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player ready...Why does Jack Bauer’s cell phone never seem to run out of batteries on “24”? And why does he always seem to have reception? It’s difficult to think of a TV show (with the possible exception of “American Idol”) where cell phones are more central to the plot. It’s fitting, then, that “24” is entering into a first-of-its-kind deal to launch an only-for-cell-phones spinoff.
“24: Conspiracy” will premiere on British mobile phones in January 2005 thanks to a new pact between the show’s U.S. production company 20th Century Fox TV and Vodafone. Subscribers will get one-minute episodes downloaded to their phones on a weekly basis. Every 60-second episode will end with a cliffhanger.
Plans are under way to distribute “24: Conspiracy” through Verizon Wireless in the U.S. in 2005.
“24: Conspiracy” won’t star Kiefer Sutherland, and it won’t feature any of the CTU agents familiar to viewers of the Emmy-winning drama. Instead, in the first “mobisode,” viewers will meet Martin Kail, a CTU agent entrusted with tracking down Susan Walker, a rogue agent who appears to have murdered a government official.
The premiere of “24: Conspiracy” will coincide with the British premiere of “24” on Jan. 30. The show returns a bit earlier in the States, launching with a two-hour premiere on Jan. 9.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Molly Marinik ([email protected])