Jack Bauer, Cloe O'Brian and a host of other regulars and guest-stars gathered recently after shooting the final episode of the ground-breaking Fox series 24. For eight seasons, 24 has been at the forefront of action-drama in prime time. The show was unique when it started, airing it's episodes in real-time, following 24 hours of single days in the life of Jack Bauer, a super-agent with a counter-terrorism agency for the U.S. government.
The often followed loosely some of the happenings in the U.S. government and it's dealings with terrorism and hostile nations around the world. The show was always pushing the envelope as far as realistic technology and exploring the inner-workings of the security agencies that attempt to protect America from its enemies.
Many credit the show indirectly for introducing the concept of a strong African American President in its early seasons, something that some believe helped to pave the way for the reality of Barack Obama's presidency.
Although the show is shutting down after 8 successful seasons, there are already talks about the upcoming feature film. Sutherland said that a 24 movie would obviously be formatted to fit into the normal length of a feature film at about two hours. He said that kind of flexibility would give the writers a tremendous amount of creative latitude relative to the show, which requires that all events transpire in a time-frame that adheres to a realistic portrayal of a 24-hour time period.
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