I finally got all the backlog done so everything from the past two weeks has been posted! Most of it's here but there are a few videos & lots of photos! You can see one video & a few of the photos below. For the rest, just click here (photos) & here!
He'll play Davis Cole, a former military man who now heads the field operations unit of the revived CTU in New York. His character is apparently a Marine who's returned from duty in the Middle East, and is readjusting to civilian life. His character also has that love angle coming in; he's romantically involved with Dayna Pakkala, an analyst at the CTU who's yet to be cast.
Oh, and one more thing: he's a big admirer of Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), and aspires to follow the same career path as him.
Prinze is the latest to join the cast of the action series' eighth season. He joins John Boyd, who will play geeky-slash-hip CTU analyst Jonah Schwartz; Jennifer Westfeldt, who will play ambitious journalist Meredith Reed; Chris Diamantopoulos, as tough White House chief-of-staff Rob Weiss; and, of course, Anil Kapoor as Middle Eastern leader Arman Hashemi.
Production for the eighth 24 season has kicked off.
Jennifer Westfeldt and John Boyd have joined the cast of Fox's "24."
On the upcoming eighth season of the real-time drama, to be set in New York, "Kissing Jessica Stein" star Westfeldt will play the recurring role of Meredith Reed, an ambitious journalist with ties to Arman Hashemi (Anil Kapoor), a Middle East leader who comes to the U.S. on a peacemaking mission.
Boyd ("The Notorious Bettie Page") will be a regular on the 20th TV/Imagine series, playing CTU systems analyst Jonah Schwartz.
Westfeldt and Boyd join previously cast Kapoor and Chris Diamantopoulos as the "24" producers are filling nine major new roles for Season 8, slated to begin production today.
Westfeldt recently recurred on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and launched a production company with "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm.
Actor Mykelti Williamson is joining Fox's "24" as a regular.
On the series' upcoming eighth season, set in New York, he will play Brian Hastings, the head of CTU New York and a man of razor-sharp intellect.
Williamson recently co-starred in the Sundance hit "Black Dynamite." His series credits include "Boomtown" and "CSI: NY."
My apologies for being MIA the past couple of weeks. It seems that after all these years of being on planet Earth, living in Louisiana & eating all the seafood one could imagine, I've developed an allergy to seafood =( Yep, while eating one of my favorite dishes, chicken & shrimp sauteed in garlic with rosemary potatoes, my lips started to each something awful, but I ignored it, thinking it was b/c the food was a little spicy & kept eating. Within a few hours, I was swollen & itchy. Over next few days, it got worse so I finally decided to go to my doctor that Monday who gave me the diagnosis!
It's taken me from then until now to completely recuperate from the symptoms caused by the allergy & those caused by the meds I was taking, but I'm back. I truly apologize if you guys had to read all this info elsewhere first, but I promise, I wasn't goofing off while on my little sabbatical! Ok, so without further ado, a ton of posts will follow!
Laila =)
According to my watch, it's time for the second piece of casting on 24's eighth season!
Chris Diamantopoulos -- best known as Debra Messing's gay BFF on The Starter Wife -- has been tapped to play the series regular role of Rob Weiss, the argumentative and tough new Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones). He replaces Taylor's current C.O.S., Ethan Kanin, who snatched his job back in last Monday's finale after the prez's psycho daughter, Olivia, was taken into federal custody.
As I previously reported, Day 8's action will switch from Washington D.C. to New York City and center on an assassination plot against a visiting foreign leader (Slumdog Millionaire's Anil Kapoor, the new season's first piece of casting).
Question: That 24 finale was awesome! Do you have any scoop about Carlos Bernard's role in season 8? --Rob
Ausiello: As of now, it's non-existent. But did you see who they cast as Cherry Jones' new Chief of Staff?!
(Ausiello w/EW)
I'm sure you guys already knew that Season 8 will be set in New York! Also, it will air January 17, 2010! Mark your calendars!
Read more...Q&A w/Ausiello from EW
Question: Do you know if Janeane Garofalo will be back on 24 next season? I'm kind of digging Janis. --Jason
Ausiello: Sorry to disappoint, but Janis will not be making the trek to New York. "I think the secret of this show is knowing when characters have had their story," explains exec producer Howard Gordon. "And to transpose everybody [from D.C. to New York] starts feeling very coincidental. Even getting Chloe there ... you have to explain how she got from Washington to New York and what happened. You can't do that for everybody."
Question: News on Tony and the 24 finale? --Aaron
Ausiello: One of the slots in my Season Finale Scorecard is reserved just for him. Can you guess which one? Speaking of Tony, the evil douche was the topic of conversation at Tuesday's finale screening in Hollywood. Kiefer Sutherland admitted that Carlos Bernard wasn't expecting fans to hold him personally accountable for his character's actions. "Two episodes in he started getting hate mail," he said. "Then he started getting the hate phone calls. It made him a little nervous." For his part, Bernard views Tony as a victim. "I don’t perceive Tony as evil. He's gone through really traumatic events. He's a damaged individual. He's a guy who doesn't trust anybody anymore, feels abandoned and feels he has to take matters into his own hands." Exec producer Jon Cassar urges viewers to reserve judgment until after Monday's finale. "I know right now they are kind of upset that he's bad, but it all kind of becomes clear in episode 24. We really wanted [the season] to end with Tony and Jack, and that's how it's going to end." Fellow e.p. Howard Gordon was slightly less apologetic. "If people are disappointed or don't like [how Tony's arc is resolved], too bad." (Make that a lot less apologetic.)
