Posted on 04/10/2006 6:42:41 AM PDT by presidio9
"24" star Kiefer Sutherland has inked a multifaceted deal with 20th Century Fox Television.
The rich pact, which is set to begin in June, calls for the actor to continue on the hit Fox drama for three more years and includes a two-year development deal for Sutherland's soon-to-be-launched production banner.
Details on the deal were sketchy, but sources pegged the acting portion alone at more than $40 million for the three seasons, which could make Sutherland the highest-paid actor in drama series.
While the deal with Sutherland locks him in for three additional years beyond the current fifth season of "24," the 20th TV/Imagine TV-produced show so far has been picked up for one additional season.
Under the pact, Sutherland also will be elevated from a co-executive producer to executive producer on "24" next season alongside Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran, Howard Gordon and Evan Katz.
The development portion of the deal is said to include overhead and a development fund for Sutherland's company. Sutherland will hire a development executive and will begin to develop and executive produce projects for television as well the Internet and wireless devices.
Sutherland called his past five years on the show "one of the most creative and rewarding experiences in my career."
In its fifth season, "24" is enjoying some of its best ratings and critical notices. The show, which introduced the now-hot serialized thriller genre, also has become a DVD best-seller and has spawned a mobile phone series.
Sutherland's performance on "24" has earned him a Golden Globe award and four Emmy nominations.
On the big screen, he next will be seen opposite Michael Douglas and Kim Basinger in "The Sentinel" and will provide the voice of the lion in Disney's "The Wild."
Just so long as the scripts don't take out "promise" or "protocol"
Funny you should say that. In the Rolling Stone article this month, Keifer Sutherland: Heart of Darkness (they spelled his name wrong) , it says:
He once heard that some college-going 24 fans had developed a drinking game in which you have to down one shot for every time Jack Bauer says, "Damn it," which is the show's "f***" and "s***" substitute. So during one episode, in one scene, he took it upon himself to say "Damn it" three times in a row, "Boom, boom, boom. And that was just one scene. By the end, there had to be fourteen 'Damn its.' And I could just see all these college kids going, 'Oh, f***!' "
Well, this is good news, indeed.
The latest plot twist didn't feel like jumping the shark to me. My hubby and I were both sitting on the couch saying "Holy Sh%#!
Oh Goody, couldn't imagine not having another 24 hrs of nail biting tension TV! Maybe next season they can have Jack going overseas to rescue a hostage from the Taliban. Love to see him torture some of those guys. (Tip for Jack, aim about 2 ft. higher than the knee.)
I thought it was great.
There was a lot of nasty carping about impossible scenarios from the domestic partner and the thread partners, but, hey, you gotta believe.
Anyway, it's wildly entertaining.
Can't agree about Nixon.
Okay, he was a little paranoid, but people WERE after him.
And sending a few goons to break into a psychiatrist's files pales in comparison with certain people grabbing FBI files on everyone in the known universe.
For you other cheapskates around here, Target has a good deal on Season 4 this week. I got it for my son.
He once heard that some college-going 24 fans had developed a drinking game in which you have to down one shot for every time Jack Bauer says, "Damn it,". . .he took it upon himself to say "Damn it" three times in a row, "Boom, boom, boom. And that was just one scene. By the end, there had to be fourteen 'Damn its.'
Thanks. I'll get the DVD then!
Se ya tonight!
Does anyone know who sells the mobile phone?
$40 million for the three seasons, which could make Sutherland the highest-paid actor in drama series.
Strange sentence... You mean he's not the highest paid actor in the series ~now~?
I don't know how anyone is supposed to work on Monday.
Jack's back in 8 hours...(EST, that is)
Hey, you've violated a major protocol! Nobody, but nobody, disses Chloe. She is the queen of nerds, an inspiration to all us snarky, snarly, and above average intelligence tech goddesses.
For your punishment, you will don the red shirt and work at CTU for an hour. (We're not telling you if this is the hour the red-shirt guy dies, either!)
I did not include Xlinton because my argument about the perfect plausibility of a slimeball such as Logan was intended to be non-partisan, and Sick Willy's (no typo) misadventures are still too recent in the public mind to fail to bring out partisan rancour. Didn't want to see the thread highjacked into politics.
The way the show twists and turns, you'll have to wait to see if what you see is what it is. LOL
Jack--- IN
Politics --- OUT
okay
I think the reference would be "highest-paid actor in a (any) drama series" as compared to "the" drama series (24). Probably the case of another "journalist" using poor sentence construction.
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