24: Live Another Day writers start on Monday

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OMFG can’t wait any longer T_T

Joel Surnow is still involved in ’24’ as has been since he left in 2008, but only as an executive consultant, meaning he gives them ideas and advice on storylines, scripts, casting, etc, but it’s largely a ceremonial and consultative role not an actual executive one.

He left ’24’ because he just wanted to do other things creatively away from the grind and constraints of network television, I would dearly love for him to return to ’24’ full-time (his absence is definitely felt) but if he doesn’t feel the need or want to, then it’s better he follow his heart in that regard rather than just returning for the cheque as many in that industry do… and besides, if Bob Cochran returns to ’24’ full-time for the new series, that’ll be good enough for me!

But none of my above comments are to take anything away from Howard Gordon, who I think has done an extraordinary job of keeping ’24’ as good and as engaging as it was and hopefully still will be in future… by definition, a show can’t be as fresh after seven or eight or nine years on-air as it was those first few years, but HoGo and the writing/production team still managed to deliver the best television drama right to the end of it’s run in 2010, and that ladies and germs is sheer talent at work.

I have every confidence that ‘Live Another Day’ wil work like absolute gangbusters, especially considering they have a whole six months to work on the scripts before shooting begins in January, which is considerably more time than they ever had on the series… it’s going to be great, I just know it…

“Ladies and germs”? The implication being men make women sick?

I’m sad if Joel Surnow isn’t back, because he was the one who actually had the idea for 24 (while he was taking a shower apparently…) and his DVD commentaries with Mary Lynn Rajskub (who he himself cast as Chloe) were always hilarious.

Speaking of which, I hope LAD is going to have commentaries again, because those were greatly missed on the Day 8 DVD/Blu-ray.

Maybe Korean terrorists. Or Nina’s German contacts.

I kinda hope the first half of 24 LAD takes place in Europe, then a 12 hour time jump and we’re in Los Angeles for the last 6 hours.

People keep saying L.A I think there done with L.A & that’s fine with me.

^Lookin’ good, then!

“Fury twits that he wants to return to a smaller-scale story like in season 1”

I seem to remember (I think it was) Joel Surnow saying roughly the same thing about Season 7, that they wanted to go back to character-driven storylines like in Season 1 rather than upping the ante year on year… and that approach worked very well indeed for that aforementioned seventh season!

I’m wondering if they’ll use any ideas (probably thematic more than narrative) from the unfilmed movie script, Kiefer once stated the movie storyline featured more of a personal threat to Jack than a world-threatening one, and if that’s the case, coupled with David Fury’s above comment, I’m thinking (and maybe even hoping) that the writers will keep that premise of a smaller scale and more personal story for Jack and have that be the focus rather than a save-the-planet scenario… ’24’ always was at it’s best when the events had a personal stake for characters and not just the job they were doing, hopefully ‘Live Another Day’ can and indeed will continue that tradition!

Well I think the fact that Jack’s on the run sounds pretty personal to me. If there are other aspects of the story we don’t know about that’s fine. But If they can keep the main story about Jack being a fugitive that sounds pretty personal in my opinion. The story could focus mainly on that maybe not all of it. But most of it.