Spoilers and news for the hit FOX television show 24
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! [click to continue…]
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Here’s the final remaining segment from the “Eight Days” special feature found on the 24 Complete Series box set, this one called Memories and Moments.
The producers of 24 share their favorite scenes of the series and tell stories about working on the show – collaborating with the military, the shows popularity in the White House, and more. This feature runs nine minutes and is a great watch.
Check out my 24 Complete Series review for my thoughts on the box set and videos of the other bonus features (Jack Bauer: Evolution of a Hero, Presidents, Friends and Villains, Goodbye, Chloe’s Arrest, and more). You can buy the 24 Season 8 on DVD on Amazon – it’s also available on on Blu-Ray.
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Virtually New York special feature found on disk 6 of the 24 Season 8 DVD.
Director Brad Turner, showrunner Howard Gordon, Director of Photography Rodney Charters, producer Paul Gadd, and visual effects supervisors Sam Nicholson, Eddie Bonin, James Riley, digital compositing supervisor Chris Martin, and CGI supervisor Al Lopez describe how they faked New York with creative use of green screens and CG technology.
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Kiefer Sutherland has revealed how watching back previous seasons of 24 has been an “eye-opener” for him, and how it has made him feel nostalgic about the last ten years.
The actor – who played counter-terrorist agent Jack Bauer – is currently filming a documentary about the series. He explained that he was shocked by how much he had changed over the course of the show.
Speaking to Empire about his time on the series, he said: “Our ageing is documented through the show – it’s a bit of an eye-opener. Though if you actually do the math, Jack Bauer is now about 85 years old!”
He added: “We’re putting a documentary together, so I sat down with Rodney Charters, the cinematographer, to look at behind-the-scenes footage from the last eight years. We were laughing, then it got to stuff from the later seasons and it wasn’t funny anymore.”
Source: Digital Spy (thanks PDFierro)
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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 proven by this list – many of them chose to work together on future projects.
Chip Johannessen became showrunner of Showtime’s hit series Dexter last December, and brought along some 24 crew with him including Manny Coto (writer and executive producer), director Milan Cheylov, costume designer Jim Lapidus, and the Emmy-winning David Latham (editor). One of his first orders of business was creating a new recurring character named FBI Agent Walker – nice! Also look out for Peter Weller (Christopher Henderson from Season 5) to show up soon as a recurring character.
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Here’s a behind the scenes movie from the 24 series wrap. (NOTE: The first 20 seconds have no audio, that’s just the way the video is).
Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, showrunner Howard Gordon, crew members Rodney Charters, Marci Michelle, and more are visible. 24 co-creator Joel Surnow showed up too and gives Kiefer a hug. Loved the “damnit” cake.
YouTube Link: 24 Series Finale Wrap Footage (Behind the Scenes)
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The 17th Scenemakers of 24 Season 8 with many crew members discussing how they keep continuity on 24 – Director Michael Klick, Script Supervisor Annie Melville, Director of Photography Rodney Charters, and Hair Department heads Audrey Futterman-Stern and Michael Marcellino.
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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 crew of 24, thanks for all the memories.
9 years ago, in 2001 I had just moved to LA and started watching 24 in my beatup studio apt in Hollywood and became a forever Fan. 9 yrs later, after 3 years/2 seasons 24 has again truly changed my life forever…here’s to the end of an era and to truly one of the most groundbreaking, original and kick ass shows of all time!!!!!!!!!!!! (Facebook)
Wow . These last few days of 24 are intense. I’ve never done anything like this before (tweet)
I’m going to miss all these damn people- 24 family… (tweet)
After many years of shooting 24, all over L.A. and Washington DC, at the end of today the cameras will stop rolling, the cast and crew will leave the set never to return and 24 will be take its place on the shelf of television history. Thx to all the fans. U kept us in the game. And 2 the cast & crew of 24, you were the best group of people, period. Enjoy the last few hrs. (tweets: 1, 2, 3)
I’m sadder today about #24 coming to an end then when I left over a year ago. I guess there was comfort in knowing it was still being made (tweet)
Last shooting day and our last scene is 2424!!! (tweet)
Last scene with ML wow strange disjointed atmosphere on set (tweet)
list of visitors Gary Newman 2oth Chairman Joel Surnow Anil Kapoor Glen Morshower speeches choked back emotion lotta lovin Bye Kiefer (tweet)
Sushi for lunch!Not a bad send off!by the way,the season finale is some of the best acted television I’ve seen!U will not be disappointed! (tweet)
Series wrap on Mary lynn…..ok that hurt…love u ML! (tweet)
It’s a bit weepy here and my sunglasses can only mask so much!
