First Full Trailer for '24: Live Another Day'

We've seen some cleverly framed teasers for Fox's 12-episode miniseries event, 24: Live Another Day, and now Jack Bauer returns in the first full trailer. Kiefer Sutherland, in the role he seems to have been born to play (to the point where I can't see him as anything else), returns as Jack, who is now a fugitive in London on the run from the CIA. They see him as a potential threat, but of course he's really out there trying to stop the next terrorist plot. Perhaps even more interesting is the subplot involving Jack's confidante, Chloe O'Brien (Mary Lynn Rajskub), who appears to have been pushed over the edge. We also get a look at Benjamin Bratt as the head of the task force assigned to bring Jack in.

24: Live Another Day premieres May 12th.

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Jack is Back in First Trailer for '24: Live Another Day'

The Super Bowl may have really crapped the bed last night, but Fox still won out with their tantalizing teases for 24: Live Another Day. When the explosive, slo-mo full trailer was finally revealed, showing Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer carrying a pissed off Chloe O'Brien (Mary Lynn Rajskub) in the midst of a war zone, it was more than worth the wait.The 12-episode series takes place four years after the last episode, and finds Jack in London on the run from the CIA.

24: Live Another Day debuts on May 5th, co-starring Benjamin Bratt, John Boyega, Yvonne Strahovski, and Tate Donovan.

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'24: Live Another Day' gets May Premiere Date as Yvonne Strahovski Joins

Four years after the last time Jack Bauer came to the United States' rescue, he's back to live another day. Fox has announced that 24: Live Another Day will premiere on May 5th with a two-hour special, with the 12-episode miniseries airing every Monday at 9pm ET. The reborn series will of course mark the return of Bauer, played by the Kiefer Sutherland for eight seasons. Others due to return are popular co-star Mary Lynn Rajskub as the always-agitated techie Chloe O'Brian, Kim Raver, and William Devane. Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) will come aboard as a CIA agent hot on Bauer's trail.

Maintaining the real-time format the show was famous for, the story takes place largely in London four years since we last saw Bauer. When the story begins he's a fugitive, a wanted man being pursued by Strahovski's character. Chloe has gone rogue, as well, becoming a free information extremist that will probably draw some parallels to Edward Snowden. Everything will take place over the course of a single day, told throughout the 12 episodes.

I watched 24 through every single season, and even when it wasn't great it was always entertaining. That's pretty much all I expect from 24: Live Another Day, and if it does well I won't be surprised if talk of a full revival starts back up. Maybe this will be the kick in the pants needed to get the 24 film back on track.

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Kiefer Sutherland reveals '24' start date; Mary Lynn Rajskub to return?

Even  before Jack Bauer took himself off the grid after saving the United States for the umpteenth time in the final season of 24, talk had already begun that the hit series would return on the silver screen.  It was confirmed by Sutherland and the show producers not long after, but progress has been slow going. The initial script by super talented writer Billy Ray(Breach) was rejected, and Tony Scott came aboard in some unknown capacity. Meanwhile there's been no casting, the start date keeps getting bumped around, and a general lack of direction.

While talking about his new Fox series, Touch, Sutherland also provided an update on 24, stating that the plan is for production to begin in April or May. The story will jump ahead about six months from the series finale, presumably with Bauer still off on his own. That's good, because every woman he gets involved with is either a traitor or turns up dead. The newest draft of the script by Mark Bomback will be in keeping with the tone of the show, covering a 24 hour period in time, although obviously in condensed fashion. Sorry, folks. We won't actually be sitting in the theater for 24 hours. I know. What a ripoff!

If Sutherland and producer Howard Gordon are expecting to get the ball rolling that soon, then the casting process will need to get underway immediately. So far nobody is confirmed other than Sutherland, but Gordon says that Mary Lynn Rajskub's popular 'Chloe' character will appear. [TV Line]

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