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Jack Bauer Headed To Europe And Into Cinemas!!
I am – Hercules!!
Fox is going outside the writing staff of “24” to create a big-screen Jack Bauer movie penned by big-screen vet Billy Ray (“Flightplan”), whose plan is to situate the former star Counter-Terrorism Unit agent in Europe.
Ray wrote and directed “Shattered Glass,” a look at the fall of disgraced journalist Stephen Glass that is as solid a piece of storytelling you’re likely to find on a screen of any size.
Fox’s “24” TV series is in its eighth and possibly final season.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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my first order of business will be to demote Jim Halpert. So I will need a new number two. My ideal choice? Jack Bauer. But he is unavailable. Fictional. And overqualified.
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Do it, brotha!!!
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the novelty is gone.
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"Breach," which was rather underrated. Might as well let him direct, too. Hope he freshens up "24" a bit, though. It's just the same shit over and over these last few seasons.
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Tick ... tock ... tick ... tock ...
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I would guess so
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or 2? depending the running time. or 24/2? my head hurts.
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Just a guess for a title...
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Special Jack Sack n Crack. With guest star The Rack.....just Whack
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adventure, let me remind you, Tarantino cast Eli Roth to kill Hitler!!! Jack Bauer could kill a thousand generations of that cunt's (Roth) children. Just sayin'
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was to do a movie with the 1st hour setting up the story (not real time) and the 2nd hour in real time (or vice-versa, can't remember) I think that's the best way to handle it
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or five, or seven, or this current series.
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2 hours of Osama getting "interrogated" by Jack in real time would be a crowd pleaser im sure :)
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I need to see an iconic shot of Bauer hovering over Paris with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
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blurt out 'Fuck!!' instead of 'Dammit' every second minute? If that guy was able to say what was really on his mind it would sound like a Tourette's documentary...
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It should be fun to see Bauer hunting terrorists in Europe, might give a fresh feel to things. Might give them a chance to get away from some of the more unbelievable technology they have back at CTU too.
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It only worked once. Doesn't Bauer notice that all his adventures only last for 24hrs? Wouldn't that seem weird to him? It also completely restricts the character to one region per season. If the bad guys want to get away with their fiendish plan, they only have to hop on a plane and go to the other side of the country. Jack can't follow them, otherwise we would be seeing ten episodes of him sitting on a plane watching in-flight movies. 24 hr 1--the baddies jump on a plane after a pursuit by Jack. 24 hr 2--Jack gets on a plane to follow them and watches the first hour of Transformers. 24 hr 3---Jack watches the 2nd hour of Transformers. 24 hr 3--Jack has lunch and shags stewardess in toilet. 24 hr 4---Jack watches the first hour of Casino Royale. 24 hr 5--Jack watches the second hour of Casino Royale. 24 hr 5--A bit of turbulence, Jack uses toilet again, fidgets in seat, has a nap. Meanwhile, his bosses at CTU realize they should have read Jack's resume a little more closely, as a second look confirms that Jack only works for 24 hours at a time, and if he hasn't caught or killed the bad guys by hour 24 he goes home and cracks open a beer. The idiots behind this show should have used the 24 angle for the first season, then dumped it and just gone the usual series route, which would have allowed Jack to go anywhere and do anything. Imagine how restrictive a Bond movie would be if they used this 24 hr format? Dumb dumb dumb. And Keifer, for fuck's sake, stop looking so goddamn miserable.
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I screwed up the chronology of my hours there. Oh well, it was a rush job.
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The brand has been diluted to the point a big budget movie seems redundant. But then this is Hollywood....
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the last "movie" of 24, was fucking SHIT.
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Let's hope it's the former. This season hasn't interested me at all. It's the same old schtick and it's getting tired. The real problem? All the filler bullshit from secondary characters that we don't give a shit about who do very stupid things. A movie about nothing but Jack? Possibly good, especially if it's R-rated.
