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Kiefer Sutherland On Getting ’24′ Movie Made: “We’re Still Trying”

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 15, 2012 @ 11:22pm PDTTags: 24, Kiefer Sutherland, Touch
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20th Century Fox Puts ’24′ Movie On Hold

My colleague Mike Fleming yesterday broke the news of the long-gestating 24 movie being put on hold over scheduling, budgetary and other financial issues. (Star Kiefer Sutherland has a short window between the time he wraps production on the first season of his new Fox series Touch and the time he has to be available for Season 2 should the show be renewed.) On NBC’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno tonight to promote Touch, Sutherland addressed the delay, noting that he and the movie’s producers are still hoping to mount production this year. “We’re trying to fit a lot of moving parts…We’re still trying,” he said. “If we don’t get into this slot, we’ll do it next year.” Here is the video:

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UPDATE: Intrigue Behind Stopping The Ticking Clock On ’24′ Movie

By MIKE FLEMING | Wednesday March 14, 2012 @ 11:16am PDTTags: 20th Century Fox, 24, Kiefer Sutherland, Touch
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24 Movie DelayedUPDATE, 11:16 PM: The 24 movie postponement broken by Deadline this morning is getting interesting. Word is racing around agency circles that Kiefer Sutherland was not only unhappy about the pic’s postponement, but also what I’d heard was a $1 million offer to play Jack Bauer in a deal that was heavily back-loaded to reward success. Insiders said that Sutherland would have gotten at least $2 million, though that was below his original $5 million and then $3 million ask. Fox wanted a budget around $30 million, while the filmmakers wanted $45 million to $60 million. Fox’s idea was always to make the film at a cost, and reward in the upside. The studio’s proposal, made a couple weeks ago, wasn’t addressed until this week, and when the crap hit the fan yesterday, the studio felt there wasn’t enough time to pull the picture off in seven weeks of prep. The studio was following its experience with X-Files, a TV property turned into a hit film, but made at a cautious budget. I’m told that Fuqua’s deal hadn’t been made yet. Sutherland, Imagine and Fuqua stood to reap up to about 25% of the proceeds after breakeven, to make up for the low upfront payments. I reached out for comment to Sutherland and Imagine this morning, but no one returned yet. Read More »

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Howard Gordon On ‘Homeland’, The ’24′ Movie And What’s Wrong With Television

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 12:30am PSTTags: 24, Homeland, Howard Gordon, Joel Surmow

Ray Richmond is a Deadline contributor

This is a very good time to be Howard Gordon. At the same time he published his second novel in as many years — the acclaimed Hard Target, released in January — he’s the toast of television … again. Less than two years after serving as an executive producer on 24, he’s co-creator and exec producer of the first-year Showtime drama Homeland. The series just took home two Golden Globes — for top drama and lead drama series actress Claire Danes — as well as a pair of WGA Awards and the AFI honor for TV Program of the Year. All of that, plus Gordon is helping to ramp up the coming 24 feature and has another series premiering tonight at 10 on NBC: the midseason drama Awake starring Jason Isaacs. Gordon took time out from his insane schedule to speak with Deadline Hollywood about the insta-classic that is Homeland, how writing novels is different from crafting TV, and why he’s often mistaken for being a hardcore political conservative (blame his friend Joel Surnow).

DEADLINE: How is writing books different than writing for TV?
GORDON: When you’re writing a novel, you’re still telling a story. But you’re telling it very differently. It’s a craft like anything else. I’m still probably on the early part of the learning curve. I have a ways to go as a novelist. But what’s great is, well, I frankly enjoyed the solitude. And I enjoyed being able to tell characters what to say and do without negotiating with an actor. In a novel, the only budgetary limitations are that of your imagination. In a novel, the relationship between writer and reader is such a pure one. Read More »

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Kiefer Sutherland Confirms Start Time For ‘24’ Movie At ‘Touch’ Panel: TCA

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Sunday January 8, 2012 @ 11:54am PSTTags: 24, Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Tim Kring, Touch

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s TCA coverage.

