24 Season 6 blog

Apologies and confirmations

2006-07-19T07:34:00.000-07:00

Well it would appear that my discrediting of the Wayne Palmer as President rumour, was possibly a little hasty as new information has come to to light about this. As it now looks like it might well be true.

The intial speculation now looks to be that Regina King will also be joining the cast as Wayne's sister. Anyway for more information take a look at these links. This has been reported on various different sites, so looks to be true.

From K27926
http://entertainment.tv.yahoo.com/entnews/va/20060716/115310826300.html

From Jules19
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060718/ENT/607180319/1005

From Luthstick
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/pr.aspx?id=20060717fox01

Among other sources. As this has now appeared on a lot of sites. My apologies for the previous blog.

Disproving rumours

2006-07-13T14:50:00.000-07:00

Normally the purpose of this blog is keeping people informed of all the known information about Season 6. A slight change with this update then, as this is about disproving some information which has been circulating.

Back when I first started this blog my source sent me various bits of information. Not all of this made it to the blog, as not all of it could be proven. This information which could not be proven regarded alleged new characters for Season 6. Most signifcantly that there would be a new JFK type President. The person allegedly cast in this role was Jon Tenney.

Recently rumours have been circulating that DB Woodside would be returning in Season 6 as President Wayne Palmer. In fact Harry Barnes http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/ posted a link from an internet gossip site claiming this.

However I have recently got confirmation from the 24Insider Administrator confirming neither DB Woodside or Jon Tenney will be the President in Season 6. Of course I'm guessing you're wondering why is this person reliable. On the 24Insider forum, there is a poster Czar who works for 24. For obvious reasons he isn't going to use his real name, however a lot of the information on here has been confirmed as true by Czar.

Of course this does not mean DB Woodside will not be back in Season 6, as he may well be.

Peter MacNicol to join 24?

2006-07-10T13:38:00.000-07:00

Former Ally McBeal star Peter MacNicol looks set to join the cast of 24 in Season 6. So far it seems that MacNicol will play a high ranking goverment officer. So could he be the new Ryan Chapelle? Thanks to HHH43809 & Therealsilenttimmy for this information.

Also thanks go out to DarkUFO who kindly linked my blog on his Lost blogs.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5164572.stm

Filming in NYC?

2006-07-10T13:31:00.000-07:00

Joel Surnow recently talked with Ausiello again, this time among other things saying that some of Season 6 will be shot on location in New York, as well as LA.

http://www.tv.com/story/story.html&story_id=4967?tag=gumballs;title;0

Thanks to Koolkarts for this information.

Jack in Season 6

2006-07-05T18:00:00.000-07:00

A recent interview with Kiefer Sutherland in The Guardian gave brief hints at what may be going on with Jack in Season 6. Thanks to nweldon from IMDB for the information.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/screen/story/0,,1810544,00.html

Kiefer Sutherland - "So Bauer will be around for a little while longer. The projected movie version of 24, if it happens, will be filmed after the sixth series, 'but that won't be in real time,' he adds reassuringly, and explains that season six will take a slightly different turn. 'We've had five years of him saving a large thing; this one's much more about him saving his own ass. He'll go from being the one who hunts people down to the one who's being hunted, so that in itself turns the show around.'

Casting rumours

2006-06-30T05:58:00.000-07:00

Rusty_nail9999 from IMDB sent me this. SecretAgentman at the Television without pity forums has mentioned this possible cast information for Season 6. I've been told from other sources that SecretAgentman is reliable, so far now I trust this until it gets disproved. He mentions who some of the villians in Season 6 might be.

http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=655371&st=2955

Looks like some of our sixth season villians will be ' middle eastern'. So far they are looking for ASSAD ,a Middle Eastern (or should pass for Middle Eastern)in his mid 30’s to mid 40’s, and the mastermind of a terrorist plan. Assad is smart and ruthless and will recur. FAYED, he is Assad’s disciple, and is also Middle Eastern (or should pass for it). Fayed is just a little younger than Assad – that is early 30’s to early 40’s and will also recur and will go head to head with Jack. And AHMET , a neighborhood kid in Simi Valley – Middle Eastern (or should pass for it) 20-21 years old that blends in as part of the American landscape but in fact is a real terrorist. Will recur. That's all I have for now.

This has nothing to do with 24 whatsoever. But this week I've been listening to Don Caballero's new album World Class Listening Problem out on Relapse Records.

http://shop.relapse.com/store/product.aspx?ProductID=22961

And more important than Season 6 of 24, Jucifer's third album is getting released after spending about three years in limbo.

