Blogging the TCA Blogs #9 - More on “24″

EW.com on the potential return of a beloved/hated character:

Kim Bauer may be coming back! 24 exec producer/director Jon Cassar just revealed to me exclusively that there have been preliminary discussions about bringing back Jack’s much-maligned daughter this season. “We have talked about it,” he confirms. “But anytime we talk about Kim, we immediately say, ‘Let’s not do anything with her that will result in the audience hating her.’”

USA Today on Exile:

The movie takes place on Inauguration Day. Just as Powers Boothe’s Noah Daniels is handing the presidential reins to Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones), a military coup begins in a fictional African country.

This year’s baddie is played by Jon Voight, who appears in the movie and then resurfaces midway through the regular season.

MeeVee gets the inner struggle description from the man himself:

“It was fantastic,” said Sutherland. “When he left at the end of Season Six, he was so disillusioned by not only with what he’d done with his life but with the circumstances he confronted here in America, that there was something wonderful with the beginning of show in Africa, that he had actually found a kind of peace and a calm there with (guest star Robert Carlyle) as an old friend of his from special forces 15 years ago.

“Bobby’s character had started a school that was trying to provide a safe haven and rehabilitate the children of the African wars, children that had been involved in the fighting, many of those children ranging in age from 8 to 13. It was the first time you saw (Jack) in a place where he felt like he was giving back for a lot of things where he felt like he had been a part of the problem. This was an opportunity for him to kind of clean himself. Not only on a physical level, but on an emotional level, it was a nice fresh start for him.”

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iF Magazine gets Kiefer to talk about the 24 two-hour prequel, called 24: Exile:

“I saw trailer a second ago and it looked like a movie,” says Sutherland. “It sets up the conflict that starts in the prequel and is carried all the way through Season 7,” says Sutherland. He also notes that the two-hour prequel will be two hours in real time and that many of the characters from the prequel will be appearing in Season 7.

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From MeeVee on the Fringe “cast”:

“Yes, the cow is now a regular,” executive producer Jeff Pinkner said drily, “but we now have a new cow because we weren’t able to travel our cow down from Canada (where the pilot was filmed). We had to recast the one from the pilot. We literally had a conversation about making up the cow, in case anyone notices the spots are different.”

From STL today on the Fringe pilot being leaked:

Viral marketing? “It’s hard to believe, but we didn’t put it out there,” says executive producer Bryan Burk, adding that they hate to have anything seen before it’s finished.

From LA Times Show Tracker on the images we’ve put out to promote the show:

The team will solve a mystery in each episode, even as they try to sort out the larger force behind the phenomena. Clues are sprinkled through the series in reoccurring images: a six-fingered hand, a leaf, smoke that reveals a secret pattern.
“It’s part of the code of the show,” (show co-creator and executive producer J.J.) Abrams said.

From The TV Addict on J.J.’s future involvement:

J.J. revealed that he’s trying to split his time between post-production on STAR TREK, while continuing to be involved with FRINGE. He co-wrote the pilot, and plans to stay as involved as he can with the writing and the story arcs and even plans on directing one of the episodes. Of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that J.J. also hoped to direct an episode of LOST for oh, the past two seasons.

From iFMagazine on the 24 prequel TV movie:

As for the story, (Fox Entertainment President Kevin) Reilly explains, “it tees off the season — it’s a separate day.”
“It’s the day of the election of the president and swearing in,” he adds. “It’s a self-contained two hours.”

The Con — Still On

Warner Bros. TV’s plans for “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” and “Fringe” at Comic-Con plus more details on what 20th Century Fox TV will be doing.

It’s all right here.

The Con is On

20th Century Fox TV confirms its presence at Comic-Con.

Whedon.
Kiefer.
MacFarlane.
Groening.
Wentworth.
Boreanaz.
And more.

Angie’s Dad vs. The Lost Boy

Jon Voight will play Jack Bauer’s “uber-nemesis” in the two-hour prequel of 24 and will appear towards the last half of the season (for which they are just churning out scripts now) as the one pulling the strings behind the next terrorist threat.

Voight hasn’t appeared on series television in 40 years. Welcome back!

Everyone’s a Comedian

At least stay through to Kal Penn’s last line at the end of the clip.

Ubuntu Bauer

It’s been way too long since I satisfied my fix of new 24. About a year, in fact. So I love that we get a chance to see the newly divorced Kief in the sweaty, hot, sandy terrains of a South Africa location for the 2-hour prequel that airs November 23. Tight, short-sleeved t-shirts please, Madame Costumer?

It takes place on the day of President Allison Taylor’s inauguration. While that’s happening in DC, Jack is off being the sweetheart/badass that he is in Western Africa. Plus we get two whole hours in a row -– told in real time format. Story-wise, when the new season starts in January, President Taylor will have been in office for months and Jack is… well, Jack is still Jack.

And for those of you who thought that the female president storyline is supposed to coincide with a certain real American election, remember that this was planned to air this past January.

24 Pic Leaked

A shot of the latest iteration of the 24 cast has found its way to the web. If you’re avoiding spoilers, then do not click here.