It's Official!!

The 24 movie is on it's way...

Jack Bauer is going to the movies, and he hates it when you talk on your cell phone.

Variety reports that Twentieth Century Fox, the studio behind the Kiefer Sutherland action series, has signed deals with show creators Robert Cochran and Joel Surnow and show-runner Howard Gordon to create a big-screen version of the show. Cochran and Surnow will write the script this summer, while working on season six of the series, with an eye toward shooting the movie between seasons six and seven.

Whether or not the script gets a green light rests on the ratings when 24 returns next season. If the ratings are good and the film gets the green light to go into production, Sutherland has already stated he would be very amenable to reprising his role of federal agent Jack Bauer in a movie.

24 tells the story of Jack Bauer as he fights terrorists with--and sometimes without--the help of a fictional Los Angeles agency called Counter Terrorist Unit. The show plays out in real time, where one hour of the show equals one hour of the day, and each season is one day.

Cochran and Surnow say they would most likely change the real-time format of the series, instead allowing the film to play out over an extended period of time. Producers are exploring international locales such as London as possible backdrops for the film.

This season, 24 saw a 14 percent improvement in ratings. In April, Fox signed Sutherland to a $40 million deal for three more seasons of the show.