More Heritage

2006-06-30T05:53:00.000-07:00

The Heritage information comes from Carlos Bernard, Gregory Itzin, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Joel Surnow & Howard Gordon when they attended a discussion at the Heritage Institute about 24 and America's imagine fighting terrorism, exciting stuff. This time the information comes from my source.

1). The first 26 pages of the first episode are written

2). LA will have a bad day... again

3). Some scenes in DC will happen for the first time.

4). People often come up to Gregory Itzin (Logan) and they say "Don't let them kill you." Robert Cochran, the executive producer, creator and writer, said "Good luck". Later on Itzin said that Logan is likely to be coming back and "wasn't dead yet." Gordon remarked slyly, "not yet, at least." Gordon also agreed that Logan was needed for season 6.

5). Aaron is back with the new president, but is not living with Martha. Originally he was dead on the page in Episode 23, but Glenn Morshower (the actor who played Aaron) argued (late at night) mentioned that "it was a mistake" and "to many people had died" already. That and "his pool was getting cold.".

6). One of the questions was "Are you (Chloe) carrying Jack or Edgar's love child". The answer: "I think whoever wrote that question needs to think about something else for 24 hours."

24 Event

2006-06-30T05:47:00.000-07:00

It has been a little while between updates but I've got a fair amount of new information for the blog. Kicking it off is this information from C-SPan from K27926 about 24. It answers various questions about new locations, Logan, Aaron Pierce and why the show will still be set in the LA. Also some information about the upcoming 24 movie. Unfortunatly the link K gave me to the Heritage site seems to have gone down, however I trust the information and hopefully I'll have a link for it soon.

SEASON 6 Joel Surnow, in response to a question about Aaron Pierce possibly returning:

"We, uh, will actually have a President in Washington, DC. We're gonna do some stuff based in DC next year for the first time. And we do intend to bring Aaron back. He's a beloved character and he won't be in his love nest with Martha Logan, but he'll be back and working for a President."

Joel Surnow, in response to Rush mentioning that the writers need Logan for the next season: "

Absolutely.... Greg Itzin heard in the background saying, 'You heard it here!' .... you've not seen the last of President Logan."

Joel Surnow, in response to Rush asking if they'll leave LA:

"No. We have to shoot in LA, the show takes place in LA, and that probably won't change unless..... and the reason you can't move it and pick up and go to another city is 'cause we've had 350 people work for us for 6 years and they would suddenly all be out of a job. So, there's other considerations that you don't think about that have to do with the fact that yes, LA will have another bad day."

MOVIE:

Joel Surnow

"We're in the process of writing a movie for 24. It's not going to be in real-time, and it's probably not going to be CTU Los Angeles. It's going to be, it's going to take place in 24 hours, it will be more international, we'll go to locations that we've never been to, and actually shoot on location. And it will be more, as conceived right now, as sort of Jack Bauer is the new James Bond. I mean, like the Bourne Identity movies where you know, what Jack does is in the way we depict him fighting terrorism I think actually against a bigger canvas like putting him internationally... in the Middle East or in Europe. It could be very exciting for us to really not be constrained by the fact that we have to get from one place to another in 10 minutes, and that's 10 minutes of real time. Uh, so right now, the plan is to make this a big epic action with Jack Bauer front and center in this thing."

The Cast part 2 - James Morrison

2006-06-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

It would appear that my speculation that James Morrison may return in Season 6 might be right. This link seems to confirm that he will be returning. Thanks to K27926 & Rusty Nail9999 for the information.

http://www.xmission.com/~spectral/jm/curprj.html

Poetry Corner

2006-06-20T06:40:00.000-07:00

As many of people may know Gregory Itzin wrote a poem about Season 5 of 24. Also it has been recently mentioned that he reads the forums on IMDB. A joke between several of us on this forum lead to one of the IMDB users Sedo451 writing his own ode about Charles Logan. Warning this contains major spoilers for all of season 5. Although why you would be reading a blog about Season 6 without watching the previous Season I don't know.

Whether you like it or not, I'm Commander-in-Chief
Palmer didn't agree with my desicions and he tried to beef,

I gave Henderson a call to handle the situation,
not suspecting he'd send David on a permanant Vacation,

The jig was almost up when Palmer contacted My wife,
She had a nervous breakdown when the sniper took his life,

Through the rest of the day, my time I was biding..
Knowing all along that Jack Bauer would come out of hiding,

Jack Bauer, you see, is the man we would frame,
for killing David Palmer, we would give the authorities Jack's name!

That little bitch O'Brien had contacted Jack
She told him too soon that his friends I did whack.

