Plans for the “24” movie appear to be firming up, with Kiefer Sutherland saying the movie will be released in 2012. Now the project has another important puzzle piece in place, with super-producer Brian Grazer joining up, Entertainment Weekly reports in its Inside TV blog.

Grazer said via Twitter that he’s on board to join the movie version of the hit Fox television show, the story reports.

"Got off the phone Kiefer yesterday and we are very excited about producing the 24 movie for next year," Grazer said on Twitter, according to the story. The article adds that Imagine Entertainment, the company Grazer co-owns with Ron Howard, produced the action drama for Fox.