24 “Prequel” Movie Slated For Fall

Well, it appears that we may get a little taste of 24 before the year is out. Several sources are reporting that a 2-hour “24” prequel will be airing in the fall. Well, I am indifferent about it. Maybe it’s because the 24 season came and went without Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) and the world as we knew it didn’t come to an end. Maybe it’s because there wasn’t any serious exciting buzz about the show BEFORE the writer’s strike started. Maybe it’s because I have become tired of Jack Bauer and company. I don’t know. Anyway, here’s the story from the Hollywood Reporter:

"Fox's "24" will be returning in the fall, after all.

The producers of the Emmy-winning series are developing a two-hour "prequel" to the upcoming seventh season.

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.

"24" was one of the biggest casualties of the writers strike. Three days into the work stoppage, Fox decided against airing a partial season of the serialized drama with the eight episodes produced before and during the first weeks of the strike.


Each season of "24" is a closed arc that takes place in real time over a 24-hour period. The upcoming seventh season is set in Washington and features the first female U.S. president, played by Cherry Jones.

At the end of the writers strike, there were rumblings about a possible split of the seventh season into two parts to air in the fall and in midseason. But Fox was quick to put those rumors to rest, reiterating that the show's scheduling pattern will remain intact with a January launch.

The "24" writing team is back at work, with filming on the remaining episodes of the seventh season slated to begin in April. Missing from the writers room is the series co-creator/executive producer Joel Surnow, who left at the end of the strike. Since the fifth season, "24" has been run by exec producer Howard Gordon.

Fox and 20th Century Fox TV, which produces the series with Imagine TV, declined comment Wednesday. "

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