24 Spoilers

TV Guide’s Matt Mitovich says not to expect Audrey in Season 8:

Will Kim Raver return to 24 since ABC didn’t pick up her new show? — BrightEyez

MATT: I see where you’re going with this. Since Season 8 is set in New York City, you’re hoping Jack and Audrey will rendezvous, Sleepless in Seattle-style, atop the Empire State Building. Well, put a pin in that dream for now. For starters, you should be with me in wanting Jack with Renee, not Audrey. Beyond that, ABC’s Inside the Box pilot is undergoing retooling/technically still in play, so Raver might not exactly be available. But one Kim you can plan on returning is Jack’s daughter — sources tell me Elisha Cuthbert has already filmed scenes for Day 8’s first few hours.

Source: TV Guide

Kristin Dos Santos reports that Jennifer Westfeldt, who is playing ambitious journalist Meredith Reed on the eighth season of 24 probably won’t be sticking around for too long as she’s set to star in Cusi Cram’s off-Broadway play A Lifetime Burning.

Mischa in Culver City, Calif.: 24 scoop. Anything please!
Jennifer Westfeldt appears on 24 this season, which just happens to be filming on the same lot as her man Jon Hamm’s show, Mad Men. Jennifer tells us of her 24 role: “I’m a journalist with some ties to the president of the Islamic Republic, who is played by Anil Kapoor, who was in Slumdog Millionaire.” She wouldn’t tease whether her character was good or bad, but safe to say she’s not sticking around too long because she’s off to New York to star in an off-Broadway play this week.

Source: E! Online

T.J. Ramini, who played Yaniv, the Israeli boot camp instructor who got Gabby into shape on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives” this past season, has joined Fox’s “24″ as a recurring.

He will play Tarin Karoush, an associate of the Middle Eastern leader played by new series regular Anil Kapoor.

Brit Ramini, who also co-starred on the long-running U.K. cop drama “The Bill,” is repped by Pakula/King and manager Brian Ferrantino.

Source – The Hollywood Reporter

Clayne Crawford has been added to Fox’s “24″ as a recurring.

On the 20th TV/Imagine-produced “24,” in production on its upcoming eighth season, Crawford will play a bad boy from Dana Walsh’s (Katee Sackhoff) past. Sackhoff recently signed on as a new regular on the real-time drama starring Kiefer Sutherland, playing an expert data analyst at CTU with a secret past who is involved with CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.).

Crawford, who recently wrapped Joe Carnahan’s prequel “Smokin’ Aces: Blowback,” is repped by Innovative and Elevate Entertainment.

His credits also include the features “Swimfan” and “A Love Song for Bobby Long” and an arc on CBS’ “Jericho.”

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

FOX have issued a press release detailing all of the new series regulars for the eighth season of 24. The season will premiere at 9-11PM (following the series premiere of Human Target) rather than the usual 8-10PM period.

KATEE SACKHOFF, FREDDIE PRINZE JR., MYKELTI WILLIAMSON, JOHN BOYD, CHRIS DIAMANTOPOULOS AND JENNIFER WESTFELDT JOIN THE CAST OF “24″ FOR SEASON EIGHT

Series Returns with Two-Hour Premiere Event Sunday, January 17, on FOX

Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze Jr., Mykelti Williamson, John Boyd, Jennifer Westfeldt and Chris Diamantopoulos have joined the cast of 24 for the series’ eighth season. The Emmy Award-winning drama starring Kiefer Sutherland returns for its next astonishing day with a two-night, four-hour premiere beginning Sunday, Jan. 17 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.

Season Eight will unfold in New York City amidst the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations. In this new day, CTU has been upgraded and is run by MBA-schooled and razor-sharp head honcho BRIAN HASTINGS (Williamson, “Forrest Gump”). COLE ORTIZ (Prinze Jr.), an ex-Marine who wants to follow in JACK BAUER’s (Sutherland) footsteps, runs the division’s Field Operations. Expert data analyst DANA WALSH (Sackhoff, “Battlestar Galactica”) collaborates with systems analyst ARLO GLASS (Boyd, “The Notorious Bettie Page”) inside CTU. ROB WEISS (Diamantopoulos, “The Starter Wife”) serves as PRESIDENT ALLISON TAYLOR’s (Cherry Jones) new chief of staff, and MEREDITH REED (Westfeldt, “Grey’s Anatomy”) is an ambitious journalist with ties to the unfolding situation.

