List of 24 (TV series) media

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The critical and popular success of the Fox television series 24 has led to the series being extended into other arenas, primarily media specifically created for mobile devices and the internet. In addition, the series has spawned video and board games, toys, soundtracks from both the series and the video game, and a number of original novels inspired by the series. A feature film based upon the series is scheduled for sometime in the future.

Contents 1 Feature films 1.1 24: The Movie 2 Mobile media 2.1 24: Conspiracy 3 Online media 3.1 The Rookie CTU 3.2 24: Day Zero 3.3 24: Day 6 Debrief 4 Soundtracks 5 Books 6 Comics 7 Games 7.1 24: The Game 7.2 24: DVD Board Game 7.3 24: Mobile 7.4 24: Agent Down 7.5 24: Trading Card Game 8 Toys 8.1 Action figures 9 Attraction 10 Parodies 11 Soft Drinks 11.1 24: Energy drink 12 References

[edit] Feature films

[edit] 24: The Movie

Main article: 24: The Movie

Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed that 24: The Movie is in the pipeline (becoming official on June 8), and the show's creators have already started working on the script. It should be noted that the film would be a two-hour representation of a 24-hour day, not an actual 24-hour-long film as this would be financially straining on production and impossible to show in cinemas. On May 29, 2006, on the Chris Moyles radio show on BBC Radio 1, Kiefer announced that the shooting of the film will begin on 30 May 2007 (between Seasons 6 and 7), and it is expected to be released between Seasons 7 and 8 in the summer of 2008. In an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times, Kiefer confessed, "Anytime [the production team] got really close to having a great idea for having a film, we needed it for episode 18,"^[1] meaning that formulating ideas for a film version of the show has been made difficult by the need to employ those ideas in the television show first.

Recently, however, Sutherland can be quoted to saying that the plans for the film are on hold. He voiced concerns the writers were having with the amount of pressure a film script would place on them, adding to the fact that the few months between seasons 6 and 7 would not give the production team and actors enough time to do any concept justice. During a Q&A at a UCLA summer program, the executive producer of 24 Howard Gordon said that while the plans for the movie aren't definite, it isn't canned, although it may end up coming out once the TV show has ended. He also expressed interest in recruiting Colin Farrell for the project.

[edit] Mobile media

[edit] 24: Conspiracy

Main article: 24: Conspiracy

24: Conspiracy is a low budget, cellphone-only spin-off of 24 set in Washington, D.C. It spans 24 one-minute episodes and takes place during Day 4, as indicated by a reference to the Heller kidnapping happening that day. It does not take place in real time. All of the episodes were released together as a special for the season 4 DVD boxset.

[edit] Online media

[edit] The Rookie CTU

The Rookie, formerly named The Rookie CTU, is a series of online webisodes set at CTU in Los Angeles. It is made by many of the same crew members that make the 24 TV show. The Rookie utilizes the same CTU set as the series, and uses many of the same production elements, such as graphics, editing techniques, and music, giving it an "authentic" look and feel. One exception, however, is that it does not take place in real time. Unilever's Degree Men antiperspirant is a sponsor of "The Rookie" series.

The stories revolve around rookie CTU agent, Jason Blaine (played by Jeremy Ray Valdez), with appearances by Video Surveillance Manager Angie Lawson and CTU Deputy Director Alton Maxwell. In the first season, "Coffee Run", consisting of three parts, Blaine witnesses a bank robbery in progress during his coffee run. Without a gun, Blaine enters the bank in an attempt to stop the robbery. The second season, "Mistaken Identity", finds Blaine hand-delivering a Blackberry to his boss in his boss' car. He receives a call from Russian terrorists who believe Blaine is his boss. A third season, "Extraction", contains six parts and focuses on Blaine having to rescue Alton Maxwell from a drug smuggler named Esteban Salazar. All three seasons can be viewed at this website.

[edit] 24: Day Zero

24: Day Zero is a series of online animated webisodes set at CTU in Los Angeles. It is a prequel series, focusing on Jack Bauer's first 18 months at CTU. The series debuted on May 21, 2007, following the airing of the Season 6 finale. As with "The Rookie", Degree Men is a sponsor of the "Day Zero" series. Since the release of The Rookie: Day 3: Extraction, the Day Zero website is down; however, the series is available on YouTube.