Kiefer Sutherland said Sunday during Fox’ TCA panel for his new science-meets spirituality drama series Touch that he begins work shooting the long-discussed 24 movie in late March/early April. That jibes with what Deadline had previously reported as Sutherland’s schedule opens following his work on his new series, from Heroes creator Tim Kring, which has a special preview on January 25 before settling on March 19 into the Monday 9 PM time period — better known at Fox as “The Kiefer slot.” If the fact he’s jumping back into Jack Bauer’s well-worn shoes doesn’t make it clear, Sutherland said Sunday he has no interest in distancing himself from the eight years he spent saving the world on 24. He described having had little interest in diving back into the TV waters so quickly but was left little choice after reading the pilot script for Touch. “I remember getting to Page 35 and thinking, ‘Shit. I’m in real trouble here,’ ” Sutherland recalled. “The character is so vastly different (from that of Bauer), the tone of the piece is so vastly different. And that’s part of its appeal.” Read More »

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Big Media Still Lack Big Ideas; Moguls No Longer Fear Netflix But Now Worry About Internet Video: UBS Confab Wrapup

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Saturday December 10, 2011 @ 4:00am PSTTags: 24, CBS, Chase Carey, Jeff Bewkes, Les Moonves, Lowell McAdam, Netflix, News Corp, Philippe Dauman, Reed Hastings, Time Warner, Verizon, Viacom

For some strange reason, I thought at least one Big Media mogul would use this week’s UBS Annual Media and Communications Conference to reset investor expectations about the Industry. I waited for someone to say that it’s time for execs to stop … Read More »

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Chase Carey Says News Corp Will “Do What’s Necessary” To Grow Hulu: UBS Confab

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Wednesday December 7, 2011 @ 11:14am PSTTags: 24, American Idol, BSkyB, Chase Carey, Chase Carey News Corp, Dish Network, Fox Broadcasting, Google, Hulu, Hulu Auction, Netflix, News Corp, News of the World, News of the World Phone-Hacking Scandal, Sons of Anarchy

You wouldn’t know that the Hulu auction was a failure based on the way News Corp COO Chase Carey describes the owners’ plans. They decided to hang on to the digital video service because its value to them “dwarfed some of the values that were being put on it” by bidders including Dish Network and Google. Keeping Hulu reflects “a judgment that this digital space is incredibly important and is going to be, over the next five years and beyond, the most important field we have to navigate.” As a result, he told the UBS Annual Global Media and Communications Conference, “we’ll do what’s necessary to make it grow.” But that doesn’t necessarily mean adding movies to the package to make it more competitive with Netflix. ”Me-toos aren’t a great place to be in this business,” Carey says. “We want to look at it with a fresh eye.”

Investors strangely seemed uninterested in the News Of The World hacking scandal. But one of the consequences — News Corp’s decision to abandon its effort to buy BSkyB — was a concern. Carey says that it’s “one of the things we have to figure out” because he says the company gets ”a fraction of credit” it believes it deserves for its 39% stake in the UK media company. News Corp must ”do a better job communicating value.” Still, he didn’t leave investors empty-handed: Carey says that News Corp’s recently launched round of share repurchases is “certainly not a one-time thing. It’s an important part of our capital allocation,” he said, adding that News Corp shares are ”woefully undervalued.” Read More »

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’24′ Heating Up For Spring Start With Kiefer Sutherland In Jack Bauer Mode

By MIKE FLEMING | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 12:27pm PSTTags: 20th Century Fox, 24, Billy Ray, Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment, Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Bomback, Tony Scott
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The clock has started on 24, the feature version of the Imagine Entertainment/Fox series. The project brings back Kiefer Sutherland’s tireless government operative Jack Bauer. Mark Bomback — a favorite writer at 20th Century Fox writing The Wolverine and … Read More »

