( EW.com ) -- Those Jack Bauer fans just wo n't give up : The infamous character from Fox 's long-running drama `` 24 '' was a big trending topic on Twitter late Sunday in light of the Osama Bin Laden news -- no doubt because many were thinking ( hoping ? ) a Bauer-like embed was responsible for the `` actionable intelligence '' that led to President Obama 's press conference . Here 's the good news : Kiefer Sutherland could be back on Fox this fall . Now , the bad news : He wo n't be reprising his role as a counter-terrorism agent . Instead , he 's playing a dad whose autistic son can predict events before they happen in a project called `` Touch . '' The drama 's from Tim Kring ( `` Heroes '' ) and is already generating great buzz . But a return of Bauer is still in the cards . A big-screen version of the drama remains in the works at 20th Century Fox , and producer Brian Grazer ( whose company , Imagine Entertainment , was behind the TV show ) recently acknowledged that he 's on board . In March , . Sutherland told the women of `` The View '' that the movie will come out in 2012 . Hey Kief : Care to rethink that timeline now ? See full article at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
Jack Bauer was a big trending topic on Twitter , in light of the Bin ##ary news . Sutherland told the women of ` ` The View '' that the ' ` 24 '' movie will come out in 2012 . The show could be back on Fox this fall in ` ` . ''