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This is old news...Herc. Idk why I keep coming here cause any "news" you post has been posted elsewhere and usually days, maybe weeks before you guys. I mean seriously, new movie reviews and DVD reviews are becoming fewer and farther in between and at least 3/4 of the time your reviews are way off based. Am I alone here in thinking that this site has just gotten more and more lazy the last few years? How busy can you guys be? Idk but this is bullshit. At least have some respect for your readers and give a valid explanation as to why this site is not kept up like is used to instead of making bullshit excuses (Harry). I say we all take our buisness elsewhere. I.e. Latinoreview, ugo, or even g4. This site has become crap.
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The following takes place between 7:05 pm and 9:05 pm.
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One of the great thriller scripts of our time, butchered and transformed into a new-agey bullshit serial killer silly-fest that rightly bombed.
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...has Elisha Cuthbert totally (full frontal and backal) nude, and engaging in full, unsimulated sexual intercourse and sex acts, then I'd probably go see it.
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looks like they are to reboot. Mr and mrs smith. as mr and mrs...Jones!?!
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I live for 24.......but the show has become as formulaic as your average episode of Bewitched.....Hopefully a new writer will help alleviate that problem on the big screen!!!
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they'd shoot for an R, and not a PG-13. That's the only way it would be interesting. A big screen version of the TV show would be boring.
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Do they want to stay true to the real-time format or do they want to stay true to the concept that whatever they do takes place over 24 hours?? Because they could make a two hour movie that takes place over a 24-hour time span, and it doesn't have to involve a real-time format!
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Which writer will show for 24...I mean...2? Is it just going to be called 2? Or how about 24 Divided by 12?
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It *might* end up being good now. Their soap opera team of hacks has ruined that show.
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Like how Kirk got his new Enterprise in STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE
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...I see this being a 24 hour long adventure...but sped up in that fast penguin-walk silent film style to fit a 2½ hour running time.Throw in some of those old intertitles between scenes to help you figure out what's going on, like this...http://tinyurl.com/yz5updt
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Remember years ago when they threw us a bone and Kiefer saying "Nobody's safe - not even Jack!". Well, that's past perfect now, isn't it? But who am I kidding? I would love to have him finally jumping to the Big Screen. Jack and his Sack - Kim and her cans - they do deserve it! DAMMIT!
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Kim's cans do deserve to be let out finally. Poor things, only been groped by hokey players, never been appreciated fully by the masses.
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24 the Movie: Part 1....that's right...we'll have to sit through 11 sequels before the resolution.
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It will be two hours, and won't carry the 24 name. It will be something like Bauer: First Blood
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It will feature Chloe in a sex scene in which she makes her famous leering face because her man is not satisfying her
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Wife and I at dinner table. Going over our TV schedule of House and 24. There was silence. I then said, "I'm sorry, but I'm not really into 24 anymore." Her response: "I was about to say the same thing." It's just so tedious, as soon as they figure out something there's some other twist, there's no real closure at the end of the seasons. We both love Jack Bauer bad-assery, but honestly, the show peaked the season with the evil president. Since then it hasn't gotten close. So we watched House and some other shows on our DVR backlog. So long, Mr. Bauer.
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just doesn't do it for me.
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2 Hours of Jack Bauer Power! With the exclamation point. The sequel could be JBPH2: The Return of Soul Patch Tony.
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I'm in for the ride.
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I'm 4 hours in and Jack has only killed 3 people. He's not evben popping one an hour anymore.
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The most inane master-villain plot in history, I think. Let's see, they killed Jodie's husband but made it look like a suicide so she would take his body back to America on the huge plane she designed and along the way they're going to kidnap her daughter and then try to make her think she never HAD a daughter and Bruce Willis is really dead while Verbal Kint is Keyser Soze. Blow me, you stupid POS script.
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but keep in mind Jack's kill rate typically picks up a bit toward the middle of the day.
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Seen every episode of 24, so why not.
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Didn't know where to post this.
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It should be.
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He should.
