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SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE's Anil Kapoor To Become 'Jack Bauer' For An Official Adaptation Of 24!!
Merrick here...
Keeping this brief due to collapsing computer.
Films and television series being re-made/adapted for other countries is nothing new. On the television front, PRIME SUSPECT, LIFE ON MARS, and THE X-FACTOR are among recent examples of UK shows that were rejiggered for the U.S. - and U.K. is now enjoying a Britishization of LAW & ORDER - so this tendency is nothing terribly new. What IS new is the recent news that the long-running thriller series 24 will soon be made for India!
Slumdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor, who played Kamistan President Omar Hassan in the final season of the long-running counterterrorism action series, will star in a local iteration of the show and help usher Jack Bauer into his home country.
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The adaptation was born out of Kapoor's passion for the series, which he brought to the attention of showrunner Howard Gordon during filming on the U.S. version's eighth season. Kapoor recalls Gordon telling him that he would help under one condition: that Kapoor play the Indian Jack Bauer.
Gordon is currently producing HOMELAND for Showtime, which itself is inspired by a series from another region - Israel in that instance.
Learn more about 24: INDIA (evidently an internal moniker at the moment) over at THR!
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Nov. 9, 2011, 12:19 p.m. CST
How do you shoot your boss in the head at a junk yard in Indian?
by Paul Metzger
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Nov. 9, 2011, 12:20 p.m. CST
Anyway, can't wit for the elaborately staged song-and-dance numbers during the terrorist-torturing scenes
by mdk
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All grown up now, and out to avenge his parents.
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SlumDog 24. I hope his name is not JackBaur though.
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While this may work out for them that guy seemed too old to play the hero of a series like this. I could be wrong but I don't see it.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 12:52 p.m. CST
Indian Jack Bauer has the super-power of being able to drive completely across rush-hour Mumbai in 5 minutes
by mdk
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Nov. 9, 2011, 12:55 p.m. CST
Indian Jack Bauer tortures terrorists by making them eat Vindaloo spiced with Naga Viper chili peppers
by mdk
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Nov. 9, 2011, 1 p.m. CST
I wonder how long until the screen name Indian Jack Bauer shows up?
by Xiphos_2
or the inevitable meme Indian Jack Bauer develops. As long as there is a JackSack and they get a Black Indian Bauer right that's all that matters.
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Anil Kapoor always makes me chuckle just for his pronouncation of "millionaire!" watch him strut his stuff h**p://goo.gl/iijOS
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I don't think this is such a bad idea... Kapoor was great in the final season of 24, especially when he and Jack teamed up. Kudos!
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24 was always much better in concept than execution to me. I realize I'm judging on a ridiculously small Homeland sample size...it may well lose its way...but this is AICN TalkBack, if you can't make provocatively grandiose statements here, where can you? Where?
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Has Merricks computer collapsed due to the sheer awesomeness of this news? Honestly think kapoor is a tad old for this. Should have got Akshay Kumar he knows how to lay the smackdown http://goo.gl/iIVxs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olr2Cr3LHbE
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Nov. 9, 2011, 1:39 p.m. CST
i also look forward to awesome stunts like this in 24: India
by rakesh patel
http://goo.gl/CV61d - BEST STUNT EVER!
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Nov. 9, 2011, 1:42 p.m. CST
I think the girl from Homeland is even more fucked up than Bauer
by David Cloverfield
I love that she`s this brilliant analyst who`s always right but she can`t get the job done because she`s a total mess with terrible social skills. A compelling female character, not a sexpot, angry girl power bitch or a man in skirt. Kudos to Homeland.
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I actually kind of want to see how this turns out.
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Congrats.
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Thanks for posting, Merrick.
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They need to bring in Sutherland for a few episodes as a bad guy.....
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And all our brains will explode.
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As opposed to all the other times when you don't just cut and paste from other websites and offer one paragraph of your own opinion?
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Their shows always have "time outs" for extravagent song and dance numbers. Can you imagine being strapped to a bomb when the guy rescuing you and the bad guys stop for a choreographed routine while the clock is still ticking on you?
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If they had jettisoned the 24 hours conceit after the 5th season.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 3:11 p.m. CST
How do you say "There's no more time!" and "I want a presidential pardon." in Hindi??
by Dogmatic
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So there, Anal Bumcover.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 3:24 p.m. CST
It would be awesome if they got Kiefer Sutherland to play a visiting foreign president wrapped up in a terrorist plot
by Stegman84
Now everybody dance!
