Here’s an excellent behind the scenes article about the many challenges the Terra Nova crew has faced. Terra Nova is an upcoming FOX series by many former 24 crew members – Brannon Braga is showrunner, Jon Cassar is attached as the series regular director, production designers Joseph Hodges and Carlos Barbosa built the elaborate sets,…
Here are two new high-res promo pics of Kiefer Sutherland in The Confession (and one behind the scenes photo) by the director Brad Mirman.
Wow, there sure are lots of former 24 characters popping up on this show – Sunny Macer (Christina Chang), Ziya Dahkilov (Jon Sklaroff), Renee Walker (Annie Wersching), Mike Doyle (Rick Schroder), now Milo Pressman (Eric Balfour). ABC’s No Ordinary Family is continuing the fun trend of casting familiar TV faces as cool super villains. The…
Here’s something cool: Greg Ellis (24 Season 3 villain Michael Amador) will appear in Kiefer Sutherland’s new web series The Confession, premiering in March on Hulu. Here’s a promo still of them together (Kiefer plays a hit man). The Confession was written and directed by Brad Mirman, who Kiefer collaborated with before on the film…
The Canadian director of The Kennedys says he made changes to the miniseries whenever the History Channel asked him to and was stunned by its recent decision not to air the shot-in-Toronto project. “We were very surprised,” Jon Cassar said Tuesday night at a Fox network press event for TV critics. “The actual product takes…
Kiefer Sutherland, internet star? That’s the plan: EW has learned exclusively that Sutherland will follow up his critically-beloved run on 24 with a web series that’ll bow on Hulu this March. Dubbed The Confession, the 10 five-to-seven-minute webisodes will feature Sutherland as a hitman who has a theological discussion with a priest (John Hurt of…
Normally 24 fans have a new season of the show to enjoy in January – unfortunately that’s not the case this year. But Howard Gordon, longtime executive producer and showrunner of 24, is hoping to fill that void with his novel debut Gideon’s War (previously known as “The Obelisk”). Gideon’s War tells the story of…
His main character hates guns, searches for peaceful solutions and comes across as a genuine ambassador of good. A little different from Jack Bauer, right? “A little different, yes,” says Howard Gordon, the executive producer who turned “24” into a ratings juggernaut and helped make Jack Bauer a household name. But Gordon, a Long Island…
Here’s a lengthy (24 minute) live radio interview I recorded where TV Confidential interviews Howard Gordon, showrunner of 24 and the author of Gideon’s War. Comparisons of the Gideon Davis and Jack Bauer characters come up, Howard shares his writing past, reveals what other writers and stories he was inspired by, they talk about Gregory…
THR reports that History Channel has scrapped plans to air the controversial The Kennedy‘s miniseries which was written by 24 co-creator Joel Surnow, writer Stephen Kronish, and directed by Jon Cassar. The miniseries was already completed and was History’s most expensive project to date with many well-known stars like Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper,…
Howard Gordon is interviewed by Newsday’s Verne Gay about his upcoming debut novel Gideon’s War, the 24 movie, and a possible Jack Bauer novel should the movie deal fall through. The interview also mentions a planned sequel to Gideon’s War, “Allegiance,” due out next year. The ninth season of “24” should have been starting just…
Need to know if Gideon’s War is worth your money? The books publisher, Simon and Schuster, has generously put the first seventy pages (ten chapters) online for you to decide. Check out page 41 in this document (or page 31 in the book) for one of my favorite moments from the book.
Carlos Bernard (24‘s Tony Almeida) is narrating Gideon’s War by Howard Gordon (the former 24 showrunner) and we’ve got a twenty minute audio excerpt for you to listen to. Enjoy the sweet whispery sounds of Carlos Bernard’s soothing, sultry voice when Gideon’s War releases on January 11th.
Time for another roundup of 24 cast member guest appearances. Although there’s no 24 Season 9 this January, we can still see many familiar faces on other shows this month. Get ready to mark your calendars and set your DVR’s!
What made you decide to switch to the realm of books? I was approached by Richard Abate, a book agent who at the time was working at Endeavor (later WME), about whether I might be interested in writing a thriller. Although I’ve been a fan of thrillers for many years, I was fairly intimidated by…