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| - On location in London, Jon Cassar directs the opening scene of 24: Live Another Day, which involves a team of CIA ops chasing someone through a crowded marketplace - it's Jack Bauer. Kiefer Sutherland jokes that the new series literally hits the ground running. Cast and crew members, including Mary Lynn Rajskub, Evan Katz, and Manny Coto, talk about how excited and surprised they were to get a chance to revisit 24 several years later, and promise an action-packed ride from the first scene.
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| - On location in London, Jon Cassar directs the opening scene of 24: Live Another Day, which involves a team of CIA ops chasing someone through a crowded marketplace - it's Jack Bauer. Kiefer Sutherland jokes that the new series literally hits the ground running. Cast and crew members, including Mary Lynn Rajskub, Evan Katz, and Manny Coto, talk about how excited and surprised they were to get a chance to revisit 24 several years later, and promise an action-packed ride from the first scene. Howard Gordon says that Live Another Day represents a "new iteration" of the series. The show is both set and filmed entirely on location in London, the first use of extensive location shooting instead of using Los Angeles to stand in for other cities and locations. In the story, Jack Bauer has been in hiding in eastern Europe for the four years since the end of season 8, and resurfaces amid a plot against the new U.S. President - Jack's former mentor, James Heller, who is in London to negotiate a crucial treaty on the use of drone strikes. The focus of the first part of the series is Jack's motivation after being in hiding, and whether he has returned to protect Heller or to do him harm. Meanwhile, agents of the CIA station in London are pursuing him in connection to his previous crimes against the U.S. and Russia. Gordon says that despite being hunted and forced to live in exile, Jack remains a heroic figure who can't help but attempt to intervene. Sutherland says that he was drawn back after Howard Gordon called him with a great idea for a shortened 12-episode run of 24. Gordon says that he missed the character of Bauer like an old friend, and both he and the other producers were enthralled to watch the dailies of the first scenes Sutherland filmed in character since the original series ended. Jon Cassar says that Kiefer has gotten to know Jack extremely well over eight years, and didn't take long to jump back into the role - especially since the first several days of filming were almost all intense action sequences. Gordon says that, in addition to Kiefer, a large number of the original series crew reunited for Live Another Day. Manny Coto describes Evan Katz as the most senior writer, having been with the show since season 2, while Coto joined in season 5. Sutherland reassures fans that the show will be the thriller they remember, while Cassar says that, as in the past, the cast and crew are making an effort to give viewers something "beyond" what they've seen before.
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