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At this point 24 has fallen into the same trap a lot of popular franchises have. So much has happened to Jack that you no longer believe. The writers had a great chance to make the series immortal a few seasons back when Ric Schroder was cast as badass jr. If they had killed Jack (or really retired him) the story could have continued with a new hero. This pattern could have gone on forever. Every two or three seasons they could have killed the hero and brought in a new "Jack". That by itself would have kept the series interesting.
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Here's how I'd rank the series, so far:Season 1 - Brilliant; a completely original concept, which took TV viewers by surprise. Just when you thought television was going totally the way of reality TV ("Survivor", "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?", etc.), 24 made scripted drama interesting again.Season 2 - Brilliant; the reintroduction of Nina Myers intensified things to magnificent heights.Season 3 - Brilliant; I'd say that one of the most staggering scenes in televised history took place in this season - the death of Ryan Chappelle. The prison riot sequence was terrifying. And there was that nail-biting episode at the hotel, with Michelle Dessler.Season 4 - High octane entertainment; The show proved it could still surprise viewers when Air Force One got blown up. Also got to watch Jack and Tony kick ass together. What's not to like?Season 5 - Not quite as amazing, but still enjoyable more often than not. Stephen King goes on to liken the series to "a book you can't put down".Season 6 - the series weakest season. Terrible ending.Season 7 - The comeback; after the first six episodes, this season kicked into high gear and felt completely reinvigorated. The taking of the White House was amazing. John Voight as Jonas Hodges was a standout.Season 8 - Off to a good start; last night's episode was pure magic, just like the old days.Overall, the series has been phenomenal, consistently offering crops of interesting characters and compelling situations. A major feature film would be a welcome addition, as far as I'm concerned.
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24: European Bauer Family Vacation
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Since Coto joined the writing staff, Jack actually has a back story and a character. Let him take over completely and write a big screen hit. Do not outsource it to someone not connected with the series.
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Matt Damon will play Jack Bauer, Paul Greengrass will direct, and the storyline will involve Carlos the Jackal since he was utterly forgotten in the Bourne movies...
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a two hour movie focusing on bauer. that means alot of money for the movie . that means no more stupid ass sidestories involving other characters problems. just stayin with the threat and jack stoppin it. also a completely new writer is exactly what 24 needs. i love this show but i cant deny that its gotten to much soap opera in it now.
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oh and yes it must be rated R
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I think they should have Jack die at the end of this season and THEN spin the movie off of that. Jack's in Hell and everyone he's ever killed wants to eat his brain. Maybe they can call it 24:666. Dammit!
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... I have a feeling this is going to be just as good as when they brought The X-Files to the big screen. In other words, not at all.
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and thats the way it should go from now on. The formula from 24 is done enough now but they could continue with a show or movie and do anything with jack bauer, just like james bond and ethan hunt the name jack bauer has become very well known for his brutal actions to get whatever he wants.
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just lose the brand 24
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that as long as the show sticks to Bauer and the the A plotline, it's still great. It's all the stupid subplots and filler characters that drag the show down. I don't care about stupid crap like Starbuck's redneck douchebag ex!
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JACK....BAUER....POWER....HOUR.
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but Jack will played by reboot franchise guy Christian Bale. I'm just kidding... or am I?
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Mandy could play with my Jack Sack any time.
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While I agree that Jack Bauer is the real star of the show, the fact is that 24 has always been an ensemble drama, from its first episode to its most recent. In this respect, the current season is no different than Season One was. And in my opinion, this approach has always been one of the things that has kept 24 fresh and interesting. If it was just Bauer running around and shouting excitedly for 24 episodes at a time, I think the show would become very tiring very fast. I for one like the current subplot involving "Starbuck's redneck ex". It's a tense dilemma, one I find compelling.
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Fox is planning to make a "24" movie (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118014913.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1). I think this is a great idea. Imagine the trouble Jack could get into on the big screen. Kiefer himself is such a bad boy. His biography, "Kiefer Sutherland: Living Dangerously" has a lot of stories about his drinking, prison time and wild ways. Check it out on amazon.com.
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