Before reading, please be aware that this article contains (minor) spoilers, as should be obvious by the headline. No specific characters are mentioned, just vague descriptions of filming locations and the scenes that are being shot. This info comes from letters that were sent to residents in the filming area.
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Here’s a few small tidbits about the finale:
Liam Garrigan
Actor Liam Garrigan who plays Ian Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day tweeted this photo with Kiefer Sutherland yesterday along with a note that he finished wrapping his scenes. If the Ian character appears in the finale episode, we can assume that his mother Margot (played by Michelle Fairley) does as well.
So that's a wrap for me on #24LAD who knew Jack Bauer was a city fan! Get in! #ctid #hcafc pic.twitter.com/KZHkZOMNZf
— Liam Garrigan (@LiamGarrigan1) June 2, 2014
Sniper scene at Battersea Park
An action-packed sniper scene of Kiefer Sutherland’s hit show 24: Live Another Day is set to be filmed in Battersea Park. A letter from Twentieth Century Fox Television has been distributed to neighbouring residents stating that the crew will be filming in London until the middle of June and, for two nights, they would like to film in Battersea Park.
Their work is set to run from 8pm to 5am and will involve four characters having a conversation in the park and three of them being shot by a ‘sniper’. The filming will see two actors holding and firing hand guns, for which they will use silent blanks so as not to disturb neighbours. The letter warns neighbours not to be alarmed that ‘guns may be visible’. The Metropolitan Police have been notified and there will be a police officer present during their filming which will be supervised by a professional armour.
So it’d seem that they’re doing a ‘meeting in a public place’ type storyline, and the meeting obviously goes poorly. One of the four characters involved in this scene seems to have a sniper protecting him or her.
Gun Fights and Explosions at Southampton Docks
Southampton’s docks will get a touch of Hollywood glamour as filming of the hit US drama 24 comes to the city tomorrow evening, complete with gun fights on board a small container ship and explosions on Southampton Water. It is understood that up to 180 crew will descend on the city for the overnight shoots tomorrow and Thursday at DP World’s Container Terminal.
A DP World Southampton spokesperson said: “We are extremely excited to have a major production like 24 filming at the terminal. It’s a great opportunity to promote the port and city. This is the first time an American network has shot an entire TV series in the UK, so it’s appropriate that it should be filmed at the UK’s most productive container terminal.”
Residents in the area have been sent a letter from Twentieth Century Fox UK Productions Ltd informing them what to expect to prevent unnecessary concern or calls to police if they should hear gun fire or explosions. It reads: “The action to be filmed will involve some gun fire and pyrotechnics. Due to the nature of the scenes our exterior shots are set at night. We are a professional and conscientious crew who will make every effort to keep noise and disturbance down to a bare minimum.”
Associated British Ports and DPWS have released a joint statement:
Unsurprisingly, there has been a lot of interest from members of the public and fans of the show, interested in coming to the terminal to witness the filming. Please can we remind everyone that the Port of Southampton is a secure and private estate. No general public access is allowed and entrance to the container terminal is only for security cleared personnel and staff only.
In accordance with the port harbour authority, an exclusion zone operates around all ships that berth at the port including ships at the container terminal. During the filming, patrols will be in place on Southampton Water to monitor the exclusion zone. We would therefore respectfully ask that everybody complies with these restrictions for their own safety and that of the cast, crew and staff that will be working at the container terminal.
What happened to time jumps?
Perhaps the most interesting thing you’ll notice is that these scenes are being filmed at night rather than in daylight. If this season takes place over an entire day like we were told, the finale should be set during the 10:00am-11:00am hour in the daytime. Could it be that the writers have abandoned the time jumps idea entirely and are just giving us twelve consecutive hours?
Howard Gordon revealed last month that the first eight hours take place consecutively without time jumps. We know from the press release for the eighth episode that it takes place during the 6:00pm – 7:00pm hour. If they were to continue doing consecutive hours the final episode would take place during 10:00pm – 11:00pm which would be consistent with these recent night shoots on the finale.
Maybe there will be a epilogue of sorts that jumps ahead twelve hours?
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June 4, 2014 at 12:30 amTran
June 4, 2014 at 12:55 amcaviar1234
June 4, 2014 at 1:33 amTJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:23 amClayton
June 4, 2014 at 1:52 amAs for this being the final season… I sure hope not. Not much else I can say, but it will be extremely tough to see it return for just 12 episodes and then fade back into obscurity. Even if the season as a whole is top-notch, it’ll be hard not to see it as a final flop if it’s just a blip in the history of the show.
TJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:28 amXAM
June 4, 2014 at 3:44 amAhh LAD, quite the catalogue of disappointments, wasted opportunities and general wankness.
Brad
June 4, 2014 at 4:39 amJackBauerFan1977
June 4, 2014 at 8:03 amTJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:35 amChlojack
June 4, 2014 at 8:09 amIf they do have that epilogue, I hope it’s Jack sitting on the couch with Kim her husband, and their children.
24 Spoilers
June 4, 2014 at 2:35 pmSo I could see a time jump happening around that point (10:20PM). Since the writers would have twelve hours to work with, they could even do a whole bunch of time jumps in the last half hour. I think that’d be a really cool way to do things.
But yeah, at the very least I hope they do a short epilogue scene or something. It would be a shame if there wasn’t any time jumps at all.
TJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:38 ampaul
June 4, 2014 at 9:58 amacer4666
June 4, 2014 at 11:12 am24 Spoilers
June 4, 2014 at 11:34 amBattersea Park – June 2 and 3
Southampton Docks – June 4 and 5
acer4666
June 5, 2014 at 4:56 amJack
June 4, 2014 at 12:11 pmI’m not a big advocate of Tony returning, but that would look pretty awesome.
