24 Prequel Movie Coming Fall 2008
Posted by junger | March 7th, 2008
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"24" will be getting a two-hour movie that prequels Season 7 this fall, the Hollywood Reporter is reporting.
The movie, designed to bridge the two-year gap between Seasons 6 and 7, is targeted to air in the fall, leading to the January return of the real-time drama. On Wednesday, "24" producers began securing the show's core cast members for the film.
I guess Fox didn't listen to my idea for National 24 day, but this is pretty big news.
So, now that there is SOME news, let the speculation begin…
- Will it be a two-hour "real-time" affair? Or will it stray from 24's standard time model?
- Is this the 24 movie that was supposed to come out? Or is that still happening?
- What will the prequel bring that we don't already know about Season 7? Most of the times, the prequels on the DVDs don't do much at all for the season.
Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely looking forward to it. But is this just a way to "apologize" to fans for the lack of Jack Bauer in 2008? Or will it actually mean something to the show?
I hope that they do it in real time, but I bet that they chop it up and show him going to Africa. They had problems with trying to get him on a plane ride back to the US, so this could be a good way to tell that part of the story so that they can set the stage for the next 24 hours. In someway the prequel is really season 7 and next fall is season 8. I would have liked to have seen them do this with the time Jack spent in China. The way Season 5 ended was so dramatic and then they barely touch on it. I wanted to see him escape China with some kind of crucial intelligence. No matter what they come up with, I'm glad that its coming back.
Seriously the best TV-related news I've heard in weeks, and I'm very excited. Man, if they do this right it could be huge… but if they drop the ball, it's going to be messy. I think 24 is at a critical point, and I don't think this season-off has helped them with how the last season played out.
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