Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed by David Letterman and claimed that 24: Live Another Day is simply a one-off event series meant to close out the show.
(This is just the 24-related part. You can watch the full interview here.)
Transcript
Letterman: 24: Live Another Day, a reprise, is it just twelve episodes, that’s what this is?
Sutherland: Yes
Letterman: So we’re not relaunching a series exactly?
Sutherland: No, it’s kind of a.. it’s a one-off deal. It’s our way of kinda closing it. The twelve episodes represent a twenty-four hour day. It’s a very concentrated version of “24”.
Letterman: Excited to have done this?
Sutherland: It’s been fantastic.
Letterman: And then there will be no more, right? At least on TV…
Sutherland: Yes, yeah. It’s been fantastic, I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you I was incredibly nervous going up to it. But once we started shooting it’s been an amazing experience. We’ve been shooting it in England and that has been amazing as well.
Executive producer Manny Coto made similar comments on a conference call with the media a few days ago, saying that “We are treating this season as a one-time miniseries event. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The ending could be the end of ’24′ for good if you look at it that way.”
Series star Mary Lynn Rajskub seems to have a more positive outlook. She was recently quoted as saying “I would be very shocked if they didn’t keep going based on the experience of making [Live Another Day] and the excitement for the show.”
33 Comments
Comments ClosedJoshua
May 1, 2014 at 1:25 amPatrick
May 1, 2014 at 1:33 amGerry Mander
May 1, 2014 at 2:26 amDaniel Shaw
May 1, 2014 at 2:43 amCatherine
May 1, 2014 at 4:28 amTomW
May 1, 2014 at 4:18 amWouldntYouLikeToKnow
May 1, 2014 at 4:26 amAs his character in MGSV would say “LIQUIIIIIID!”
AK47
May 1, 2014 at 4:28 amWouldntYouLikeToKnow
May 1, 2014 at 5:03 amDaniel
May 1, 2014 at 5:29 amGerry Mander
May 1, 2014 at 9:18 pmCatherine
May 1, 2014 at 5:13 amserhan
May 1, 2014 at 5:36 amChlojack
May 1, 2014 at 8:24 amChlojack
May 1, 2014 at 8:26 amhttp://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2014/apr/30/tv-review-the-clock-is-ticking—-a-thankfully/#axzz30Sw3Y1IB
Brad
May 1, 2014 at 9:03 amTJ
May 1, 2014 at 9:43 amIf it was a pre-meditated plan all along by the actors, writers and producers to revive the series only to make it the definitive swan song, then I would have rather let the way they ended S8 be the final word on ’24’. To come back intentionally 4 years later, build on all of the hype and capitalize on the longings of the series loyal fans only to pull the plug again would be cruel and unusual treatment of the show’s fans that Keifer speaks so adoringly of.
TJ
May 1, 2014 at 9:47 amjohn
May 1, 2014 at 9:58 amRimmer66
July 10, 2014 at 1:45 amThey got rejected for movie, and they won’t get any renewal from FOX, nor do they themselves have any plans to continue including the main actor saying he wants to stop given his age and feeling too old for the role.
IF any remote possibility of a 24, it will be without “Jack Bauer” as a main character,
2 words.
RATINGS SUICIDE.
So are you still not convinced 24 will end for good this time?
The reason they kept Season 8 “open” was because of their plans for a MOVIE…..
MOVIE was a no go, so now they came back to “CLOSE” the show. And yes, I do think he will be killed,
and make the ultimate sacrifice (for real this time) to save Audrey, I think the casket we see is his……
Tiny
May 1, 2014 at 5:32 pmJack
May 1, 2014 at 6:40 pmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPYdHEsxAgQ
And he has said he’s “never watched an episode of 24” even though he spoke over a running episode of it for an additional feature in a box set.
So Kiefer isn’t exactly what I would call a reliable source. He likes repeating himself in all these interviews too… which for us makes it boring.
Jack
May 1, 2014 at 6:41 pmTJ
May 2, 2014 at 1:23 amAnd, if they really want to end the run once and for all, wouldn’t it sound better and be more fitting to claim the show had a 10-season run (9 seasons seems such an odd number)?
Brad
May 2, 2014 at 5:41 amDavidete
May 2, 2014 at 2:00 pmBesides, if they had in mind killing Jack, or simply put an end to the series, all the crew must know about it, so there’s no sense on Mary Lynn’s words about more 24 coming after LAD.
I think they just don’t have nothing in mind, so let time and ratings speak for themselves. So I bet that there’s NO WAY they will be killing Jack :)
ANDY Z
May 2, 2014 at 3:23 pmI believe they will kill off Jack saving someone like Chloe or Audrey, but the producers will set up a new female version of Jack with Yvonne Strahovski. Her character is described as someone who has been recently dismissed and is unhappy with the agency due to the death of her “traitorous” spouse. Didn’t Jack’s wife get killed in year 1 or 2?? Sounds like a set up to me!!
ANDY Z
May 2, 2014 at 3:25 pmI believe they will kill off Jack saving someone like Chloe or Audrey, but the producers will set up a new female version of Jack with Yvonne Strahovski, who’s character is described as someone who has been recently dismissed and is unhappy with the agency due to the death of her “traitorous” spouse. Didn’t Jack’s wife get killed in year 1 or 2?? Sounds like a set up to me!!
Brad
May 2, 2014 at 10:02 pmX
May 5, 2014 at 6:26 amSusan
July 28, 2014 at 2:13 pmDerpySloth
July 30, 2014 at 8:53 pmKyle Diamond Jones
July 31, 2014 at 10:08 am