Question: Any scoop on the 24 finale? --Kristen
Ausiello: "Renee is all over the place in these last two episodes," reveals Annie Wersching. "I got to do my favorite stunt [of the season] -- and they let me do it myself. It involves hanging off of a car and shooting and saving someone. It was really cool."
Found this on BuddyTV & thought it was interesting. While I don't go that much in depth about what's going on (I do analyze but NOT this much! It does raise some interesting points, though, so enjoy!
It's another one of those questions. Was I just distracted, or did this hour of 24 feel a little flat? Then again, the finale happens next week, and two hours of it at that, and before everything breaks down we need yet another breather. Thing is, this breather felt somewhat ill-timed... but that's not exactly the point of the whole thing, isn't it? Let the questions begin.
So, in the past hour, Jack gets Tony and narrowly averts the biological attack on a subway station in Washington, D.C, and Olivia thinks she's gotten away with having Hodges killed, but Agent Pierce thinks otherwise. Oh, and Kim's in trouble again.
So, Olivia's facing a Richard Nixon-like issue. I was literally shaking my head in surprise when Agent Pierce decided to call up Ethan, the former chief of staff, and ask about something that could incriminate Olivia in the explosion that killed Hodges. Alas, it's a thing that records all phone calls and conversations. Suddenly it turned into a little funny moment.
But Olivia's become more irrational, unlike her mother, who still managed to keep herself in check after all this. You can't keep up with this any longer, ma'am. Would she end up unwittingly taking down her mother as well? I don't have any clues, but President Taylor wasn't around in this episode. Maybe she's getting some sleep. She'll wake up to something pretty big.
And, the "other play" involves Kim. I was honestly thinking we'd see Jack's eternally-endangered daughter abducted while in transit. I was thinking, meh, that'd be pretty predictable, especially considering the fact that we've been slightly spoiled about this possibility. Thus, it was a nice touch to see that an FBI agent was turned into an instant red herring, making Kim paranoid about the guy staring at her, when it's actually Jack's way of checking on her before she leaves the city. Freaky father, you.
Which makes the actual situation similarly predictable--the persons she came to, to seek solace from that FBI agent, are the persons who are actually out to get her. Where else do you find a guy who puts an open laptop on the seat beside him?
What's more significant, perhaps, is that the "big machine" is targeting Jack for the events of (technically) the past day, when he got rid of most of the pathogen and exposed himself to it in the process. The set-up was a little confusing, really. First, they want to take Tony out because he "knows too much," and now, they want Jack to defy the fully-guarded convoy he himself asked for and break him out?
Once that's out of the way--it's a stupid question, I admit--this could set up another Jack-Tony encounter. I have a feeling Tony's got no idea about the second plan. I don't think he wants Kim involved in this in any way, either, the same way he's a little too apologetic to Jack when he revealed his true intentions. Could the finale see the two work together yet again, perhaps in an effort to save Kim? There's a lot going on for this, but we've got two hours to play with.
So, in the end, it's still all about Jack. And that's how we'll end this season of 24. I don't know how exactly this will come full circle, but it makes for a pretty refreshing change, Jack having to go against himself (or so I see it) rather than some huge threat, or some big enemy. And, at least, it isn't going to be very frantic and very ruthless.
I won't float anything about how this season will end, though. Would they redeem Tony by, uhh, helping Jack with Kim's imminent rescue? Will he really die afterwards? What will this be all about? The stem cell treatment? Oh, I'm guessing after this he'll have that stem cell treatment, and he'll be very well. How convenient. Not that I want Jack to die, but it feels a little forced. But at least we'll have twenty-four more hours to watch. And that makes it full circle, unless I'm off with my predictions again.
Watching Janis and Chloe take each other down is amusing, though. Too bad we didn't see much of it this season.
[TERI] Caucasian, a small 6 year old (twins would be great) to play 3-4 years old. Blonde or fair, she is Kim Bauer’s daughter (Elisha Cuthbert).sptv050769..Will be in two episodes. Teri has a good amount of dialogue.
Read more...Question: Tell me something about the 24 finale. I'm dying to hear anything! --Ferlay
Ausiello: Can't help you with the finale. Can help you with Monday's penultimate ep, which finds Jack Bauer going all Jack Bauer on Tony. It's a brutal scene, so if extreme violence isn't your thing, run for cover right around the halfway point. Just make sure you come back in time to catch Chloe and Janis' hilarious sneer-off.
Question: 24 scoop, please? --Jacob
Ausiello: I actually do have something about the finale: Kim will play a major part in it. And you'll find out why next week.
Q: Is Kim Bauer following her dad to New York next season?