The thought of his friends death had raised Bauer's ire
and when our merc's tracked Jack down it was Jack who opened fire

When he showed up at my retreat I knew things had gone awry,
right around the time Jack threatened to remove Walter's eye,

Walter, a partiot, was necessary loss,
but the truth couldn't be revealed about who was the real boss

Hang him did we in the conference room,
With time ticking away the days plans did loom,

I singed a peace treaty just only hours ago,
with the Russian President who I'll soon send to Vladimir Bierko

She knew what would happen to the Russians, yet she tried and she tried,
Aaron Pierce made sure she she was safe.. Oh how I wish he had died!

He delivered her back to me all safe and sound,
only later to find out they'd be sneaking around!

CTU had to be dealt with they were getting too close,
Bierko gassed their HQ and with a scene so morose..

Their capabilities were cut by 70%
And after killing Almedia, off Christopher went,

Christopher, while caputred, surrendered no information
But Bauer, now more furious, hungered for vindication

David Palmer's brother Wayne then entered the fold,
Aaron Pierce had to be dealt with once he was told...

Of a certain recording, which Martha's assistant did hold,
And then swooped in Bauer so brave and so bold

Somehow I knew Bauer would spoil our plan,
But how much can he withstand, he's only a man!

Henderson's men fumbled about
trying and failing to take Wayne and Aaron out

Secretary Heller's visit to my compound had caused quite a fuss
His mention of the recording had me convinced he'd ruin us

I thought a may have to resign when Hal entered the room
but then Henderson called, and I lowered the boom!

Heller was accusing me with no reason or proof!
So when he left, our mercs followed him, with a crosshairs on his roof

Jack called Bill Buchanon to keep Wayne safe and sound,
I should have called Bill to hide things too.. since Wayne's STILL NOT AROUND!

Jack stowed away on an international flight,
to recovering the recording for which the secretary of defence had given his life

Audrey held a gun to Henderson's head,
tempted to kill him, fearing her father was dead!

Curtis showed us and saved the day as well,
telling Audrey her father is ALIVE, ending her personal hell

With whiskey in my left hand, and a gun in the right
I contemplated ending my life in the middle of the night

Things weren't going well, Omicron suggested things end
Then I recieved a phone call from a New Friend!

Miles volunteered to handle CTU
for a promotion, or a pay hike, or a combination of the two..

Well Miles succeeded and the recording was erased,
The proof was all gone, and all the people who died to secure it were a waste.

I lifted the arrest warrant from Bauer, I no longer needed him siezed!
Considering my phone call I just made to the Chinese!

They'd handle Jack on a draconian scale,
Perhaps Kim will recieve pieces of him in the mail..

was happy, delighted, I was dancing in my head!
My wife came back asking for forgiveness, and I took her to bed!

4 minutes later it was the turn of the hour!
The last thing I suspected when I got in Marine 1..was to be face to face with BAUER!

Bauer interrogated me, and theatened me, over again
But he couldn't pull the trigger... Perhaps he was thinking of his fiends

the ones that had died and he thought there'd been enough killing,
the secret service showed up and Jack was more than willing

to lay down his gun and be under arrest
If only I knew there was a microphone by my chest

My wife acted crazy over David Palmer's murder,
I had to take her in the hanger and I began to hurt her

She tricked me into admitting I had made some mistakes,
But they were for the good of the country, I'm SURE a difference that makes!

The Attny General thought otherwise and I'm off to my fate... But so is JACK BAUER.. but for that ... You'll have to WAIT!!!

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1198672_3_0_,00.html

Is a link to Iytzin's poem. I would post it but the blog deletes line breaks when you paste stuff so I'll be sat here for twenty minutes copy & pasting. I'll post it later.

New location

2006-06-15T07:02:00.000-07:00

I would expect one major question 24 fans are wondering about is whether or not Season 6 will once again be set in Los Angeles. This Q & A from the latest edition of Ask Ausiello suggests that Season 6 may see some new locations.

Question: Any news on the sixth season of 24? — Jordan Ausiello: As a matter of fact, yes — and it's huge! The show may head to the Big Apple next season. The real Big Apple, not some lame New York-looking studio backlot in Los Angeles. "We are in converations about shooting some stuff in New York for this [coming] season," exec producer Joel Surnow tells me. If a deal can be worked out, this would be the first time in the show's five-year history that it went on location outside of California. Surnow also hints that there's a decent chance Gregory Itzin and Jean Smart will be back as the disgraced first family. "We love them," he says. "They're alive. We certainly want to try to bring them both back, because they were just such fabulous characters for us." For exclusive scoop on the in-the-works 24 feature film, pick up the June 26 issue of TV Guide magazine, on sale next Thursday. (It's juicy stuff, kids.)

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Ausiello/AskAusiello/

Thanks to K27926 for this information.

The Cast Part 1

2006-06-13T13:58:00.000-07:00

Who will be in Season 6?

