‘24’ Movie “Not Happening,” Says Director Antoine Fuqua
By Angie Han/March 12, 2013 8:00 am EST
Now we’re in spring 2013, and there still doesn’t seem to have been a whole lot of progress. So it’s unsurprising, if a little disappointing, that director Antoine Fuqua is saying it’s “not happening” at all, or any rate not with him. Hit the jump for more.
The word last year was that the shoot had been delayed due to budgeting and scheduling issues. More specifically, Sutherland was tied up with Touch, and unhappy with Fox’s salary offer on top of that. Fuqua’s comments indicate that those rumors were right on target. At the time, the hope was that 24 could still come together to shoot by spring 2013 or so. Now that we’re actually in spring 2013, it’s obvious that timeline was too optimistic.
Don’t feel too bad for Fuqua, though. He got to make Olympus Has Fallen, one of the two “Die Hard in the White House” thrillers due out this year. It’s not too different from the 24 movie he never got to make, and the key difference is that it actually got to come to fruition.
