit"?

of the hit Fox series -- has made it clear he's interested in starring
in the film should it snag a greenlight. It's understood the
Cochran-Surnow-Gordon troika will begin work on the script late this
summer, just as production on the sixth season of the TV skeinskein
gets under way.

Execs at 20th should have a draft of the script in their hands by early
winter, insiders said. Once they see the script -- and look at ratings
for the first few episodes of season six, which kicks off in January --
they'll be able to make a decision on greenlighting production of the
film.

Under the most optimistic scenario, feature would be greenlit early
next year and lenselense next spring and summer during the hiatus
between season six and a likely seventh season of 24. Current plan
calls for the 24 feature to abandon the real-time conceit of the TV
show, making Sutherland's Jack Bauer, rather than the clock, the star.

Such a notion would allow scribes much greater plot possibilities,
opening up scenarios not possible on a show where all the action takes
place in one day. Chief on the list is international travel.

It's believed producers are toying with several possible locales for
the pic, including London. Skein has a strong audaud base in Blighty. A
rough sketch of the 24 feature plot has been drafted, but all those
involved in the project are keeping a tight lid on details for now. Pic
would likely pick up where season six of the show leaves off, at least
chronologically. Plotwise, however, the film is not expected to be tied
too heavily to the 24 mythology, allowing those who haven't watched the
series to understand the movie's action. The 24 franchise is part of
the News Corp. family : It's produced by 20th Century Fox Television
and Imagine Television. Latter shingleshingle has an overall deal with
the TV studio.

Small-screen studio, under prexies Gary Newman and Dana Walden, has
already been active in exploiting multiple platforms for 24 --
including a pioneering series of 'mobisodes' tied to the skein. Studio
also produced a DVD-only short that bridged the gap between the show's
fourth and fifth seasons. The just-wrapped fifth season of 24 repped a
watershed for the skein both creatively and commercially. Ratings were
up 14% vs. 2005, with nearly 14 million viewers every week and kudos
pundits have been talking up the series' Emmy prospects.

If the 24 feature ultimately gets a greenlight, it'd join a number of
other 20th features in the works based on series from sister studio
20th Century Fox Television. A bigscreen version of The Simpsons is
planned for next year, while there continues to be buzz about reviving
The X-Files franchise with a second feature film. In 1998, Fox released
The X-Files: Fight the Future, based on the Fox net skein.