In this more recent YouTube video (14th September) Kiefer Sutherland says 24 movie production starts in April of 2012, contrary to the ‘March’ mentioned in the previous blog post here at ‘Previously on 24‘

Here’s the video for those interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLFkP24k9m8

Kiefer Sutherland has mentioned to Entertainment Tonight that he is hopeful filming of the 24 Movie will start in March 2012.

It had previously been mentioned that filming was to start in January, which Fox said was ‘overly optimistic’.

This must mean that there’s at least a rough script complete, so some initial filming can take place. Good news for 24 fans everywhere.

Director of Seasons 1-7 of 24, Jon Cassar, caught up with CraveOnline to drop his two cents on the 24 Movie.

CraveOnline: Was it a big shock when the Billy Ray script didn’t move forward for the 24 movie?

Jon Cassar: Not completely for me just because, remember, we did eight years of 24 and twenty four episodes a year. We mined a lot of story, and the other thing is, quite honestly, I think it’s difficult. The reality is that it’s difficult to do that story because everyone is caught up to 24. I mean, 24 was an influence as far as I think on movies. I think it influenced stuff like The Bourne Identity. It influenced a movie like Salt. You could’ve gone to any of those movies and made that character Jack Bauer and you had your 24 movie. So, I think we sort of fell behind a little, I guess, READ MORE

In a video by SNTV it is suggested that director Ron Howard may be getting involved with the upcoming 24 movie. He apparently met with Kiefer Sutherland for a ‘long lunch’ in New York’s Time Square. Let’s hope they made some progress with the 24 movie.

From DigitalSpy:

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Howard Gordon has confirmed that talks about a 24 movie are ongoing.

Speculation that a big-screen adaptation of the show could be produced has been rife for years, but intensified when the television series came to an end last year.

Last year, reports suggested that the first movie script had been scrapped and in February Gordon admitted that the project was on hold.

Gordon has now told The Hollywood Reporter that a film is possible, saying that the talks are “definitely happening”.

“There’s an institutional desire to do it,” he said. “I know Kiefer [Sutherland] wants to do it, we all want to do it. It’s just about finding the right script and not just doing it to do it.”

However, Gordon admitted that he would not be upset if a film project did not work out, saying: “It’s something that I think if it doesn’t happen, I will not be heartbroken. I’m very proud of that [television] READ MORE

Not that this is anything new, the 24 Alumni who played Jack Bauer’s faithful tech-partner throughout most of the series regularly tweets that she has no news on the movie. This time she confirmed she knows nothing at CBS’s Fall TV previews. She said: “I’ve heard nothing. I’ve seen nothing,” and went on to joke that she will be “rewriting the screenplay myself”.

This goes along with fellow 24 Alumni, Jon Cassar, who directed seasons 1-7 of 24. He also tweets occasionally that he, nor any other of the 24 cast, know anything about the progress of a 24 movie.

What does this mean?

Well it doesn’t mean the movie isn’t happening. It just means that there’s nothing new to report yet and if there was, the old cast and crew are also in the dark. That’s Hollywood folks.

“Got off the phone Keifer yesterday and we are very excited about producing the 24 movie for next year,” – Brian Grazer via Twitter.

Does this mean we will be seeing the Movie in theatres next year, or production will start? Either way, this is great news for 24 enthusiasts all over.

Speaking in an interview on ABC’s ‘The View’, lead actor and star of Fox TV series 24 Kiefer Sutherland announced that the 24 movie would be released in the summer of 2012. No other details were mentioned other than the movie’s release date.

In an interview with “Extra’s” AJ Calloway, Kiefer Sutherland, star of hit show ’24′ claimed that shooting of the upcoming 24 movie was to be underway within 8 months, or by the end of 2011.

“It’s a very difficult thing to take something you’ve done for eight years, almost two hundred episodes, and try to find a story that’s going to be unique and yet service the history of the show as well,” Sutherland said.

Read more: http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2011/01/kiefer_sutherland_confirms_24_movie.php#ixzz1T1cKyImS

The delay comes after the first script was rejected for lacking suspense and compelling story. Whilst this means a later release for 24 fans, this is surely a good sign that the quality of the movie will not be compromised for the sake of meeting deadlines.

Via Sky 1:

Sky Magazine: Do you have a favourite season? Kiefer Sutherland: I love the eigth season.  For the first time the writers were writing aiming for a conclusion, which they’d never been able to do before.  Usually we’re shooting the first four episodes and then we’re desperately working on the fifth, so we quickly caught up with each other. Sky Magazine:  Was there any part of Jack that wou would have liked to develop more? Kiefer: I loved the emotional stuff between him and his wife in the first season.  Those are the qualities that I think we’re going to incorporate in the movie. Sky Magazine: What can you tell us about the 24 movie that’s in the pipeline? Kiefer:  It’s going to be a two-hour representation of a 24 hour day, so we were not going to be restrained by the real time aspect of the TV show.  With the TV show we READ MORE