Hurry, someone tell me a joke!;) (tweet)6:56pm and that’s a wrap folks~ (tweet)
the cool thing was, we film out of sequence, and the very last scene we shot was…2424……. (tweet)
Kiefer seconds away from finishing his last scene on 24 ever… (tweet)
That’s it, it’s over, there is no more #24 (tweet)
said goodbye to my beloved 24 set today. It’s a wrap… (tweet)
Rodney Charters also tweeted out a few photos:
- The Last Call Sheet of 24 the Series
- Guy waves good bye as we lv the stage soon to be returned to industrial space
- The lights go out on New York
- The cake
Also check out the “That’s a wrap on CTU” photo/post (thanks to Beau Bowden for sending that in).
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The 13th Scenemakers of 24 Season 8 (episode 15) with director Brad Turner, special FX coordinator Stan Blackwell, and Director of Photography Rodney Charters.
This one shows how they accomplished the great stunt of Tarin’s vehicle driving off a parking garage.
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It seems like something really huge happens in episode 18 because the entire cast and crew seem extremely excited about it and can’t wait to tease us poor fans! Here is a roundup of some of the tweets and blog posts from them:
Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian):
I wish I could tell you what I’m doing in ctu today
Marci Michelle (Off-screen dialogue):
big big day tomorrow…can’t even hint at what will be happening…gotta get some rest to gear up for it!!!!
Set is on lock down for rehersal…I can’t even get past the door and I have dialogue with actors in this scene!! Yowsa!!
Cherry Jones (Allison Taylor):
I’ll get something else posted soon with some info on “24″…do we have a great season for YOU!
Rodney Charters (Director of Photography):
OMG tough Start to the day but an unbelievable scene with Kiefer you guys are going to go crazy
Annie Wersching (Renee Walker):
All I have to say is I can’t wait for April 19th!!! That’s when you’ll see the amazing stuff being shot today..remember these tweets then!!!
Episode 18 has always been a major hour for 24, with either a HUGE moment or a shocking twist leading into the final storyline arc. Episode 18 of season 3 had Chapelle being executed. In season 5 it was President Logan being evil, and season 7 episode 18 ended with Tony Almeida smothering Larry Moss.
Those moments will be pretty hard to top, it will be very interesting to see what happens in this episode.
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John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted (another FOX television show) has recently visited the 24 set. Rodney Charters, the Director of Photography on 24 has posted two pictures from the visit: one of him posing with Walsh and another with Mary Lynn Rajskub (Chloe O’Brian).
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Hour 19: The Ambush is a special feature found on the 24 Season 7 DVD which demonstrates how they filmed the massive explosion in episode 19 of the season.
It includes interviews with Rodney Charters, Stan Blackwell, Scott Blackwell, Richard Rosser, Gabriel Casseus, Michael Klick, Guy Skinner, Hal Lary, Jay Herron, and Jeff Cadiente.
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Making of 24: Redemption is a special feature found on the 24 Redemption DVD.
The behind the scenes feature talks about how the prequel came about and includes interviews with Jon Cassar, Michael Klick, Rodney Charters, Kiefer Sutherland, and many other crew members.
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Here’s the “Master Illusionists: 24′s Special Effects Make-Up” special feature found on the 24 Season 6 DVD.
Director Tim Iacofano, head makeup artist Dee Mansano, makeup artist Howard Berger, directory of photography Rodney Charters, special effects co-cordinator Scott Blackwell, property master Randy Gunter, and propmaster Sterling Rush appear in this feature discussing all the make-up and props used in the show.
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Unsung Heroes: 24 Camera Department is a special feature found on the 24 Season 5 DVD.
It includes interviews from Rodney Charters, Guy Skinner, Jay Herron, Jon Sharpe, Bruce DeAragon, Eric Dyson, Eric Guerin, Carlos Boilers, Zoli Hajou, Jon Cassar, Randy Chanofsky, Richard Rosser, and Stan Blackwell.
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FOX gives series order to Kiefer Sutherland’s Touch – 13 episodes in Spring 2012 
Video: Kiefer Sutherland filming a scene from Season 8 premiere 
Kiefer Sutherland’s message to fans at 24 Marathon event 
24 Season 7 Episode 12 (7:00PM – 8:00PM) Photos 
Mary Lynn Rajskub at 62nd Annual Creative Arts Emmy Awards 
Touch – Hub Page 
Kiefer Sutherland, David Fury join Twitter 
Annie Wersching News