Several people have been confirmed or at least semi confirmed for Season 6. Kiefer Sutherland is quite obviously back, as is Mary Lynn Rasjkub. No actual sources for these, but it is widely known that these two are will be.

I heard Kim Raver is filming a new series will this conflict with 24?

Raver has actually said that this new series will not affect her being in 24.

Will Gregory Itzin return?

Someone who went to the 24 Expo in London said that both Itzin & Raver will return in Season 6. Unfortunatly I have no real way of proving this, this does come from my source. However I'm sure more definete information will confirm or deny this at a later date.

Will Morris O'Brien be back?

It would seem a little bit of a waste of a character just to feature him for two episodes. This post from the Television with pity forums suggests that Carlo Rota will be a regular next season. http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=655371&st=2910&p=5395862&#entry5395862 While that is just a post on another forum, my source tells me that an administrator at 24Insider claims SecretServiceMan is not talking rubbish.

Will Elisha Cuthbert return in Season 6?

Currently this is unknown. However the 24 executives did suggest that Kim's return in Season 5 was intended as a farewell to the character. However one thing though is something C Thomas Howell said on the Jimmy Kimmel show, what he would be returning in Season 6 of 24. Which seems strange that Barry would be back all on his own, if it is true. I've been trying to find the exact article about this but can't find a thing, this article on tvtome.com does kind of suggest Cuthbert was only going to back for a few episodes though.

http://www.tv.com/tracking/viewer.html?tid=89560&ref_id=3866&ref_type=101

Who else may return?

Well it is highly possible that most of the rest of the cast from Season 5 may be back as well so we could see the return of Glenn Morshower (Aaron Pierce), William Devane (Secretary of Defense James Heller), Jean Smart (Martha Logan), James Morrison (Bill Buchanan), Roger Cross (Curtis Manning), DB Woodside (Wayne Palmer), Jude Ciccolella (Mike Novick) & Stephen Spinella (Miles Papazian).

Again all thanks go to my source for providing me with the information.

Season 6 prequel

2006-06-12T15:05:00.000-07:00

Again all thanks go to my mysterious informant.

Will there be a prequel for Season 6?

Unfortunatly there are no plans for a prequel to season 6 of 24. What this will mean for the opening episode of Season 6 it is unclear. As it could mean there will be less of a gap in terms of time between Seasons 5 & 6. Check this link for more information on the lack of a prequel.

http://tvweek.com/docs/docs/24_5_23.mp3

Accidental ommision

2006-06-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

A big thanks to my informant, unfortunatly due to security reasons he has asked for his name not be used on the blog. He does use IMDB and is a very credible mole from the 24 Insider forum.

Welcome.

2006-06-12T12:55:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to my blog about Season 6 of 24. I'm guessing you're kind of wondering what this is all about. Basically its a site all about known information for the sixth season of 24. My aim is to provide confirmed information about the upcoming Season, so it's all in one easily accessable place.

While this is intended as a resource for anyone looking for information about Season 6, I'm also willing to accept information from people as well. However if you want to submit information I also need the source that it is coming from as well, so I can verify it. A word of warning for you who have not seen all of Season 5, in places this may involve spoilers. Anyway on with the information.

When will Season 6 of 24 air in America?

A long wait unfortunatly as 24 will not back on TV until January 2007.

As Jack was captured by the Chinese at the end of Season 5, does this mean that parts of Season 6 will be shot in China?

Well Jack getting back from China would play hell with the real time format. In a press statement Howard Gordon had this to say about what will be happening with Jack. Taken from the New York Post:

JACK WON'T SPEND NEXT '24' HOURS IN CHINA By ADAM BUCKMAN May 25, 2006 -- Just because Jack Bauer is on a slow boat to China, that doesn't mean he'll wind up there. That's the word from Howard Gordon, executive producer of "24," who acknowledged this week that the challenge of bringing Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) all the way back from China next season would wreak havoc with the suspense series' "real-time" format.

Following the surprise cliff-hanger which had Bauer being shanghaied by Chinese government agents at the conclusion of the season finale of "24" Monday, fans have wondered how Bauer would ever get back to the United States in time to participate in next season's 24-hour adventure, given the great distance between the two countries.

In an interview with the TV trade publication TV Week, Gordon revealed that Bauer won't be trapped in China when the new season begins next January.

"It's just an impractical thing given the real-time constraints because, even by the time we concluded that story, it would take Jack 16 hours - you know, three-quarters of the series - to get back to L.A.," Gordon said, inadvertently revealing that, somehow, Bauer escapes from the Shanghai-bound cargo ship in which he was last seen long before it gets to China.

"Unfortunately, I don't think much of the story will take place in China," Gordon said.

He revealed nothing else about how the next season of "24" will play out. "I just started writing the first [episode] this morning," he said.