Hollywood Reporter – Just days after Fox canceledKiefer Sutherland dramaTouch, the actor is returning to Fox to reprise his role as Jack Bauer in a 24 limited series. The continuation of the series — which spanned 192 episodes and a TV movie from 2001-10 — will be produced by its former showrunner, Howard Gordon(Homeland). Like the original series, the reboot, dubbed 24: Live Another Day, hails from 20th Television and Imagine TV’s Brian Grazer with Gordon’s banner Teakwood Lane on board to co-produce. Fox will bow the limited project — which will tell a 24-hour story over 12 episodes that jump hours — in May 2014. “24 compressed over 12 weeks, Jack is back,”
Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly told reporters early Monday during a conference call ahead of the network’s upfront presentation. The executive noted24 will likely mark Fox’s first limited run series with the potential for additional closed-ended stories in the franchise. The revival of 24 as a limited series comes a year after hopes for a big-screen adaptation fizzled when 20th Century Fox and producer Imagine could not agree on a budget after Suthlerland and producers including Gordon had been committed to doing it for years.
Reilly noted that as 24 producers began crafting the plan for a feature, they all agreed “24 being compressed into two hours isn’t 24,” with Gordon having a “little light bulb” go off once Fox announced its plan to push into the limited series arena. “The [event series] franchise is less than six months old and we’re getting a who’s who of Hollywood in the door to participate in this,” Reilly said, noting he’ll use the event franchise as a way to bridge the gap between the traditional fall and midseason schedules as the network shifts to program originals year-round.
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