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"Kiefer Sutherland has said that he hopes a feature film adaptation of the hit Fox series 24 will be released in 2012. 24 followed a day in the life of counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer in real time for eight seasons as he tried to foil a series of plots aimed to bring down the US government.  The series wrapped up its run last year, but speculation about a big screen continuation has been rife in recent months. Sutherland has now told CNN that he is committed to reprising the role of Jack Bauer for another adventure. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s been talk about it forever,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But it is slated right now for the summer of 2012.&amp;quot; The actor added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m one of the producers [of the 24 film] and I&amp;#039;ve been working with Ron Howard\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 We&amp;#039;ve had a couple of scripts that I think were wonderful but they weren&amp;#039;t perfect, and I think we worked so hard on the series for that long that we want to make, if not a series of films, at least the one film really matter. We&amp;#039;ve just been working so hard to reach that.&amp;quot; Last month, it was reported that Howard&amp;#039;s business partner Brian Grazer had signed on to produce the 24 movie. Sutherland will next star with Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg in director Lars von Trier&amp;#039;s upcoming Melancholia, which is released on September 30 in the UK and November 4 in the USA. Watch a trailer for Melancholia below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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