As previously announced, Sutherland, Jones, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Annie Wersching also return. In addition, Bollywood icon Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire”) makes his American TV debut as OMAR HASSAN, a Middle Eastern leader who comes to the U.S. on a peacemaking mission.

24, created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, is a production of 20th Century Fox Television and Imagine Television in association with Teakwood Lane Productions. Howard Gordon, Evan Katz, David Fury, Manny Coto, Brannon Braga, Brad Turner, Alex Gansa, Kiefer Sutherland and Brian Grazer are executive producers while Chip Johannessen and Patrick Harbinson serve as co-executive producers.

Other things learned from this press release are that most new characters have been renamed from last months casting call (Diane Reed became Meredith Reed, Arman Hashemi has become Omar Hassan, Dayna Pakkala has become Dana Walsh, Davis Cole has become Cole Ortiz, and Jonah Schwartz has been renamed Arlo Glass).

Patrick Harbinson also joins the writing cast, having worked with Chip Johannessen before on Dark Angel and Millenium.

In a casting straight out of fan central, Katee Sackhoff, best known for her role as Kara “Starbuck” Thrace on “Battlestar Galactica,” has been tapped to co-star on another series with a big fan following, Fox’s “24.” Sackhoff will play Dana Walsh, a smart, competent, expert data analyst at CTU with a secret past who is involved with CTU agent Davis Cole (Freddie Prinze Jr.). Sackhoff was close to committing to “24″ a week ago, but with another lucrative offer from a cable network on the table, she took herself out of contention to mull her options.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Actor Stefan Kapicic has updated his official website with the following text:

Currently shooting ( and shooting:)) the 8th season of FOX’s ‘24′

He’s also posted several 24 related tweets:

I love this life of mine… Having fun on the set of “24″ …
4:51 PM Jun 1st from web

Finished fitting, weapon training on friday. … Gettin ready for next week shoot of “24″ – “Day 8″ …
5:29 PM May 28th from TwitterBerry

Source: Official Stefan Kapicic website and Twitter

Kiefer Sutherland’s a few weeks into shooting the new season of 24 (premiering January 2010) and is raving about the new sets. “The new U.N. is very cool,” reports Kiefer. “I was quite awestruck when I saw the set for the first time. The designs are so tasteful and represent such a diverse political spectrum, literally matching samples of graffiti taken from the ruins of the Berlin Wall. A lot of thought went into it.” The actor says the show has been granted permission to shoot at the real U.N. in New York City, but says “we’ll probably use that primarily for exteriors.” The new season will also see sleek new Counter Terrorism Unit headquarters, where new agents/lovers Freddie Prinze Jr. and Katee Sackhoff will be based.

Source: TV Guide

Tuesday June 2nd Los Angeles, CA. **EXCLUSIVE** Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer and Benito Martinez as Victor Aruz film a scene for the 8th season of the hit show “24″. In this scene Sutherland assist Martinez who has a gunshot wound. The two are trying to elude law enforcement who are nearby and looking for them. In between takes Kiefer spits. Kiefer also wanted to be a camera operator for one of the scenes but was not allowed to actualy film the scene but instead just rehearsed as the camera operator.

Source: On Location News

Busy Bee Blogger have gotten the first photos of the 24 Season 8 premiere being filmed. They appear to be from a rehearsal as Kiefer Sutherland has a cigarette propped up behind his ear.

Didn’t the last season just end? Kiefer Sutherland, Elisha Cuthbert, and Paul Wesley and were spotted on set in downtown Los Angeles today.

How cute does Kiefer look with his little friend there? She’s totally stealing the show. She and her tiny polar bear. It’s not a tree Kiefer, it’s ok. She’s harmless!

Source: Busy Bee Blogger

Here’s a glimpse of a scene from the 24 Season 8 premiere being filmed. In the scene, Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) exits a blue vehicle (which appears to be driven by Kim Bauer’s boyfriend, Stephen) and waves goodbye as he enters a building.

You can see at least three yellow taxis lined up on the sidewalk with many pedestrians passing by on the sidewalk, demonstrating some of the ways that the production crew plans to cheat New York (this particular scene was filmed at 433 South Spring Street in Los Angeles, CA).

Source: Benny Blog