May 2009

Doug Hutchison

Buried under news of Mykelti Williamson being cast as CTU Director Brian Hastings, was also word that Doug Hutchison would be joining the cast of 24 season 8 as a terrorist named Davros.

Also joining the cast next season: APA client Doug Hutchison (“The Burrowers,” “Punisher: War Zone”), in a recurring role as Davros, a dangerous European terrorist.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Mykelti Williamson

The late Bill Buchanan’s heir apparent has been named, and it’s Mykelti Williamson.

The actor, whose credits include TV’s Boomtown and CSI: NY and the Sundance hit Black Dynamite, is joining Fox’s 24 in the series regular role of Brian Hastings, the boss man of CTU’s New York outpost.

Hastings, says Fox, is MBA-schooled and wields a razor-sharp intellect.

Previous Season 8 castings include Freddie Prinze Jr. (as the head of CTU Field Ops/a wannabe Jack Bauer) and Jennifer Westfeldt (as an ambitious newswoman).

24 kicks off Jack Bauer’s bad day in the Big Apple on Jan. 17, 2010.

Source: TV Guide

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Freddie Prinze Jr.

Sources said Prinze is joining the cast of Fox’s “24″ as a regular, playing Davis Cole, a recently returned Marine who runs CTU Field Ops and wants to follow in Jack Bauer’s (Kiefer Sutherland) footsteps.

On the real-time drama, whose upcoming eighth season started production Wednesday, Prinze joins fellow new cast additions Anil Kapoor, who plays a Middle East leader; Chris Diamantopoulos, as the president’s new chief of staff; and John Boyd as a CTU systems analyst. All of them are regulars, while Jennifer Westfeldt has come aboard as a recurring, playing a a journalist.

Also cast as a recurring on the 20th TV/Imagine series is Nazneen Contractor as Kapoor’s daughter.

Prinze, repped by ICM and Brillstein, recently co-starred on the ABC comedy pilot “No Heroics.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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TV Guide Magazine has a brief article in which Cherry Jones (Allison Taylor) teases the first two scripts of the eighth season.

“Cherry Jones offered a preview of the first two scripts for next season’s 24 which begins shooting this week. About 18 months have passed since the terrors of Season 7. Jack and Renee still haven’t hooked up, but the world is a better place. Cherry’s character, President Taylor, will be at the United Nations in New York City to sign a peace agreement with a Middle East leader played by Anil Kapoor. “It has more to do with the state of the world, not just the state of us,” Cherry says. Kiefer Sutherland says it’s the first 24 scenario “I actually hope happens.”

Cherry Jones TV Guide Magazine 24 Season 8

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Brad Turner director

Although director Jon Cassar will not be involved with 24 Season 8, he’s got the inside scoop on the directors of the four-hour premiere.

24 Season 8 – starts to shoot today without me – the first time I’m not directing on the first day since season 1. Have a good one 24 crew.

Brad Turner is directing the first two episodes of 24 then Milan Cheylov will direct the next two. In very experienced hands.

Turner has been with the series since the third season and has directed 38 episodes total (ten in Season 7). Cheylov has directed four episodes in Season 7 and six total.

Source: Jon Cassar’s Twitter (1, 2)

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Nazneen Contractor cast as Kayla Hashemi

May 27, 2009

At the very bottom of a Hollywood Reporter article on Freddie Prinze Jr. is word that Nazneen Contractor has been cast for the role of Kayla Hashemi: Also cast as a recurring on the 20th TV/Imagine series is Nazneen Contractor as Kapoor’s daughter. Here is the information on Kayla Hashemi from the casting call: Share

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Jennifer Westfeldt, John Boyd join cast of 24

May 26, 2009

Jennifer Westfeldt and John Boyd have joined the cast of Fox’s “24.” On the upcoming eighth season of the real-time drama, to be set in New York, “Kissing Jessica Stein” star Westfeldt will play the recurring role of Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist with ties to Arman Hashemi (Anil Kapoor), a Middle East leader who [...]

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Chris Diamantopoulos joins 24 as Chief of Staff Rob Weiss

May 20, 2009

According to my watch, it’s time for the second piece of casting on 24’s eighth season! Chris Diamantopoulos — best known as Debra Messing’s gay BFF on The Starter Wife — has been tapped to play the series regular role of Rob Weiss, the argumentative and tough new Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor [...]

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FOX announces 24 Season 8 premiere date

May 19, 2009

FOX has been quick to lock down a date for the 24 Season 8 premiere. The upcoming season will debut in January (as it has for the past several years), yet the first episode will air on Sunday at 9PM ET/PT rather than the usual 8PM. Share

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Fox chairman Gary Newman looking to extend 24 beyond season 8

May 18, 2009

Fox studio chairman Gary Newman has stated that they’d like to find a way to extend 24 beyond the eighth season, suggesting that the series could continue “in some slightly altered form”. How many times can Jack Bauer defeat terrorists? It’s a question on the minds of fans as they await the finale of the [...]

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Video: Howard Gordon spills first details on 24 Season 8

May 18, 2009

With the press having just watched the 24 Season 7 finale, show-runner Howard Gordon is already letting people know what’s in store for the upcoming Season 8 (which begins filming in just over a week). Share

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24 Season 8 casting calls

May 5, 2009

Here we have the casting calls for many new major characters in 24 Season 8. “24″, the hit show from Fox Network, is now casting major ongoing roles for the 2010 season. From the producer of “Arrested Development”, this stylish show is about Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer as he struggles to protect the [...]

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