The clock is winding down on 24, but fans can look forward to a possible feature film that would plant action hero Jack Bauer in Prague for a new two-hour chapter - and another very bad day.
Fox has announced plans to end the ground-breaking series when its eighth season concludes.
As with many long-in-the-tooth series, high costs and declining ratings are to blame.
"Ultimately, we felt we had a much better opportunity of doing something special by doing a film . . . than going back to another season and doing 24 more episodes.
The more you do it, the more you paint yourself into a corner, and I think, `How many times have I played the same moment over and over?'."
Though the series ending was not "retrofitted" to pave the way for a feature film, "they would be able to move together seamlessly", Sutherland says.
A first draft of the script has been written by Billy Ray (State of Play) and would take place in a single day. - USA Today
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