Well, for fans of 24, it doesn’t look like they’ll be getting more thrilling adventures in the immediate future. FOX scrapped plans for a possible spinoff this week and FOX entertainment president Michael Thorn told TVLine about the scrapped plan for some 24 spinoffs. Fans could have seen a younger Jack Bauer in action, and that was in the early stages of being developed. Two ideas discussed in the piece revolve around the aforementioned youthful Bauer and a legal drama that focuses on a death row wrongful conviction case. It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since 24:Legacy made its way to screens. Even with that gap, fans are hoping for more stories set in that world heading into this new decade. Whether that happens, remains to be seen. Sutherland is supposed to be starring in a remake of The Fugitive as was reported last year. At some point it would seem that FOX will revisit the property but remains unclear how they plan to tackle it after 24:Legacy.
“We had been circling two ideas for 24 spinoffs and those ideas are not moving forward,” the exec explained. “But we’re constantly looking at other opportunities to keep the title resonant, for us and the fans.”
“It’s one of the most important titles at our network, so whatever we do with it we want it to fell as relevant and as explosive as the original — and that’s hard,” Thorn continued. “We’re all committed to finding another version of it, but only when it’s right.”
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