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‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Star Anil Kapoor To Produce & Star In Indian Version Of ‘24’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday November 9, 2011 @ 8:38am PSTTags: 24, Anil Kapoor, Fox, India, Jack Bauer
Nellie Andreeva

Slumdog Millionaire star Anil Kapoor knows first-hand how Fox/20th TV’s real-time drama 24 was produced, having co-starred on the series’ final season. Now he will apply his knowledge to an Indian incarnation of the Emmy-winning drama, in which he will … Read More »

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Fox Agrees To Movie And TV Streaming Deal With Amazon Prime

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Monday September 26, 2011 @ 5:58am PDTTags: 24, Amazon, Amazon Prime, Arrested Development, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Fox, Jeff Bezos, The X-Files

The news comes from a posting on the Amazon Prime site by the online retail company’s CEO Jeff Bezos. Here’s what he says:

I have big news for Amazon Prime members – we’ve just signed a deal with

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It’s Official: Kiefer Sutherland To Star In Fox’s Drama Pilot ‘Touch’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 22, 2011 @ 7:00am PSTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, 24, Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland Touch, Tim Kring, Touch, TV, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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PREVIOUS: Kiefer Sutherland Eyes TV Return With Fox Drama Pilot From ‘Heroes’ Creator
UPDATED: Kiefer Sutherland is ready for a primetime return. The 24 star has closed … Read More »

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Fox Weathering Rough Fall TV Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 24, 2010 @ 6:27pm PDTTags: 24, ABC Ratings, American Idol, CBS Ratings, Fox, Fox Ratings, Glee, Hell's Kitchen, House, Lone Star, MLB NLCS, NBC Ratings, The Good Guys, TV
Nellie Andreeva

After years of languishing in last place in the fall before coming to life in January with the return of American Idol and 24 to win the season, Fox turned the lights on in a big way last fall. There was the introduction of Glee, solid performances from its returning shows led by House, and an ALCS championship and World Series won by the Yankees. But this fall, the network has returned to its old struggling ways, leading the broadcast networks with the steepest ratings declines for the first 4 weeks of the season, down 12% in adults 18-49 and 8% in total viewers. It’s been a rough fall for Fox from the start, with the shockingly low-rated premiere of the now-defunct new drama Lone Star on the very first night of the season. Fox was at a disadvantage going into the season as it was saddled with the less watched NLCS championship this year as part of its arrangement with TBS, in which the two finals alternate between the two networks. And then on Friday, the Rangers beat the Yankees to become ALCS champions and make it to the World Series for the first time — a great feat for the Texas team but a big blow to Fox as Yankees-less World Series generally draw significantly lower ratings than those with the MLB’s marquee franchise in them. Also, the NLCS final on Fox failed to go to 7 games this year, with the deciding 6th game falling on the least watched night of television, Saturday. (Fox still did respectable business last night with a 3.0 rating in 18-49 and 10.2 million viewers.) Read More »

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TCA: ‘Event’ Team Asks For Viewers’ Trust

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday July 30, 2010 @ 1:48pm PDTTags: 24, Lost, NBC The Event, Nick Wauters, TCA, The Event
Nellie Andreeva

The panel for NBC’s The Event often evoked 24 and Lost and understandably so as the new NBC serialized thriller about a government conspiracy is touted as a potential successor to the iconic dramas that bowed out in May.  It also has 24 veteran Evan Katz as showrunner. “The show won’t … Read More »

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’24′ Alum Jon Cassar Joins ‘Terra Nova’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday June 23, 2010 @ 7:45am PDTTags: 20th Century TV, 24, Directors, Fox, Jon Cassar, Peter Chernin, Prehistoric Drama Terra Nova, Producers, Steven Spielberg, Terra Nova
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Jon_CassarEXCLUSIVE: It will be an even larger 24 reunion on Fox’s upcoming prehistoric drama Terra Nova, which is executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Chernin. Long-time 24 director-executive producer Jon Cassar has joined the 13-episode midseason series as an executive producer … Read More »

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