Chlojack
June 4, 2014 at 1:23 pmJack
June 4, 2014 at 2:59 pmI think Jack Bauer is gonna’ be stuck in a dilemma and he’s gonna say: “There’s one person we can call” and it’ll be Tony.
Aaron Pierce is in London next month – not sure if he’s here already but it’d be cool to see him. But that would be playing for the fans. I’d rather see a storyline which maximises the sensation for all viewers.. because ultimately that is where 24 gets it’s ratings.
24 Spoilers
June 4, 2014 at 4:35 pm(BTW guys – if any photos or details do get leaked, I will be very careful and considerate with how I post it on the site).
Chlojack
June 4, 2014 at 4:56 pmChase
June 4, 2014 at 3:54 pmChlojack
June 4, 2014 at 6:37 pmTJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:48 amOf course, I’d rather see the show go on and let Jack just vanish to another country for a future “bad day” to come up again…
NikonoclastD2X
June 6, 2014 at 7:38 amChlojack
June 4, 2014 at 5:10 pmTJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:40 amMary
June 4, 2014 at 5:59 pm-9.08 ends at 8pm in London.
-During 9.08 hour, Jack and other characters head for airport/get on planes/board Air Force One/whatever.
-Twelve hour time jump between 9.08 and 9.09…
-But, in order to account for why it is still dark for the final four episodes, we’ve gone through time zones while traveling in real time, which then alters what time it is when we…
-Land in Los Angeles in the dark.
-And what time is it in Los Angeles if it’s 8pm in London? It’s midnight, of course.
-So now we’ve traveled backwards in time (because London is ahead of LA) to the home city of our show, and landed in the hour in which it all first began.
-This would explain why they moved the time of the premiere back an hour from noon to 11am. It doesn’t make a lick of difference to the story so far whether or not the day started at 11am or noon. The only reason why they might have done this is if it affects the time jump later in the day, in order to make it something specific. It takes a little less than 11 hours to fly from London to Los Angeles, throw in some getting to/from the airplane time and that’s the time jump covered.
-It’s also the only place you could conceivably send the bulk of the main characters so that they’re all still in the story by the day’s end. President Heller has a house on the beach in the area. Kim and her family live in Woodland Hills. Hell, even Aaron Pierce had a house nearby at one point. If they want to bring in old characters, taking the plot to the characters instead of trying to bring all the characters to the plot makes more sense.
Mary
June 4, 2014 at 6:01 pmTJ
June 5, 2014 at 1:43 am24 Spoilers
June 5, 2014 at 2:20 amBut I feel there are some flaws with the premise. What would be a credible reason for all of those characters to abruptly get on a plane to Los Angeles? Maybe there’s another baddy threatening LA that only superhero Jack can deal with? But I can’t imagine the Secret Service allowing President Heller to fly directly to _another_ danger zone just so he could sit around in his beach house.
And if it’s midnight in Los Angeles, characters like Pierce and Kim would likely be fast asleep in their beds (they could be woken up of course, but still). It starts to feel extremely forced in my opinion.
Mary
June 5, 2014 at 12:07 pmMorgan & Ritter could well be escorting a captured Jack back to the U.S.. The Heller family could decide to leave London now that the drone threat is over and go to their house, instead of D.C.., for a break (this also makes sense if Heller is no longer the President by this point in the story, if that happens.) And, yeah, some characters’ll be asleep. We first met Mike Novick in his pjs. *shrugs* It adds a little something for them to be woken up in the middle of the night. And we first met Kim at home at just after midnight so… who knows.
chlojack
June 5, 2014 at 12:54 pmMary
June 5, 2014 at 2:36 pmChlojack
June 5, 2014 at 3:04 pm24 Spoilers
June 5, 2014 at 11:29 pmWhether it’s multiple episodes or just a short epilogue scene, I’d really love to see things end in Los Angeles where it all began.
Shannon Ryan
June 4, 2014 at 6:15 pmI do think in reality there will be a short epilogue at the end with Jack back in America, as we know the writers are open similarly to prologues with 24: Redemption and the pre-title sequence before the title at the beginning of this season: “The following takes place between 11:06 a.m. and 12:00 p.m.” However they may hold off on shooting this until they know if 24 is renewed in order to accommodate a cliffhanger ending rather than a definitive ending.
Chlojack
June 4, 2014 at 6:41 pmChlojack
June 4, 2014 at 6:43 pm24 Spoilers
June 5, 2014 at 1:24 amShannon Ryan
June 5, 2014 at 5:59 amMary
June 5, 2014 at 12:12 pmNew West Virginian
June 5, 2014 at 1:47 amChlojack
June 5, 2014 at 9:09 amDavid
June 6, 2014 at 9:03 amchlojack
June 6, 2014 at 10:55 amDavid
June 6, 2014 at 8:59 amChlojack
June 7, 2014 at 6:40 amJohnny
June 7, 2014 at 12:51 pmJack returns to the states.. He just killed margot (Or atleast he thought he did.. heck you can see what happened to tony, he got killed but got revived).. Jack has now made contact again with his daughter, Met his second grandchild. And they all return home..
Then the phone goes off.. Jack takes the phone and who is it speaking to him?.. Margot.. saying ”This ain’t over yet!, I’ll be coming after you, and i would keep an eye on your family mr bauer…” BLACK SCREEN
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Voila.. 2015 Season 10!.
vaughn ramdeen
June 15, 2014 at 10:19 amrbp broprue
July 15, 2014 at 1:08 am