Former 24 Director and Executive Producer Jon Cassar has answered a fan on Twitter, ranking his favorite seasons of the show. @andrewhalluk My favorite #24 seasons in order are – 5,2,7,1,3,4,6 then 8 — Jon Cassar (@joncassar) February 13, 2011 Jon elaborates that the storytelling felt “a little tired” in the eighth season – the… View Article
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… View Article
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,… View Article
On Sunday (Dec. 12), a large group of friends, family and colleagues gathered at the Darryl Zanuck Theater on the 20th Century Fox studio lot in Los Angeles, Calif., to pay tribute to casting director Peggy Kennedy, who died on Friday, Dec. 3, at the age of 65 (a number which, during her life, appeared… View Article
Here’s a recap of the 24 Marathon Challenge event where fans broke the Guinness World Record for longest consecutive television at over 86 hours. Luckily for the three final contestants, the event came to a close just a few minutes into the terrible Season 6. Saved by the bell! YouTube Link: 24 Marathon Event Recap
Carlos Bernard He played: Tony Almeida, Days 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7. What he’s doing now: “I’m producing and starring in a pilot with Deran Sarafian (‘House.’) It’s called ‘The Blue Wall’ and is the true story of an ex-police officer who was chosen by New York mayor David Dinkins to go after… View Article
Here are several videos and interviews from some 24 Marathon Challenge contestants, many of them travelling from far away to participate in the challenge. Jon Cassar chats with fans who flew out from Puerto Rico:
Here’s a video from FOX of the 24 Marathon challenge. Lots of 24 cast members showed up to support the fans including Carlos Bernard, Gregory Itzin, Necar Zadegan, Jon Cassar, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Michael Rodrick. YouTube Link: 24 Marathon Challenge – Day 1 (tcfoxconnect)
Now that the new TV season has started I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where the 24 crew went after the series ended a few months ago. Fans that have watched the DVD bonus features probably know that the cast and crew were very close to each other, and that’s… View Article
Looks like another show to watch – Jon Cassar is one of the best directors out there, and David Fury is a very strong writer. Nice little 24 reunion on this show which sounds pretty interesting. Congrats Jon! EXCLUSIVE: It will be an even larger 24 reunion on Fox’s upcoming prehistoric drama Terra Nova, which… View Article
Photos of the 24 Series Finale Party courtesy of FOX. Cast members from all seasons of 24 were invited. It’s so cool to see a bunch of the classic characters back together posing with each other! Some of the actors in attendance were Sarah Clarke (Nina Myers), Leslie Hope (Teri Bauer), Dennis Haysbert (David Palmer),… View Article
Today was the final day of production on 24 after nine years – the end of an era. Very sad to watch this unfold *ahem* in real-time on Twitter with all of the cast and crew saying their emotional goodbyes. It really started to sink in that this was the end. To the cast and… View Article
24 UK Podcast has scored a lengthy interview with 24‘s Jon Cassar. It’s in four parts, check them out below!
Cherry Jones and Howard Gordon were interviewed at FOX’s Emmy After Party regarding her Emmy win and the upcoming eighth season of the show. Former 24 director and executive producer Jon Cassar was also there to congratulate his old pals. Executive Producer and writer Howard Gordon said “the moment I saw her first set of… View Article
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. —… View Article