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Sorry. Had to.
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truth
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Could you imagine the gore and horror we'd get on THAT show?
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Punch it up to 35 kee-lometers, Sameer!
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What a great show that is turning out to be. Slow burning, intelligent, incredibly well acted, and pretty brave film making. Loves it, I does. Indian Bauer could be good. Loved him in Slumdog. Stopped watching 24 season 5, when I just got plain bored of the same thing happening every series. Same character and story beats across the series different episodes. Nukes, virus, Ayrabs, or Ruskies. Same shit, different day.
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pakistan will go apeshit. because all the characters will be pakistani terrorists. pakistan doesnt like to be depicted as a terrorist supporting nation despite all the evidence that it has in the past supported terrorists and it hid osama bin laden. I cant see how a show like this shot in india, will go down well in india if the terrorists are hindi. 24 hrs should just die. is this fox show. anyone know?
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Your so right ,Pakistan will go apeshit LOL...<R><BR> Anil Kapoor is hot.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 7:21 p.m. CST
Who'll play Naked Mandy, or in this case, bare midriff Mandy?
by MrMysteryGuest
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India tried their Mumbai terrorists in a regular court of law so I don't see how this series will work. On the other hand, the govt is rife with corruption and everyone knows it so maybe they will play that up. That would actually be compelling TV.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 8:09 p.m. CST
It will be easier to explain the return of Soul Patch Tony in Hindi...
by Sadat Quoraishi
Reincarnation!
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Why the hell not? This is a good way to refresh a concept that I think everybody has to admit got stale during more than a few episodes (seasons?) of the original show. I'd welcome similar shows for other countries, too - MI-5/SPOOKS from the UK is the only other one that comes to mind as covering similar ground that 24 did, and it's a quality show. If Indian 24 is any good, I hope it hits DVD in the US.
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Nov. 9, 2011, 9:36 p.m. CST
Kiefer needs to guest star as the bad guy for an entire season
by spacechampion
As the evil American CEO of Haliburton out to start a war between India and Pakistan.
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Could be very interesting ... a lotta regional issues that they could delve into (especially with Pakistan over the Kashmir region). While the song and dance numbers of Bollywood can be fun is good to also know they make other types of films as well so my interest is definitely piqued. Maybe if they could find some middle ground between the gunplay of 24 and the cerebral aspects of MI-5 / Spooks. I'm definitely going to check for episodes of Homeland online.
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In a cool Indian way. :-)
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Nov. 10, 2011, 2:55 a.m. CST
Sounds like an utterly ridiculous vanity project....
by AngelinasOilBoy
I hope it turns out like this :- http://tinyurl.com/6bk4at
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After getting the intel he's looking for through torture, right before he kills the guy... he says... *this is not a library* Sorry. Bad.
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Nov. 10, 2011, 6:39 a.m. CST
The Indian's are also remaking another popular US TV franchise - The Six Million Dollar Naan
by i_got_worms
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Nov. 10, 2011, 12:35 p.m. CST
Wow, even an American Series like 24 gets outsourced to India.
by Stalkeye
Is there no end?!?
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Indian Jack Bauer points a gun towards a Cow's head. "Dalk, or your Gwamuther dies".
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WIPRO
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Nov. 10, 2011, 12:43 p.m. CST
RE: "Indian chicks are so hot... but they don't like white meat "
by Stalkeye
They ain't fond of Yellow, Brown and especially Dark Meat either. Well at least we have the Asian chicks in our corner....well, they're not my cup of (Green)Tea. Too flat, too short yanno.
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Nov. 10, 2011, 5:26 p.m. CST
At least the liberal use of torture will seem realistic to the average indian viewer.
by dahveed1972
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Nov. 10, 2011, 5:27 p.m. CST
oh and that was terrible i got worms. seriously, i felt weak after reading that.
by dahveed1972
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India would never in real life be able to handle a situation in 24 hours.
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Nov. 11, 2011, 10:24 a.m. CST
dahveed1972 - then I guess you won't want to learn about Madras Men either...
by i_got_worms
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Nov. 11, 2011, 1:21 p.m. CST
Here's a few Indian shows they can try: Curry's Angels, Desperate Shackwives, and CSI: New Delhi!
by MrMysteryGuest
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The Call Center Terrorism Unit. Jack will help you fix your computer over the phone.