[edit] 24: Day 6 Debrief

24: Day 6 Debrief is a series of two-minute online webisodes starring Kiefer Sutherland and is set 35 hours after the events of Season 6. Available exclusively to American Express cardholders, the series will explain what happened to Jack Bauer in China and set up the events of Season 7. It is in the Season 6 DVD's special features.^[2] Like 24: Day Zero, this series also debuted on May 21, 2007 after the airing of the Season 6 finale. American Express is a sponsor of this series and hosts the webisodes on a special page of the Fox website. The series is also available on YouTube.

[edit] Soundtracks

Main article: 24: The Soundtrack

Various soundtracks have been created for the show, and its properties. The most notable is 24: The Soundtrack which contains nineteen tracks of music composed exclusively for the first three seasons by 24's multi-Emmy award winning composer Sean Callery, including the show's full theme song which, prior to the soundtrack's release, had never been aired. A second soundtrack was released 13 November in the UK and 14 November in the US with music from seasons 4 and 5.^[3]

[edit] Books

24: The House Special Subcommittee's Findings at CTU written by Marc Cerasini, was a guide to the first season, as written by an in-universe journalist by the same name. The book contained Jack Bauer's grand jury testimony as well as character profiles and autopsy reports.

An unofficial guide to Season 2 of 24 was released in the UK in 2003, written by Mark Wright.

Nine paperback novels have also been published by Harper Entertainment under the title 24: Declassified. They are:

• Operation Hell Gate, written by Marc Cerasini, released in the fall of 2005
• Veto Power, by John Whitman, released in the fall of 2005
• Trojan Horse, by Marc Cerasini, released February 2006
• Cat's Claw, by John Whitman, released December 2006 (ISBN 978-0-06-084227-7)
• Vanishing Point, by Marc Cerasini, released in February of 2007 (ISBN 0-06-084228-8)^[4]
• Chaos Theory, by John Whitman, released in June 2007^[5]
• Storm Force, by David Jacobs, released on January 1, 2008. (ISBN 978-0-06-137884-3)^[6]
• Collateral Damage, by Marc Cerasini, released on February 26, 2008.^[7]
• Trinity, by John Whitman, which was released about April 29, 2008. (ISBN 978-0-06-143119-7)

Titan Books published 24: The Official Companion Seasons 1 & 2 in 2006 in the US and UK. The second volume, 24: The Official Companion Seasons 3 & 4, was released in the UK in February 2007, and released in the US in May 2007. 24: The Official Companion Season 5 was released in November 2007. 24: The Official Companion Guide Season 6 was released in January 2008. All the guides are written by Tara DiLullo Bennett.

24: Behind the Scenes - a book featuring behind the scenes photographs and pictures.

24: The Counter Terrorist Unit Handbook - a book featuring a manual of how CTU works and their policies and procedures. It includes pictures from all six seasons.

Operation Hell Gate	Veto Power	Trojan Horse	Cat's Claw
Vanishing Point	Chaos Theory	Storm Force	Collateral Damage

[edit] Comics

Four graphic novels have been released by IDW Publishing taking place at different time periods within the show. The first, 24: One Shot (July 2004), attempted to emulate the real-time nature of the show. It was followed by 24 Stories (January 2005) and 24: Midnight Sun (July 2005), which did not emulate the real-time nature of the show. These three graphic novels have been compiled together in one book simply entitled 24, released by Titan Books. An all new graphic novel published by IDW entitled 24: Cold Warriors was released on March 5, 2008.^[8] This 48-page one-shot features Jack Bauer, Chloe O'Brian and others working to stop Russian terrorists in Alaska. IDW also released a five-issue mini-series entitled 24: Nightfall from November 2006 to March 2005.^[9].

An unofficial, fan-created comic strip, aptly titled 24: The Comic Strip, has been running since April 1, 2006. Published weekly online, it parodies the show's occasional plot hole or far-fetched event.^[10]

[edit] Games

[edit] 24: The Game

Main article: 24: The Game

24: The Game is a video game based on the TV series. The game is exclusive to Sony's PlayStation 2 console and was developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Cambridge Studios, and was published by 2K Games. Taking place between seasons two and three, (6 months after Season 2) 24: The Game features most major actors from those two seasons. This first foray into console gaming also serves to bridge the large gap between the second and third seasons.