A: The show is looking for a 6-year-old actress to play Kim's now-4-year-old kid for an arc. Shooting gets underway later this month, assuming Kiefer Sutherland's recent headbutt heard 'round the world doesn't screw everything up.
"24", the hit show from Fox Network, is now casting major ongoing roles for the 2010 season.
From the producer of "Arrested Development", this stylish show is about Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer as he struggles to protect the nation from terrorist threats.
"24" stars Kiefer Sutherland and Carlos Bernard. It is being written by Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon, and directed by Brad Turner.
The show is produced by Brian Grazer, Evan Katz, Howard Gordon, Robert Cochran, and Joel Surnow for Imagine Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television.
ROLES AVAILABLE:
FEMALES
Dayna Pakkala, any ethnicity, 20s. Dayna is an intelligent and yet down-to-earth data analyst at the Counter Terrorism Agency. She is great at her position and is respected by her colleagues at the agency. Dayna is romantically seeing her fellow agent Davis Cole, who recently returned from serving in the military. This woman has a personal history that she keeps hidden from the people she knows. SERIES REGULAR
Diane Reed, Caucasian, 30s - 40s. Diane is a well-educated, respected, pretty television journalist who is a regular contributor to a show similar to "60 Minutes". She has always been a very ambitious journalist. She comes from an upper-middle-class background and has a touch of arrogance about her. Diane is romantically seeing the President of a Middle Eastern country. SERIES REGULAR
Kayla Hashemi, Middle Eastern, 20s. Kayla is the humble and shy daughter of the President of a Middle Eastern country. She is close with her mother and wants to do anything she can to gain her mother's approval. Kayla is somewhat old-fashioned and traditional. She is also very defensive of her father and gets upset whenever anyone begins to critize him.
Sondra Hashemi, Middle Eastern, 40s - 50s. Sondra is the pretty and loyal wife of President Hashemi. At first she does not seem to be happy with her husband, but we eventually see that there is a very real bond and respect between them under the surface.
MALES
Jonah Schwartz, any ethnicity, 20s. Jonah is a quirky and brilliant Systems Analyst at the government's Counter Terrorism Unit. He looks more like a college grad student rather than a top secret undercover agent. He is somehow hip and geeky at the same time. Jonah is an expert at computer technology. SERIES REGULAR
Rob Weiss, any ethnicity, 30s. Weiss is the argumentative and tough Chief of Staff to President Allison Taylor. He speaks his mind and does not worry about being polite. Weiss is quick to strike back against the President's enemies. He is a bit high-strung at times, but he does a great job protecting the interests of the administration. SERIES REGULAR.
Davis Cole, any ethnicity, Mid 20s - 30s. Davis is a former military guy who is now in charge of the Counter Terrorism Unit's Field Operations. He has recently returned from time in the Marines in the Middle East, and he is now readjusting to civilian life. Davis aspires to eventually take a similar career path as Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). He looks up to Bauer and admires him. Davis is also romantically seeing his colleague Dayna Pakkala. SERIES REGULAR
Brian Hastings, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Brian is a clean-cut and businesslike man who is in charge of the Counter Terrorism Unit's New York City office. He has a very keen and focused sense of intelligence about him. He choses his words very carefully when he speaks and never overeacts to anything. He seems like someone who would be comfortable trading stocks or running a company, but instead he has chosen to help contribute to running the agency. SERIES REGULAR
Farhad Hashemi, Middle Eastern, 30s - 40s. Hashemi is the Secretary of State of a fictional Middle Eastern country, and his brother is the President. He does not completely trust the Americans, and he is reluctant to enter into a peace treaty with the United States.
JACK BAUER’S EMOTIONAL DAY COMES TO AN END ON THE TWO-HOUR SEASON FINALE OF “24” MONDAY, MAY 18, ON FOX
After 22 hellacious hours underscored by the loss of innocent lives, the evil betrayal of Tony Almeida, the First Gentleman’s kidnapping and shooting, a vicious siege on the White House, heroic sacrifices, a conspiracy, exposure to a lethal pathogen and an unthinkable bio-weapon attack, Jack Bauer reaches an emotional breaking point as this remarkable day reaches its climactic conclusion in the “Day 7: 6:00 AM-7:00 AM”/“Day 7: 7:00 AM-8:00 AM” 2-hour season finale episode of 24 airing Monday, May 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (TWF-723/724) (TV-14 V)
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer; Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O’Brian; James Morrison as Bill Buchanan; Janeane Garofalo as Janis Gold; Cherry Jones as President Allison Taylor; Carlos Bernard as Tony Almeida; Annie Wersching as Renee Walker; Colm Feore as Henry Taylor and Bob Gunton as Ethan Kanin
Guest Cast: Jon Voight as Jonas Hodges; Sprague Grayden as Olivia Taylor; Elisha Cuthbert as Kim Bauer; Glenn Morshower as Aaron Pierce; Will Patton as Alan Wilson; Leland Orser as Martin Collier; Ryan Cutrona as Admiral Smith; Frank John Hughes as Tim Woods; Amy Price-Francis as Cara Bowden; Ravi Kapoor as Muhtadi Gohar
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