Kiefer Sutherland claims that 24 has never jumped the shark and the series finale ended “really well”. Which brings us to the most important number of all: 24. The actor’s eight-season run as counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer transformed Sutherland from semi-reliable film-acting Hollywood offspring to one of the biggest TV stars of his time. 24…
DEADLINE: What is your involvement with the 24 movie? GORDON: I’m involved intimately with all of the drafts and with all of the people, including Mark Bomback on the rewrites and with Kiefer (Sutherland). There are a lot of people involved from Imagine and 20th. I’ve kind of been enlisted as the keeper of the…
ABC comedy Happy Endings gave a shout out to 24 and Jack Bauer last year. And now Elisha Cuthbert revealed that she is trying to get Kiefer Sutherland to guest-star on her show. There is someone, however, that Coupe definitely wants to go near: co-star Elisha Cuthbert’s former TV dad, Kiefer Sutherland. “Elisha and I…
Kiefer Sutherland spoke about the possibility of a second season of The Confession during a conference call for Touch. Here’s what he had to say: I would love to do a second part of The Confession. There certainly is a story there that Brad Mirman, who wrote [the series], and I have discussed. John Hurt…
Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show about his new television series Touch and dropped some new tidbits about the 24 feature film. “I don’t believe in anything until it’s absolutely finished, but we’re scheduled to start towards the end of April. We have a fantastic script, and we’re putting all of the…
24 showrunner Howard Gordon was interviewed on Good Day LA and of course was asked about the movie. “The movie is just a little premature to announce it, but I think we’re all marching in that direction. There’s a script. And it’ll have to happen after Kiefer wraps on Touch. So we have a window…
Kiefer Sutherland was interviewed on Live with Jimmy Kimmel about his new series Touch, and of course the 24 movie. He once again claims they are aiming for an April start date, this time getting a little more specific and saying mid-April. One interesting new reveal, is that despite the extra freedom of a movie…
Kiefer Sutherland smiles when he talks about anticipating the late-April/early-May start of production on the big-screen “24” movie. “That’s like going home,” he says of getting back into Jack Bauer’s skin. It’s been more than five years since the “24” team first set its sights on making a feature. Sutherland acknowledges, “That process has taken…
Anil Kapoor was on G4TV’s Attack of the Show where he talked about his role in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and the upcoming Indian adaptation of 24. Kapoor reveals that former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon was instrumental in helping him secure the television rights to the franchise. You can watch the entire interview over at…
Homeland spoilers below, but former 24 writer Alex Gansa discusses how he and Howard Gordon were very conscious not to repeat 24’s mole trope in their new show. It’s an interesting read. HitFix: Also on the subject of lingering post-finale questions… There was a lot of “mole” talk this season, but no resolution. Were Saul’s…
Mary Lynn Rajskub was interviewed on the Marc Macon podcast and she was briefly asked about the 24 movie (nothing new on that front) and working with Kiefer Sutherland. When asked whether she got along with her co-star, she at first hesitated to answer with an “Ummm..” and then continued: Kiefer and I like each…
Actor James Cromwell who played Phillip Bauer in 24 Season 6 has some harsh words for the producers of the series, voicing disapproval of his character and claiming the writers lacked imagination: You had some displeasure working on the series “24.” Could you go into that a bit? I had never seen the show before,…
Here’s a new interview with Sarah Clarke talking about 24. She reveals that Nina Myers was originally intended to appear in ten more episodes of the third season (bringing the character all the way to the season finale rather than being killed by Jack in episode 14). But both she and Kiefer agreed that it…
Former 24 writer and producer Alex Gansa (who created Showtime’s Homeland along with Howard Gordon) was interviewed about the recently announced Indian adaptation of the series. Here’s what he had to say: THR: What are your thoughts about this 24 production in India? Gansa: You know, Howard [Gordon], who created the show with me, he…
Here’s a radio interview in which Kiefer Sutherland talks about the 24 movie. Both he and former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon have been “very involved” in shepherding the project, which was written by Billy Ray. “We’re gonna hopefully start production in April on the film, and that’ll be out later on in the year. We’re…