Gbenga Akinnagbe and Giles Matthey cast in 24: Live Another Day as CIA Agents

Mike, I am also with you. I am not sure if all 12 episodes will be filmed in London since CIA is American, and also what worries me is that if some episodes filmed in other countries, how the hell can they get to the destination in a short of period of time?

Like for example, if Jack goes on a plane then how long will it take him to get to the country? It’s also been reported that it will skip some hours (this seems worrying a bit) but we will just have to see how the storylines/episodes unfold on tv, but I am sure it will be brilliant as the producers had 3 years to come up with this new series.

Mike, the C.I.A. is a FOREIGN intelligence service, in that they conduct intelligence operations outside of the territorial United States, it’s the F.B.I. that conducts domestic intelligence operations inside the United States.

I’m presuming that the Central Intelligence Agency might be the primary agency at the center of events in ‘Live Another Day’ – much like C.T.U. in Seasons 1-6 and 8, and the F.B.I. in Season 7 – considering one of the new characters has been identified as a chief of field operations, whilst the other is technical support…

^We’re talking officially, here. It makes sense for 24 to chose the CIA as the primary agency for LAD.

Now they need to cast some British agents. I nominate Jamie Draven, who would knock it out of the fucking park, and maybe justify starting up a UK 24 Spin-off with him as the lead.

^ apart from the usual “Kiefer is Jack Bauer is 24” bollocks, I don’t see why not.

Kiefer is irreplaceable as Jack Bauer, but Kiefer is not 24, the whole revolutionary concept is so much bigger than any one actor or character no matter how great they are.

Besides, Britain and Europe would provide far more excitement than any of the previous locales. Trust me, after LADs visit to Europe you’ll want 24 to stay there.

I think it would’ve helped tremendously if he had Chloe

I absolutely do NOT think the legacy of ’24’ was marred by either Seasons 7 and/or 8, 24bauerfan dude, they were both superb seasons overall and were both enormous improvements in every way over and returns to form following that very troubled sixth season…troubles that likely could have been largely avoided had they mapped out the broad outline of the season in advance!

I defy anyone to watch the latter half of Season 8 and compare it to ANYTHING that came before it, it more than holds it’s own… and then some! And to say that the reputation of ’24’ is marred in any way is not entirely accurate, some shows have clearly continued on past their sell-by date – ‘The X Files’ and ‘The Simpsons’ just two recent examples that immediately spring to mind – but ’24’ most certainly was NOT one of them, and I’ll go to the mat with anyone on that point because I genuinely believe ’24’ was still a uniformly exceptional show when it ended it’s run in 2010, over and above just about any show before or since (with the possible and probable exception of ‘Breaking Bad’ which didn’t put a single foot wrong over six years and 62 episodes!)… and both the overwhelmingly positive reaction by and enormous anticipation from the public at large to the return of Jack Bauer next year was and is proof positive that series is still held in very high regard by most viewers!

Just my own humble opinion, for what it’s worth…

Hey Catherine sweetie, I’ve become a pretty HUGE fan of ‘Breaking Bad’ only in the last couple of months; I never gave it much notice until the last season received enormous hype and attention this past autumn/fall, and just out of interest, I caught a couple of back-to-back episodes on Irish television network TG4… I was immediately hooked (the first time that’s happened since discovering ’24’ in June 2006), and immediately went online to catch up on the show from the beginning, getting through the first three seasons over about ten days! All I can say to anyone who hasn’t seen it is BELIEVE THE HYPE, it really is every bit as good as you’ve heard, it is in a word, a masterpiece of television storytelling, period! I would certainly recommend without any reservation you catch it…

24bauerfan, I feel the need to clarify what I said in reply to your post; I know you weren’t necessarily saying that Seasons 6-8 has marred the reputation of ’24’, you clearly stated you felt those seasons were “perhaps unfairly” attributed as doing so, you were were clearly quoting perceived opinion on those seasons and not necessarily espousing your own personal opinion… sorry if my reply made it sound like I thought that was your personal opinion (whether or not it actually is)! That being said, Season 6 clearly did a lot of damage to the legacy and reputation of ’24’, but I personally felt they came back very strong and largely undid that self-inflicted wound with two superb consecutive seasons that saw the series go out on a creative peak and with it’s head held high…

Also – to 24spoilers, what do you think about possibly adding a sort of discussion form for when 24: Live Another Day does come to air. This would be an exciting way of grasping the views of 24 fans and viewers.

Great idea, especially for the interviews, Charlie Rose ones are the best IMO !

“I defy anyone to watch the latter half of Season 8 and compare it to ANYTHING that came before it” – phew! Find it hard to disagree more with that statement. The best of 24 has, for me, undoubtedly been the first half of Season 1. The character of Jack Bauer was a believable, human being, not an invicible superman who dressed as a power ranger to single handedly take out an entire presidential motorcade. He wasn’t a celebrity crime fighter who got out of situations by shouting “do you know who I am?” and having policemen just run away. The plots were original, not directly lifted from the Bourne Ultimatum (s8ep21)

I would hazard a guess that the ’24’ producers have maybe made preliminary contact with Glenn (and Carlos Bernard, it would appear) to see if he’s available in the event of him POSSIBLY returning as Agent Pierce… it doesn’t necessarily mean he will, but the writers would need to know well in advance whether he’s even available before they can consider writing his character back into the story much less actually doing so on page!

As writing on ‘Live Another Day’ is still ongoing, the writers are more than likely throwing around all kinds of story ideas, seeing if some characters could be brought back, and them contacting either Glenn Morshower or Carlos Bernard is likely a mere formality at this point, an enquiry of availability, and shouldn’t necessarily be seen as a confirmation of their respective character(s) making a return… it does make me wonder if they’ve made any enquiries as to Mia Kirshner’s availability though!!!