Jack Bauer Returns, "24: Live Another Day" To Drop May 2014

Fans of 24 and Jack Bauer can finally celebrate, Jack is back. After hours and hours of negations between Kiefer Sutherland and Fox, the network sealed the deal with the actor. Past and now present show runner Howard Gordon is returning to produce along with his Teakwood Lane company. You can thanks Gordon's persistence for getting this deal done.

With a title of 24: Live Another Day, the event series will enjoy a 12 episode run with a planned launch date of May 2014. Fans were probably nervous this was just another case more internet chatter after the planned 24 film never came to fruition. On a conference call Fox Entertainment Chairman Kevin Reilly said that showruner Howard Gordon and his posse came to the conclusion that "24 being compressed into two hours is not 24". The show will obviously skip some of the hours in the virtual day in order to achieve the 24 hours in a 12 episode arc.

At this time the creative team doesn't believe that 24: Live Another Day will go beyond the stand alone event as currently constituted. However, other franchises have experienced life beyond the originally scheduled event series status.

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