24 (film)

24 (working title) is a planned feature film based on the television series of the same name, currently estimated for release in 2012.

Production
A feature film adaptation of 24 was originally planned to be shot during the hiatus between the sixth and seventh seasons. Series creators Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran planned to write the script with showrunner Howard Gordon contributing the story. Actors attached to the project at various times, in addition to Kiefer Sutherland, included Mary Lynn Rajskub and Kim Raver. Filming was to take place in London, Prague, and Morocco. Plans for the movie were later put on hold. Sutherland stated, "It's impossible to ask writers to work on the show and then come up with an amazing film we can shoot in the break between seasons."

At one point, the fifth film in Fox's Die Hard series—as confirmed first by Ain't it Cool News and later by series star Justin Long—was planned as a crossover titled Die Hard 24/7, which would involve Jack Bauer teaming up with Die Hard's John McClane, played by Bruce Willis. The idea was scrapped after Kiefer Sutherland expressed his wish for 24 to launch its own film franchise rather than being incorporated into another.

It was later decided that the film would begin production after the conclusion of the eighth and final season. Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon, and Kiefer Sutherland will serve as executive producers on the film, while the screenplay will be written by Billy Ray.

In April 2010, Kiefer Sutherland said in an interview at a BAFTA event in London, that the script was finished and he would be reading it upon his return to the United States.