[edit] 24: DVD Board Game

There is a tabletop board game published by Pressman Toys, released in August 2006, based on the TV series. Rather than playing characters from the TV series, each player takes on the role of a CTU agent and the accompanying DVD disc is used to initiate the plot with a terrorist act, then passes threads to the players regarding the full plans of the terrorists, some of which may be useful and others that simply lead nowhere. The winner is the first person to identify and stop a terrorist threat. The DVD also acts as a timer to simulate the "real time" flow of the game. Expansions to the game are forthcoming. Reviews on websites such as amazon.com [1] indicate that it is almost universally disliked.

[edit] 24: Mobile

There was a 24 game for cell phones released in Feb. 2006 from www.iplay.com

[edit] 24: Agent Down

There was a 2nd game for cell phones released in Nov. 2006 from www.iplay.com

[edit] 24: Trading Card Game

24 Trading Card Game
Designer	Jason Winter and Trevor McGregor
Publisher	Press Pass, Inc.
Players	2
Age range	10+
Playing time	approx 20 min.
Random chance	Some
Skills required	Card playing Arithmetic Basic Reading Ability
BoardGameGeek entry

24: TCG is a customizable trading card game published by Press Pass Inc. in which 2 players each play a deck of 24 cards made from characters and events from the television show. Players choose to build their deck as either containing CTU characters or Insurgent characters and play against an opponent, going on missions to attempt to score 24 points. The game had a preview release in August 2007 and released its First Edition in September 2007.^[11] Further expansions are forthcoming, and new articles about the game are posted daily on its website.

[edit] Toys

[edit] Action figures

Medicom, a Japanese toy manufacturer, has produced two twelve-inch action figures of Jack Bauer as he appears in Season 4, one with his shirt and vest for field missions and other with suit and tie, as he is on season premiere. Both versions come with cell phone and a hand gun. For 2007, is scheduled to launch another version, now as Jack Bauer appears in Season 5 with short hair, wearing his suburban shirt, jeans and coach. The new version comes with his hand gun, PDA, a recorder and a messenger bag.

Diamond Select Toys and Art Asylum have announced their own toys for release in 2007. They will launch two series of four sets of Minimates, featuring characters from Seasons 1 and 2, on October, and a 12" figure of Jack Bauer in three different forms, with each version sporting a different head sculpt and outfit. There is not currently any info on when this figure will be in stores.

In January 2007, McFarlane Toys announced plans for a line of 24 action figures. Two figures of Jack Bauer are currently in production. Both are packaged as boxed sets and re-create scenes taken directly from the series. The first figure is expected to hit store shelves in August 2007, with the second scheduled for holiday season 2007 release.^[12]

An action figure was actually intended for a much earlier release but was delayed as Kiefer Sutherland was given a figure for his approval, but he destroyed it during a night of partying, not realizing that it was a prototype. Apparently he and his friends decided to 'torture' the action figure by setting it on fire.^[13]

[edit] Attraction

On August 4, 2007, a "24" Themed Interactive game attraction was opened in Tokyo, Japan in the famous indoor amusement park Tokyo Joypolis. The attraction is titled "24 CTU: The Mission" The game attraction features no 24 characters but focuses on the CTU aspect of the series. Guests are agents-in-training at CTU: Tokyo division. Agents are sent on a simulated mission to find a device which terrorists planted inside the Park, set to go off within 24 hours. Guests are to collect clues from around the park, then use the clues to solve problems such as where is the location of the device and who is the terrorist. For guests who pass the mission test receive a special CTU agent sticker in return.

[edit] Parodies

24's enormous popularity also led the series' format to be parodied in more than one occasion, most prominently in The Simpsons season 18 episode "24 Minutes", and in South Park season 11 episode "The Snuke". Also, the series is referred to in the American Dad! season 1 episode "Threat Levels": when the Smith house is quarantined after it is thought to be infected by a virus, Stan suggests to watch the entire first season of 24. The competing show House has been known to refer to 24 mockingly.

The clock and split-screen style in 24 has also been parodied in the anime Lucky Star; in episode 17, Sojiro (Konata's father), Yui, and Yutaka are making a birthday party for Konata, and subsequent scenes mimic this style.

24 is parodied also in Grand Theft Auto IV as a programme called '72 - The Never-Ending Cliffhanger'

[edit] Soft Drinks

[edit] 24: Energy drink

In late-2007, Tesco and other stores in the UK started selling an energy using the 24 insignia and branding. It comes in varieties Diet and normal. 24 Energy Drink Photo

[edit] References